Hi Stuart, I'm pretty much an Ebay hardcore but I haven't seen anything much smaller than an Elo 15" for a reasonable price.
But I'll keep your observation in mind and see if I can pickup an Elo with some smaller dimensions. I hate popping close to $300 (including shipping) for a tiny touch screen when I can buy a larger monitor for less. But I think this must be a supply and demand issue. I did find a cheaper supplier in Hong Kong and I have purchased some cables directly from Hong Kong in the past with success. I have no idea how they made money by shipping me a $15 cable from Hong Kong for free? Return shipping costs to Hong Kong would be a problem for a screen. Item # 270630936552 on Ebay - 12" LCD touch screen for $200, free shipping from Hong Kong. Too bad we don't make LCD screens on this continent. Stuart.. I have been doing some aerospace related controls work recently. How nice! There is still some money in aerospace! Unlike many other industries like automotive which seem to run on the edge of bankruptcy these days. Dave On 4/4/2011 8:26 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > > >> I don't want to run EMC2 on the tablet, but it sure would be nice if >> there was some way to use these tablets as a client connected to a PC >> running EMC2. >> >> Just comparing apples to apples (sort of) they are now selling 10" >> Android tablets for $200 yet the cheapest dumb 10" touchscreen at >> MP3car.com is 229.00 and that is a USB connected screen which I am not >> sure would even work with >> Linux. A real screen with a 16:9 ratio area and a real VGA input >> starts at $249 and goes up from there. >> >> > I have been working with touch screens. I have found the Elo USB touch > screens will work with no configuration or calibration. In fact, I have been > able to use them immediately after boot to install Ubuntu on a pc. I don't > know about the MP3car.com units but I would not be afraid of them if their > website shows Linux drivers. > > > >> I suspect that tablets will continue to fall in price but I am not so >> sure about small monitors. >> >> Are there better places to buy small touch screen monitors? >> >> > I buy ebay touch screens. > > Stuart > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
