MIMO UM-720S 7" Touchscreen

[oritpro]

Is anybody using the MIMO UM-720S Touchscreen with A10C?

http://www.amazon.com/UM-720S-Screen-Powered-Swivel-Display/dp/B002QFP4Z8/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1301362575&sr=1-1

 

It looks like a pair of these would make great MFD's.

[Kuky]

2 things: better get VGA monitor as lot of people who tried USB monitors say they don't work well (either don't update or can't get 2 of them to work at the same time... read up on it) and also 7" are mostly wide screen and if you are to use TM Cougar MFD's you will have short display in vertical and will not fill the back of the MFD fully... 8" monitors come in 4:3 ratio also and they fit better... other option is to get single larger monitor and use that for MFD.. again there are lot of posts on these kinds of setus in these forums in DCS A-10C section

[oritpro]

Thanks for the reply Kuky. I am just getting back into flight sim's after a 10+ year hiatus and was looking into some accessories that might help. I'll look around some more, Cougar MFD's are on my list for sure.

[WynnTTr]

I was thinking along the Cougars and mini screen route as well. Then I saw Helios and what you can do with it. One decent sized touchscreen and you basically have the functionality of the touchscreen MFD a la Cougar + 8in screen but a lot more versatility and customisation not only for DCS but for other games.

[charonx]

I'm running two 7" USB monitors and the size issue really isn't that big of a deal to me. It took some playing around to get the MFCD sized right, but it works great now. The major issue is one of the monitors will not refresh properly when the game first loads, but cycling the power resolves the issue. It will creep back up though, either from alt-tabbing or over time. A power recycle always fixes that though.

 

I also bought a 7" touchscreen to use with Helios to make a CDU, but the touchscreen is so horribly inaccurate it's unusable. There is no reason I can think of to use touchscreens for MFCDs, so you can save a little bit of money there.

 

Oh, if only I could find a cost effective solution for the CDU. :(

[71st_Mastiff]

I'm running two 7" USB monitors and the size issue really isn't that big of a deal to me. It took some playing around to get the MFCD sized right, but it works great now. The major issue is one of the monitors will not refresh properly when the game first loads, but cycling the power resolves the issue. It will creep back up though, either from alt-tabbing or over time. A power recycle always fixes that though.

 

I also bought a 7" touchscreen to use with Helios to make a CDU, but the touchscreen is so horribly inaccurate it's unusable. There is no reason I can think of to use touchscreens for MFCDs, so you can save a little bit of money there.

 

Oh, if only I could find a cost effective solution for the CDU. :(

 

yes this is true for the USB monitors and when you updating the drivers too.

[chokko]

the USB Mimo 740 is great as UFC w/Hawgtouch, and would imagine would be useful for CDU too. Had no impact on performance adding it to my system.

 

As MFD however, havent tried, maynot be up to the task as a proper monitor driven by nvidia/ati cards.

 

From a touch point of view, it is accurate after calibration (pressing 4 points on the screen).

[BaD CrC]

I am using the 720 for a year now, and it's great for BS. Configured it either for Shval or Abris. (you can use it either portrait or landscape). The 720 is ideal for LAN since it's USB powered and takes no room once folded.

I am not using the touchscreen capability though for the moment. I will try once I figure out how to configure Helios.

[oritpro]

Lots of good information, thanks everyone. I can already picture what my computer desk is going to look like here in a few months. :)