InFocus Intros Monster 55" AIO PC, the BigTouch
Now that's a monster AIO PC... too bad its internals don't match its overall size.
InFocus Corp. launched on Tuesday the BigTouch, a 55-inch all-in-one PC packed with Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro and a meaty price tag of $4999 USD. It sports a five-point touch 1080p display for multi-person collaboration in classrooms, businesses and home theaters. It's beautiful, fast and fun, the company claims.
"Imagine interacting with virtually any content you want on a beautiful 55-inch high definition touch display," said Robert Detwiler, product manager at InFocus. "The BigTouch is for anyone who wants the Windows 8 touch experience on a large PC display."
This super-sized AIO PC features two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two HDMI ports, and six USB ports. Under the hood is an Intel Core i5 "Sandy Bridge" processor with Intel vPro Technology for embedded security and manageability, and a 120 GB SSD. There's also WiFi connectivity, and a wireless keyboard and mouse for computing from a couch or desk.
Unfortunately, InFocus is a little slim on the hardware details, and the product currently isn't listed on its website. However additional reports claim that the AIO actually comes with a detachable hardware unit that can be easily upgraded thanks to its Blade server-like design. This hardware unit itself is integrated with the 55-inch screen through a proprietary connector.
David Duncan, product manager at InFocus, said the company plans to roll out upgrades to Core processors based on Intel's Ivy Bridge architecture in the future. Meanwhile, the touch screen itself supports the basic Windows 8 gestures such as slide, rotate, pinch and swipe, making navigation through Windows 8 on the large screen a real breeze.
To get the 55-inch BigTouch, consumers will need to find an InFocus retailer, or shop online via TigerDirect, CDW and other virtual retailers.

For a home theater? I have to get up and touch the TV to do things? I think not.
Isn't that why we've had remotes for the last 40 years?
We also have a 42" plasma and installed infra-red touch sensors into a bezel that sits on top of the screen (about half a cm thick).
The TV can register touch and everything.
Overall the whole thing set me back $1200.
Why is this system $5000 again?
It's already bad on 27" touchscreens. Manufacturers, can we please get higher resolution displays and better scaling (particularly with multiple monitors)? PLEASE? (at least there are some 1080p 13" machines out there, but desktops?)
this is a PC, think outside the TV you now have a 55" desktop and it's stuck at 1080p which sucks incredibly huge!
not that these games will work with touch, i do not know, but think 5 player supreme commander on your table top PC and you and your friends can sit around it with each of you having single touch access or you can play 1 vs 1 with both of you having 2 touch access or you can play your sisters/wife and her friend and they have 2 touch access while you handicap yourself to single touch in an effort to not make them look like noobs.
think Chess. if you're using it to watch movies then you must think papers only use is to write on with a pencil.
i know the program software probably isn't ready or there for this yet, but now it can happen.
have an idea what you want to do with it, be an innovator and build it, this is your opportunity to become a millionaire or the next bill gates /oracle or what ever! you get the idea. stop being 'just a user' if you have an idea you want it to do.
this is a PC, think outside the TV you now have a 55" desktop and it's stuck at 1080p which sucks incredibly huge!
I have a large screen..a 61". Having to stand within arms reach of it to manipulate (play a game or something) would suck. If we lay it flat (tabletop) that would probably work for a multiplayer setup, but that would eat a large chunk of living room space. In an arcade or bar? Sure.
As said earlier..a fancy whiteboard. We have and use a large Smartboard at work. Its great for presentations. But I could not see trying to play any game on it. You're standing much too close.