I would like to link up a touchscreen monitor to my PC to use as a media centre to use WMP/Real and YouTube ..

Question

Any ideas, who has the best range. What price are they, can you purchase second hand, I cannot see many on Ebay.
Is there any other way for me to have my wall mounted jukebox?

Answer 1

touch screens aren't all that prettyful to the eyes so, if u don't care about looks and price, go ahead
but if u do
stop reading here and get a normal monitor
but
www.newegg.com has some



i just looked them up, and theres a fairly decent 19 inch touchscreen for 600 bucks
nice price?

to get there
www.newegg.com
on the left hand side, there is a section call Computer Hardware
click on Monitors and Projectors (they go in alphabetical order)
once that is done
on the left hand side on the new page, there is Monitors and Projectors
hit the sub option that says
Monitors - Touchscreen
there are all your choices

Answer 2

A quick search shows only about 19" for an actual touch screen monitor. They run about $800-$1200 that size.

Another option is to get a nice sized HDTV monitor, and then get a touchscreen overlay for it. This would allow you to get any LCD, Plasma, DLP - whatever - and turn it into a touch screen.

Here is what one guy is selling on eBay now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Touch-Screen-Overlay-for-32-flat-panel-monitor_W0QQitemZ130037958640QQihZ003QQcategoryZ61395QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Big bucks to get a set up like that, but probably worth it if you want one that large.

Another option would be to get a smaller touch screen, and run a dual monitor set up with it. If you are talking about a family or entertainment room, then you could run the smaller touch screen somewhere in one part of the room (like behind the bar) and have your media player display in the larger LCD or HDTV display.

Answer 3

Wacom makes one for as little as $99 that are seperate from the monitor, and up to $2999 that actually act as the computer's monitor.