Once all the bugs are ironed out, can you imagine this in a custom desk?
 
BenQ T650 65" Class Touchscreen LCD Monitor - 1920 x 1080, 16:9, 60Hz, 5000:1 Native, 8ms, HDMI, DVI, VGA, Built-in Speakers
 
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7447745&CatId=3774
 
The price will have to drop a little for me but I think the future is coming fast.
 
J

Any touchscreen needs to lay flat, I would think.  Esp. one that big.  The only one that lays horizontal I've seen is the new dell 22 incher.

I agree with AT - my question is does the current state of Win8 allow for both touch and keyboard/mouse simultaneously?  E.g. Flat screen (touch)  lying flat on desk with console view and traditional monitor (key/mouse) with track view in normal position.

win7 already worked with touch and mouse very decently ...

i used that for a while but soon realized that even a cheap behringer controller feels nicer to mix with than index finger movements over tiny knobs and faders. try doing this for a couple of hours and let us know how mixing felt ...

i don't want to spoil all that touch enthusiasm. been there myself, but not for long ...

for 7$K you get the nicest digital mixer with monitor/routing/processing options you probably don't dare to think of, for half the price you get superb control surfaces with lots of I/O ... how much of that comes with a touch screen ???

Touch screens have been discussed repeatedly here. This far the concensus seems to be (??) they have many, many especially ergonomic but also workflow problems, because the software should be totally redesigned for touch screens.

I'm a sceptic myself. I can't imagine working for hours with a touch screen. If it's up lifted, you need to keep your arms raised all the time, if it lays flat, you also need keep your hands from accidentally touching the screen, and it takes so much room on the table that using the computer keyboard, mouse or other equipment, gets difficult. I don't know how wide viewing angle those screens have, but that might be one problem as well when the screen is laying flat. 

 65"

That would be a work out for the entire body to manipulate Sonar on.  

Kinda like being in an exercise class  

No "touch screen" enthusiasm here, just curious how much flexibility they're going to take away.  I don't think it's going to be a short-lived fad and don't think we're really going to have much say about it. :-(  hope I'm wrong.

I much prefer tactile and have owned the BCF, FW1884, and currently use the MCU. I'd love to own the Nucleous but can't justify it.

I'm thinking that even though I'm a bit frustrated with Cakewalk Mackie MCU support, I am going to stay on the trailing edge of technology when it comes to the touchscreen monitors.

I can understand why CW would not want to put much effort to support a bunch of hardware devices when the trend would be touch screen devices.  I'll wait to see what niggles pop up from the user base.

 No interest in touch screen here. I have doubts that that the general population or the power user is going to be so easy to win over. Sure seems that MS has put a lot of effort into force feeding us this newerish bit of tech. I'll let the early pioneers help the technology develop and wait it out and see if it's going to be around for a few years.

I can see two problems with touchscreen.

Firstly, and I think it's already been touched upon (excuse the pun), is the ergonomics of it. Sat here at my desktop, I am a comfortable 3 - 5 feet away from my monitor. To reach out and actually touch the screen is completely uncomfortable and quite impractical. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Luddite, and I will admit there may be workflow enhancements to be garnered from touchscreen technology, but for me that wouldn't encompass a vertical fixed screen. Rather, a portable, horizontal lap device.

Secondly, is the design and construction of touchscreen monitors more robust and resilient than current non-touch models? What I'm getting at, is whether continual tactile use will eventually degrade the surface of the monitor, both as a result of the physical impact and dragging, and of the effect of the oils and secretions laid down from one's fingers.

I've taken extremely good care of the current 24" HD and 22" screens I use, for a start because they weren't cheap and also because I want the image quality to remain at an optimum. Taking the example mentioned in the OP, I can't wait to pay seven grand for a monitor and then start prodding it and smearing bodily fluids all over it.