Monitors

I wanted two monitors for my organ: one touchscreen to control the organ and one screen for music that I scanned into the computer. This way I wouldn’t have to fumble with sheets of music. I had one old monitor I was going to use for the music but needed a simple touchscreen monitor.

For touchscreen monitors, you have limited selection. I had thought that they would be plentiful, given that Windows 8 had touchscreen support, but that didn’t really come to be. I narrowed down the choices to Iiyama and Dell, mainly by the price and availability on eBay.

I found a really good deal for an IIyama monitor T2250MTS 22" on Ebay and ordered it. It uses infrared for its finger detection and has only two point touch rather than 10 but that didn’t matter as I wanted it mainly to be able to turn on and off stops. Here is what I ordered:

I contacted the seller and within 15 minutes had a full refund. This is the kind of person you should deal with: honest and reliable. I had to send them about half a dozen images of the monitor and box to document the damage but I was really pleased with how swiftly it was dealt with.

The damage: the IR sensor strip was broken, the screen was pushed away from the frame (which was broken – little pieces tinkled out when I moved it), and the stand and power cord had fallen out of the box during the Hermes smashing delivery process. It did power up and display but it was no longer a touchscreen. (When you tried the touch it tended to get a bit ‘wrong’ on sections of the screen.)

I found another one for about £55 and bought that. That one wasn’t shipped via Hermes and arrived in excellent shape.

My take on it: it works well for a 22" HD display and most virtual organ displays fit well on it. I might get a bigger screen if I were to do it again, but this does the job and fit the budget. As for the broken monitor: well, I’ll keep it around and see if I can use it as just a simple monitor.