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<blockquote data-quote="dm15644" data-source="post: 549054">AW: Single seat HTPC migrated to server-client setupHi ThommySharp,thanks!The whole idea with the touchscreen came up because for my purposes dot matrix displays don't offer enough space to display all needed information. I had a Silverstone LC-11 before and that didn't work for me. Cases with integrateded touchscreens are extremely bulky and also I wanted to be more flexibel with respect to the positioning of the screen, so that was not an option. I also wanted to experiment first, I wasn't sure if touchscreen control was any good. This one I got off eBay for around 100 €, which was ok for the serious attempt. Well, it was a very good investement, I'm very happy with the outcome. Using the touch screen for about a year now and I don't want anything else.Projector and touchscreen indeed show the same thing, they run in clone mode. The touchscreen goes off automatically when I switch to the projector, because the touchscreen doesn't support 720x1280. When on the projector I'm using the remote, so I tested different skins for the used with both remote and touchscreen. None had ideal support, so I ended up with Blue3. To use it propoerly with the touchscreen I wrote a small script which interprets a double tap as a click. With this I can move the mouse to select items, and double tap to click them. The remote is not affected by this script, ie. it still works with curser keys and OK button.Cheersjayrock</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dm15644, post: 549054"] [b]AW: Single seat HTPC migrated to server-client setup[/b] Hi ThommySharp, thanks! The whole idea with the touchscreen came up because for my purposes dot matrix displays don't offer enough space to display all needed information. I had a Silverstone LC-11 before and that didn't work for me. Cases with integrateded touchscreens are extremely bulky and also I wanted to be more flexibel with respect to the positioning of the screen, so that was not an option. I also wanted to experiment first, I wasn't sure if touchscreen control was any good. This one I got off eBay for around 100 €, which was ok for the serious attempt. Well, it was a very good investement, I'm very happy with the outcome. Using the touch screen for about a year now and I don't want anything else. Projector and touchscreen indeed show the same thing, they run in clone mode. The touchscreen goes off automatically when I switch to the projector, because the touchscreen doesn't support 720x1280. When on the projector I'm using the remote, so I tested different skins for the used with both remote and touchscreen. None had ideal support, so I ended up with Blue3. To use it propoerly with the touchscreen I wrote a small script which interprets a double tap as a click. With this I can move the mouse to select items, and double tap to click them. The remote is not affected by this script, ie. it still works with curser keys and OK button. Cheers jayrock [/QUOTE]

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