Rich G.
Experienced
I say nay-nay!
I'm seeing more and more products come out that have integrated touch screens. The screens are getting bigger. The graphics are getting 'prettier'. I say there's no need for fancier displays. In fact, there's no need for an on-board display at all for a few reason...
What prompted all this was seeing the Neural DSP's Quad Cortex. I was impressed by the nice interface screen... though it appears to be smaller than an iPad's screen. In just a few years the screen on the Quad Cortex will look old as some new screen technology emerges. And where will that new technology be?... in the latest tablets.
I'm seeing more and more products come out that have integrated touch screens. The screens are getting bigger. The graphics are getting 'prettier'. I say there's no need for fancier displays. In fact, there's no need for an on-board display at all for a few reason...
- The obvious reason: Nicer displays don't make things sound any better.
- There's nothing that makes a product look more outdated than a display. It's like comparing old CRT 27" TV's to today's 77" OLED TV's. I've seen processors go from LED based interfaces like the TC 2290 to sophisticated touch screens.
- Displays are another failure point. Removing them will make a product more reliable. Anyone ever had a display fail on them while the processor continued to work fine?
- Cost. Next to the processors themselves displays (and other interface items such as switches and knobs) probably add quite a bit to the cost of a product.
- They are subject to being discontinued. That's not to say other components aren't, but rather if the screen is discontinued then you have to redesign your product to make use of the new screen. That was the case of the AxeFX II and the II XL.
What prompted all this was seeing the Neural DSP's Quad Cortex. I was impressed by the nice interface screen... though it appears to be smaller than an iPad's screen. In just a few years the screen on the Quad Cortex will look old as some new screen technology emerges. And where will that new technology be?... in the latest tablets.