Elo TouchSystems
Extends Its Family of Gaming Touchmonitors
New Additions Include 17" and 19" True Flat
Screen CRT Monitors
Contacts
Fremont, California—September 17, 2002—Elo TouchSystems,
Inc., the global leader in touch technology and a unit of
Tyco Electronics, today announces that it has extended its
family of open-frame CRT and LCD gaming monitors to 14 models,
ranging from 12.1" through 19". Recent additions
include 17" and 19" true flat CRT monitors and a
new 17" LCD wide panel monitor (16 x 9 aspect ratio).
Elo has also upgraded its popular 1549L 15" LCD, increasing
the viewing angle to 160° x 160° while retaining the
same exterior physical dimensions. Elo's CRT gaming touchmonitors
are available with the company's breakthrough iTouch "touch-on-tube"
surface-wave touch technology. The company's LCD gaming monitors
are available with IntelliTouch or SecureTouch surface-wave
touch technologies. All of the company's gaming monitors feature
a unique injection-molded minibezel and watertight seal. Elo's
gaming monitors will be shown in booth #1167 at G2E 2002 Global
Gaming Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, from September 17 to 19.
Quality and Reliability at a Cost-Effective
Price Point
"The extended family of gaming monitors not only retains
Elo's proven quality and reliability," says Mike Sigona,
Elo's worldwide gaming market manager, "but manages to
do so at an extremely cost-effective and competitive price
point. We've worked hard at Elo and found a way to deliver
quality and economy in the same bundle. I believe that our
customers will be very pleased with our new gaming monitors."
Integrated Minibezel and Watertight
Seal
"We now have a large family of ten products with small
footprints, consistent electronics, mechanical construction
and features across all sizes," says Seosamh McNally,
Elo's gaming product manager. "All of the CRTs have
the same form factors, and both the CRT and LCD monitors
offer
multilingual remote On-Screen Display (OSD) and worldwide
agency approvals and power. And all of Elo's gaming monitors
feature our unique, field-replaceable, integrated minibezel."
The minibezel forms a watertight faceplate seal to keep spilled
drinks away from the electronics and stays in place even
when
the game cover is open. The seal is about 0.5 mm thick—thinner
than a coin—and appears solid to players.
 True Flat CRT Monitors
Elo's new Entuitive 1788C and 1988C 17" and 19"
CRT gaming monitors provide a true flat surface—unlike
Full Square Tube (FST) monitors, which are still slightly
curved—that simplifies installation of the monitor into
cabinets using a flat front. Elo's true flat monitors provide
the same flat screen image as an LCD monitor, but at the lower
cost-point of a CRT monitor. "The true flat monitors
take particular advantage of Elo's iTouch 'touch-on-tube'
technology," says Sigona. iTouch, which is an option
for all of Elo's CRT gaming monitors, provides significantly
enhanced on-screen image, graphics, color quality, brightness
and clarity by eliminating the traditional glass touchscreen
overlay and placing the touch sensors on the CRT faceplate
itself. Monitors equipped with iTouch can yield up to 20 percent
greater brightness and up to 80 percent less reflection than
those with an overlay. "For customers using a true flat
CRT, iTouch is a far superior solution to an overlay because
even a true flat tube generates some parallax in the corners,
which can be exaggerated by the overlay and its associated
air gap," Sigona explains. "Using iTouch, however,
minimizes this parallax."
 Wider Angle, Modular Design
Elo's new Entuitive 1757L 17" LCD gaming monitor with
wide XGA panel (1280 x 768) offers a 16 x 9 aspect ratio and
landscape format. The monitor has been designed for wide-screen
viewing applications, for which developers want to retain
the same aspect ratio across the whole screen. Elo's Entuitive
1549L 15" LCD gaming monitor has been enhanced with a
wider panel—offering a 160° x 160° viewing angle
to attract more players—but still retains the same outside
dimensions. "All of Elo's LCD gaming monitors have a
long-lasting product cycle," says McNally, "because
the enclosure is controlled by Elo's specifications. So future
panel improvements are possible without external changes."
Elo's LCD gaming monitors include the superior picture quality
of IntelliTouch surface-wave touch technology, the option
of SecureTouch vandal-resistant surface-wave touch technology,
and an optional USB controller. Serial is standard.
As with traditional gaming monitors, Elo's open-frame line
of touch and non-touch CRT monitors uses electronics that
are quickly field-replaceable. A common electronics design
across all models and sizes and an access panel also make
component-level repairs easier.
Elo's extended family of CRT and LCD gaming monitors is available
now. For more information on Elo's products and services,
please contact Elo TouchSystems at 800-ELO-TOUCH (800-356-8682),
visit Elo's Web site at www.elogaming.com,
or direct electronic mail inquiries to eloinfo@elotouch.com.
IntelliTouch, iTouch and SecureTouch are trademarks of Elo
TouchSystems, Inc. All other products and company names referred
to herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies or mark holders.
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About Elo TouchSystems
Elo TouchSystems, Inc., global leader in touch technology,
is a unit of Tyco Electronics. Elo develops, manufactures
and markets a complete line of touch products that simplify
the interface between people and computers in both public-access
and employee-activated applications. Founded in 1971, the
company is headquartered in Fremont, California, with manufacturing
sites in the U.S., Belgium, Taiwan and Japan. Elo's
main regional offices are in Kessel-Lo, Belgium and Yokohama,
Japan, with additional sales and technical support offices
worldwide. For more information on Elo TouchSystems'
products and services, call 1-800-ELO-TOUCH in the U.S. or
+32-16-35-2100 in Europe or visit our Web site at www.elogaming.com.
About Tyco Electronics
Tyco Electronics is one of the major business units of
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC, LSE: TYI, BSX: TYC).
Headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, Tyco Electronics
is the world's largest passive electronic components manufacturer;
a world leader in cutting-edge wireless, active fiber optic
and complete power systems technologies; and is also rapidly
developing extensive networking and building technology
installation services. The company has facilities located
in 51 countries serving customers in the aerospace, automotive,
computer, communications, consumer electronics, industrial
and power industries. Tyco Electronics provides advanced
technology products from over forty well-known and respected
brands, including Agastat, Alcoswitch, AMP, AMP NETCONNECT,
Buchanan, CII, CoEv, Critchley, Elcon, Elo TouchSystems,
M/A-COM, Madison Cable, OEG, OneSource Building Technologies,
Potter &
Brumfield, Raychem, Schrack, Simel and TDI Batteries.
Contacts
Mike Sigona
Worldwide Gaming Market Manager
Elo TouchSystems, Inc.
+49-89-60822-191
msigona@elotouch.com
Seosamh McNally
Gaming Products Manager
Elo TouchSystems, Inc.
510-739-4667
smcnally@elotouch.com
Peter Ferris
Tyco International (U.S.) Inc.
Tel: 212-424-1366
Fax: 646-282-8554
pferris@tyco.com
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