Does anyone have a smart home dashboard displayed on a flush mounted touchscreen that is 20-24” and that has thin bezels? If so, can you tell me what you used for your setup? Thanks
Curious to see if anyone has done this too. I was looking at making a magic mirror type thing or just having a large format touch screen of some type, probably run by a Raspberry Pi. I wouldn't want a mouse or keyboard stuck to the wall after all.
Should be easy to frame a screen like a picture and hang on the wall? I saw bezel-less screens touch screens on ebay a while back that would be easy to frame or flush mount. The only thing stopping me was the cost of that size touch screen.
20" inches is pretty big. Just for curiosity I found some 24" touch monitors on amazon for < $300 but they need to be connected to a computer so the prices climbs up from there. Way up would be my guess, especially if both had to be mounted in a wall.
I always wanted to get a NABI Big Tab to do this, but never found one priced low enough and in good shape for something I just wanted to "try out".
I'm thinking along similar lines. Can use a Raspberry Pi (although they are relatively large and do produce some heat)l so not ideal in a wall cavity behind the screen. Someone else posted on here recently about a little PC stick computer, plugs directly into the hdmi socket. Low power but adequate to run a browser. I have a similar Android device which is quite small and runs a browser very adequately. It was only 80 bucks a couple of years back. Some of the monitors have the connectors inset at the back of the device, so no need for ugly leads jutting out the side of the screen.
The Dell P2315T comes to mind. I've been wanting to get one for a while, but haven't had time to commit to the project. Just add a NUC to the mix and you've got a powerful touch screen! You could theoretically even have RTSP streams on the dashboard...
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This one was on my list of possibilities too. But it wasn't clear to me the extent this could be inset into the wall for a more inset look. Mostly want to hide the ugly sides of the monitor I guess, more so than the actual inset nature. I'd be hanging my display vertically, so studs wouldn't be an issue.
Depending upon your skill level, I would make a simple frame, probably using something like this. There is a variety of styles of picture frame molding, and with a simple miter box you can cut it to length with the 45 degree corners. Better yet would be a miter saw, but not everyone has one of those. A simple metal tab on the back would retain it. I would probably be tempted to put some felt or soft material between the face of the monitor and the frame too.
A picture frame shop, or someplace like Hobby Lobby can also build frames to size, and they have a wide variety of materials. They would just need to know the dimensions.
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With a 20" monitor the odds of a finding wall stud in the way must be high. Load bearing? Power? Water pipes?
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Yes, especially if you want to position it horizontally. Vertically would fit between the studs tho, and just have to watch for wires and pipes
You'll also need occasional access - when the hdmi cable disconnects itself or you need to replace the uSD card in a Pi. You don't want to tear a nice frame apart because you forgot to hook up a cable. If money was not a factor, an 21" or 23 "iMac would be strong candidate.
If you do mount it recessed, a recommendation would be to make the mount have a set of hinges or be able to be lifted out (like a floating shelf hanger) so you can easily swing it open or lift it out to get access to those wires/electronics hidden behind the display.
These are nice monitors for this type of application - Dell P2418HT 24inch Touch
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These look pretty amazing: https://airviewscreen.com/
Granted, not 20" but 15.6" wireless touch display so you could run it from basically any Android or Win10 device on your network.
Even has a large 10k mAh battery so that you don't necessarily have to keep it plugged in at the wall.
If you magnetically or velcro attach it to the wall it would be a nice slim fit (only 1cm thick) and you would be able to take it off to charge it and use it as a large tablet as well while moving around.
Screen on-time for gaming (constant touch input) is said to be 4 hours, don't know what that would translate to as stdby time.
Still too expensive though for my taste even though it's only slightly more expensive then an Asus Zenscreen with touch and battery (https://www.asus.com/au/Displays-Desktops/Monitors/ZenScreen/ZenScreen-Touch-MB16AMT/) which requires wired data/video connection (cheapest price $529 right now, normally $650, whereas the Airview 1.5 after current 25% promo code comes down to $717 delivered). I'm sure they'll become more mainstream and hence cheaper down the track, but I'm itching to replace a metal wall plate with 14 (yes 14!!!) switches through a touchscreen HE dashboard.
If I wanted to do it on the cheap I could get a cheap, battery-less, slim 15.6" touchscreen monitor for around $250 from Aliexpress and add in a Samsung s9+ that has a broken screen that I still have lying around. That would require me to be able to hide the Samsung in the wall somewhere however and it would still require 2 highly visible cable to come out of the touchscreen monitor (power and connection to the phone). If I had to buy a source device rather than repurposing my S9+, then that would easily add another $250 to the price I would imagine at which point the Airview would become a pretty compelling offer after all...
Hmmmm... maybe I should take the jump anyway 
Anybody any experience with these Airviews??
I don't have the Airview but I do have the 17.3 Iview AIO running windows 10. Got it for around 3 years now and family loving it.
https://www.iviewus.com/index.php/iview-1700aio.html
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looks great, if only I could still get one of those!
Airview does look good. I have already set up the Asus Zenscreen with touch that you mentioned (MB16AMT/](Large Screen Laptop From ZenScreen Touch MB16AMT). Working great! And looks good with small bezels. Just stuck it to the wall with some sticky velcro since the screen is only 2 pounds. Hid the wires with some small trim pieces on either side, which fits well in our mudroom since there is already similar trim elsewhere.
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What are you using to drive the monitor @JustinL?
An Odroid running Android 9. Using Fully Kiosk Browser to turn the screensaver (blank screen) on if there hasn’t been any motion for a while.
Ah yes, I know the Odroids. I considered one as my source playback device in my home cinema but ended up going with a Vero4k+ out of convenience and for its 3D support.
I didn't know these things supported touch. Anything special I would need to take into account for that or does it support full video and data over USB-C and is it as simple as installing Android and plugging in the cable?
In any case good to know thx!
