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Old 06-28-2017, 10:30 AM   #56
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It comes down to personal taste. I personally prefer capacitive touchscreens, because a device with a capacitive touchscreen can have a screen that's flush with the bezel, which I like. A device with an IR touchscreen has to have a bezel raised above the screen, so the IR emitters and receivers can be in the edge of the bezel. I find such a screen much more difficult to keep clean; dirt tends to get trapped in the edges.
Even the market thinks it so, because all new models are capacitive. Those who continue to put infrared screens do it because they cost less.

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To the OP: why is it relevant whether the light guides conduct IR? The IR beams are, as you've been told over and over, ABOVE the display.

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