Thread: GREAT DEAL: 10.4" Touchscreen - Samsung LCD $215!

Well, I just made my first purchase toward toward either a carputer (if I can do it) or home entertainment component (if not). I didn't think I'd have the space for the 10 inch and may not have the space for the 8 inch either, but I bought one anyway (here) and the price was right. Any and all suggestions welcomed. I have no idea if I can pull this off, but what I lack in knowledge and skill I make up for in persistence. With luck, a little help, and a few recommendations, it will go in the car. Thanks ahead of time.

Charley

As promised, I took some pics this afternoon before I went to bed (I work nights) so here you go.





The stand did come with the "bracket" that another poster mentioned, it's really just a 2-part stand, but the bracket itself can be used independently of the "Stand".




Visibility is pretty impressive as well. Although it doesn't do well in direct sunlight, and I wouldn't want to use it in a position any lower than I have it now. This won't be a problem because it's going to replace the head unit, and a/c controls (the reason for the gaping hole beneath the tape deck (which is now going to house the DVD drive)). Wow, does that make sense?





Anyway, I'm considering doing the "M3 upgrades" to this screen, since it's very hard for passengers to see the screen, and it should improve visibility in "direct" sunlight. Direct sunlight has a pretty negative effect on the screen. It's still usable, but visibility suffers noticeably. Direct sunlight shouldn't be that much of an issue, since the dash is actually pretty well shaded, and I'll be getting darker tinting sometime before next summer, but every little bit helps.

I'll now stop boring you guys to tears. I'm going to start a worklog if anybody cares...

My 8 inch version came in today. A tad heaver than I thought. Set up was easy, but it isn't very accurate out of the box and needs calibration as it was off by about an inch. Really short of documentation and what there is is very cryptic, until you get to the CD. Then poking around you'll find what you need for 89/ME/NT/XP/DOS/Linux.

The screen color and clarity were excellent. The 8 inch version has the buttons on the bottom edge. Like the 10 inch versing, the USB and monitor cable come out the bottom, but the power plugs in on the side. I guess it was too much to expect that they'd all plug neatly in the back.

Getting back to the touch screen part, not only was it off quite a bit, but it seemed much less responsive than I was expecting. I have a Mio GPS 310X and it's very accurate and sensitive. While installing the touch screen set-up utility used to calibrate it, my system hung up while scanning com ports and I had to dump it a couple of times before I got it working. Once installed and ran the calibration utility,the sensitive was greatly improved. That maybe typical, but this is my first experience with this type of screen.

The hard part is coming since at 8 inches, it's bigger than my dash can accommodate. All in all, still pleased.

The 9-point calibration will improve things even more.

I don't know why you're complaining that you had to calibrate it. Hell, I even have to calibrate my Pocket PC Phone touch-screen if I do a ROM update, etc, and the screen is MADE specificly for it. Calibration is something to expect with touch-screens.

That was some fast shipping you got though. Maybe I just have really awful luck.

I mis-spoke myself if it sounded as if I were complaining. This is a learn as I go thing and I had no idea what to expect. Outside of the usual commercial applications like the ATM, I've only had two touch screen devices. Any complaints are more likely artifacts of my learning curve. And you're correct, the shipping on my screen was pretty quick. No complaint there either.

Originally Posted by Uraijit

The 9-point calibration will improve things even more.

I don't know why you're complaining that you had to calibrate it. Hell, I even have to calibrate my Pocket PC Phone touch-screen if I do a ROM update, etc, and the screen is MADE specificly for it. Calibration is something to expect with touch-screens.

That was some fast shipping you got though. Maybe I just have really awful luck.