None of their promotional material show users awkwardly reaching over their keyboards and desks to touch the, now fingerprint ridden screen. The image on their website shows a disembodied hand reaching straight up from the desk—presumably user is lying under the desk and poking their hand through a slot. Also, you know how co-workers point out things on your monitor to you?
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Review: Alogic's Clarity 5K Touch Delivers a Sharp High-Resolution Display With Touchscreen Support
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Yup—touchscreens don’t really work all that well on desktops. Or so I thought. Then I picked up a free Surface Studio that just needed a new power supply. It is a terrific form factor. The hinge allows a wide range of angles, from upright to about 20 degrees, which means it can be used with a mouse and keyboard, but can also function like a drafting table. I like it a lot. Not that they ever would, but I’d love it if Apple made something similar.
I was gifted the 4K model a couple months back, it works surprisingly well sitting on an Ergotron LX. Absolutely nothing out there to really support drawing with it but gestures work well stylus input is responsive and it's really enjoyable for working with photos, I just wish we had an app like Procreate or Concepts to take advantage of it for creating.
Admittedly, my absolute number 1 use for the thing is finding my misplaced cursor by just tapping the screen.
My second use if for screen sharing and drawing onto of the display when teaching and demo-ing.
Admittedly, my absolute number 1 use for the thing is finding my misplaced cursor by just tapping the screen.
My second use if for screen sharing and drawing onto of the display when teaching and demo-ing.
Nice that there are finally 5k display choices these days... but I'm already ready to move on to 6K at 32". Bring on the 6K Ultrafine please... (Or a cheaper Apple one would be nice too.)
There aren’t any 5K drawing displays that I know of so it’s a little hard to compare, but I believe the only drawing displays that are more expensive than this $1600 Alogic are Wacom Cintiqs (even though they are lower resolution at 4K). XP Pen and Huion drawing displays max out at 24” (4K) I believe, and are of course cheaper than Alogic’s 27” 5K.
They just released 21:9 widescreens too.
I tried an Alogic screen before. Good company, but the screens were too glossy for my taste.
I tried an Alogic screen before. Good company, but the screens were too glossy for my taste.
While I doubt I'd ever use it on a desktop situation, my work laptop (dell) has touch and it's nice for web surfing and casual gaming.
I'd love for my Macbook Air to behave like an iPad with a an attached screen for casual use. I wouldn't find it useful for productivity, though.
I'd love for my Macbook Air to behave like an iPad with a an attached screen for casual use. I wouldn't find it useful for productivity, though.
This design reminds me of the Touch screen monitor that Apple filed a patent for a number of years ago...Can also fold all the way down for artists to work on with a stylist like a giant ipad....I wonder if something like this could be in the works for Apple when they debut new monitors in the next year or so....
its definitely a nice to have when scrolling through lines of code. you should try it.
You teach your kids not to touch things at the store then you buy one of these screens..
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