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Review on πŸ–₯️ Revolutionize Your Interface with Planar PXL2230MW 22 Inch 16 Touchscreen by Joseph Krzywicki

Revainrating 4 out of 5

AWESOME touchscreen monitor

As a graphic artist, I wanted to find a touchscreen that would allow me to digitally draw directly on the monitor. I've been drooling over the Wacom Cintiq for a while but didn't want to lose a few thousand. especially when touchscreens come out with great reviews. I went to Best Buy and they had me download Autodesk SketchBook Pro onto an Asus touchscreen PC (model ET2410-06) and the pressure and response was excellent. I think a PC can compete with the Cintiq for the money. Again, I didn't want to spend close to a thousand dollars on a PC when I had a three-year-old HP quad-core with six gigabytes of RAM and a dedicated graphics card that was working great. 22" planar LCD touchscreen. I did some more research and found that planar makes the LED touchscreen a bit larger. There weren't any reviews for this model so I took a chance and bought it and I'm glad I did "The LED monitor has vibrant colors and is sharper than my old HP LCD monitor that I bought three years ago. I am a little overwhelmed by the difference in color and clarity. I had to use the control panel on both planar and adjust the main screen a bit panel controls on my windows 7 system for touch response make sure you connect the USB port from the monitor to the computer as this is the way the pc communicates with the monitor for touch controls to disable the " Swipe" response in the Control Panel for better performance with no lag when drawing on the screen. I'm excited for Windows 8 to come with even more touch capabilities next year features come to market. I assume this monitor will seriously run on an i7 processor, but for now it meets my expectations for the type of work/game I do with graphics programs. If you're still using Windows XP, I don't think touch will work. Work. You will definitely need Windows Vista or Windows 7. Do your research. The only thing that bothers me is that I have a dead pixel in the top left corner, but it doesn't bother and it's very small (blue) which doesn't bother me. I really had to look. Also, the base at the bottom is a little wobbly and made out of cheap plastic, but again, that's no big deal. The screen feels solid, although I like that I don't have to press hard. I also use a soft plastic tip stylus which works great with the screen. I paid less than $350 through a reseller here at Revain. Check out the prices. If Planar had a way to make this LED monitor pressure sensitive with a driver or something, they would get off the shelf and be a Wacom Cintiq killer. If pressure is still important to you and you don't mind losing thousands then by all means check out the Asus ET2410 Touchscreen PC (i5 6GB RAM).

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Pros
  • Fast delivery, the product corresponds to the description. No questions
Cons
  • And the Planar website only offers drivers for Windows.