Touchscreen monitor (W8 pro x64)- recommendations anyone?

[Jog On]

Title says it all. Having a look on amazon there are a few - quite pricey for a big ish one (22-24")...

If I'm going to spend >£200-250-possibly more on a monitor anyone got any recommendations?

[yasockie]

my recommendation is that you don't fall for the marketing gimmicks - you'll get fingerprints all over it.
Get a decent IPS screen for that price - 24" or 27" and enjoy the vivid colours.

[d000hg]

my recommendation is that you don't fall for the marketing gimmicks - you'll get fingerprints all over it.
Get a decent IPS screen for that price - 24" or 27" and enjoy the vivid colours.

iPads et al seem to work fine despite being fingered, and you can always clean the screen and avoid using it with dirty hands

[woohoo]

my recommendation is that you don't fall for the marketing gimmicks - you'll get fingerprints all over it.
Get a decent IPS screen for that price - 24" or 27" and enjoy the vivid colours.

I'm using the touch screen on my laptop and finger prints are not a problem. In fact when I use the other half's laptop I'm always having to stop myself touching the screen, it's a natural way to work for me.

But, is it really practical to use a touch screen monitor, perhaps it's me but I think it would be uncomfortable to keep on reaching over to the screen. Unless of course it's for presentations and the like?

[d000hg]

Sure it is, just not exclusively in a traditional setup.

[woohoo]

Sure it is, just not exclusively in a traditional setup.

What kind of setup are you talking about? I'm not trying to catch you out but I'm sitting here with two 24 inch monitors and it seems a bit of a stretch for me to keep leaning over to touch the screen.

[BigRed]

my home system (windows 7) has a screen next to my armchair and I use a wireless mouse. As it's mostly for browsing, media player etc. I normally use the on screen accessability keyboard so upgrading to windows 8 and a touchscreen looks like a good move for me.

[d000hg]

What kind of setup are you talking about? I'm not trying to catch you out but I'm sitting here with two 24 inch monitors and it seems a bit of a stretch for me to keep leaning over to touch the screen.

By traditional I mean the monitor mounted vertically behind your keyboard... this is fine for touching but you don't want to be doing it constantly.

But you could consider other positioning approaches if you are using the screen constantly.