Touch Screen Recommendations

Muzzer wrote: Is resistive OK? I thought capacitive would be better

I have a resistive on my Mill and just fitted one to the lathe. I would have preferred capacitive just because the glass front it easier to clean. However the resistive ones work fine.

I have both a resistive and a capacitive, and will say while both work I prefer the capacitive one because it is glass. I also prefer having a flat glass one because when you have a monitor with raised bezels it is harder to select things at the edge of the monitor because the bezel gets in the way. My .002 is to look for one with a flat glass screen.

Planar PT1945R 19" LCD Touch screen

This touch screen works well with: Jessie, mint lmde 2, Mint 17.3, precise and wheezy. Its very bright and sensitivity is great.

I thought I would post the results. Its plug and play for these distros I have tested. The drawback is the single point touch.

I am now shopping for a touch screen monitor for my retrofit and it is a bit overwhelming trying to figure out which ones will work and which ones to avoid. it appears the Planar you mentioned is a safe bet for Jessie which is what i was told will be used on my build. but i am not familiar enough with touch screens to know if single point touch is a bad thing or not? is there an example of what it would be limited in doing compared to ?multipoint touch?

Thanks in advance!

Chris

The Tormach touchscreen seems to be a Monoprice 17" 4x3 resistive touchscreen , from what I can see. Doesn't appear to be available in the UK but seems to work very nicely for John Saunders at NYC CNC judging by his videos.

My concerns about resistive were based on my frustrations using Windows CE / Windows Mobile on tablets and smart phones some years back. These required a stylus which was ridiculous and awkward. Appears that these proper monitors are much more finger friendly. I'd still love to hear a specific monitor or brand recommended on the basis of someone's experience.

Murray

As for multitouch, which Linux apps if any can make use of it? In my case I'm only thinking of LinuxCNC anyway - can it make use it?