[mythtv-users] OT: HTPC Cases - Touch screens et al.

Andrew Stadt acstadt at stadt.ca
Thu Jun 9 13:10:39 UTC 2011


For the past couple of years my Zotac ION has been happily hiding inside 
of picture frame on my wall beside my TV.  In a little while I'm planing 
on redoing my livingroom, and am probably going to have to move it into 
a more traditional case (also thinking of replacing the ION with 
something with a little more guts while I'm at it).

I was looking at several 'HTPC' cases - and while I'm probably going to 
go for a simpler case and add either the iMon VFD 
(http://www.soundgraph.com/vfd-feature-en/) or iMon Ultrabay 
(http://www.soundgraph.com/ultrabay-feature-en/) as either of these 
products adds most of the functionality I want, I was wondering if 
anyone had any experience with some of these cases with the built-in 
touch screens?  e.g.:
Thermaltake DH102: 
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1319&ID=1425 
<http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1319&ID=1425>
Moneual 932LB: 
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811280027

The eye-candy factor is nice, but do we have any real functionality 
added by these?  I don't really see the use of a touch screen when I 
have a remote except for (maybe) when I'm just playing music and don't 
bother turning the main TV on.

I've seen online articles about how to get these working under linux, 
but so far I haven't seen any screenshots on what they've actually 
managed to display.

Any thoughts on these screens before I invest my money?

Thanks,

Andrew.



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