Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Touch Screen Monitor With Two Way Mirror Film
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Oh, you mean a reflective film! Duh. Um, yeah you’d have to I suppose. But then you also want a resistive touch screen. A capacitive might work through the film, but depending on the material on the film, you may run into issues.
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@KirAsh4 Yeah it’s a transparent / two way mirror film. That’s why I’m going to test it on one of my old Android devices to see if the effect works, and if I can still use the touch screen through the film.
Depending on how that goes, I’ll have to try and find a monitor that is similar to the touch screen on that device.
My only worry is applying the film. You need to wet the surface you are applying it to with a soap and water mix. I’m hoping I don’t damage a monitor (when I have one) when doing this.
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Except, find out what kind of screen is on your phone. They’re not all the same, and they’re certainly not all capacitive nor resistive. The technology world has changed a lot over the last decade and those screens now come in a variety of different tech. As for the film … yeah, not much I can say there. Maybe check with a local place that applies window tints to glass, maybe they can give you some suggestions.
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@KirAsh4 Yeah I’m going to have to research that a bit. Thanks for the suggestions! I’ll follow up with results when I get the film in about 2 days.
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If you must use liquid to adhere the film to the monitor, I would recommend putting a small bead of silicone along the edges to seal the glass to the frame. Or, if you are removing the frame, you can seal all around the glass screen itself with a thin layer of silicone before you put the liquid on.
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@KirAsh4 Good advice! I plan to take the screen out of the enclosure anyways so that I can build a custom enclosure for it. I’m not sure whether I will do this before I apply the film or not yet. I’m thinking it will be much easier that way.
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Remove the frame, look at the edges of the glass. That’s the important part not to get wet. You can likely put a layer of silicone all around on the edges, let it cure over night, then put the film on the next day. It’s not like you have to soak the thing, so changes are you can do it with minimal water exposure and it would be fine. Just keep an eye where the water is going, keep a dry rag handy to wipe it off right away. Let it sit out to air dry for a day or two before putting it back together and connected to power again.
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@KirAsh4 Sounds like a plan! We’ll see how this turns out :)
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What about Acer T272HUL TouchScreen ?
Simply a beautiful monitor. It was very inspiring to work with it. It is very close to the imac level of quality. If you don’t believe me, read some reviews such as cnet, BestAdvisor or pcadvisor, a lot of them recommend it as the best pick on the market. The touchscreen works great, although I did not use the touch as much as I thought. I had 2 laptops hooked up, one HDMI, one via Displayport. I liked the navigation a lot. It is buttons, but with a simple software navigation which I found very comfortable to interact with, no headache.
One cool thing, I don’t know what they did, but the monitor would find the active port, if I disconnected one, it found the other. I really appreciate that functionality. The expense is challenging, but you are purchasing a beautiful object.The two things that are cons for me is the weight, it was too heavy for my egotron arm. It is designed to be used with the kickstand and it rests on the table / desk like it is shown in the pic. Ok, once I adjusted.
Oh, and I really like the charging USB 3.0 on the side. Overall, great monitor.
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Hello EoF,
I am trying to build a two way mirror that’ll work with touch screen. Were you able to find any non-metallic mirror films? I have been looking but can’t find any?
Would appreciate any guidance. Thanks :)
