CAPACITIVE MULTITOUCH DISPLAYS GOING FOR $100 ON EBAY

If you are a DIY type, you have never really had much trouble purchasing a touchscreen display and then slapping it in your 9 or 10 inch netbook. While these touchpanels were cheap, they were of the resistive variety which required a stylus for input. And most of these displays typically only recognized one input at a time. But the times, they are a-changing.

A seller on eBay has started shipping 8.9 inch and 10.1 inch capacitive multi-touch displays. These displays will reportedly work with most netbooks on the market. The panels recognize up to two fingers at a time. They are definitely not the best, but they are priced right. The 10.1 inch display is going for $99.99. The 8.9 inch variety is cheaper by $10. You will have also have to pay for shipping which is kind of steep at $16.

Installing the screens might require a bit of technical expertise, as they involve some soldering.