Gaming is a rapidly growing market for touch technology. As the casino industry continues to expand, gaming machines are also migrating to newer, more sophisticated technology. Interactive gaming designers have found that touch allows the user to concentrate on the activity presented on the screen without having to coordinate the hand-eye movements of an input device. The intuitive nature of touch complements the selection-based activity required by interactive gaming systems. And a touchscreen's flexible interface allows users to play multiple games on one machine and gives software developers more freedom to develop creative games with unique payoffs and bonuses.

Elo's touchscreens are sensitive enough to respond to a very light touch from a finger, soft stylus, or gloved hand, yet sturdy enough to be unfazed by dirt, scratches or cigarette ash and can be sealed against liquid spills-so the game goes on, uninterrupted. Elo's touchscreens even add to the enjoyment of the game: Elo's surface wave technology provides a unique, pressure-sensitive Z-axis that adds extra facets to game play, such as 3-D button feedback.

Elo's new gaming monitors are designed as a direct result of feedback from game developers. Elo responded to their needs by delivering a line of high-quality monitors with new features and greater reliability, while retaining competitive pricing. Elo now offers a larger product range-including both touch and non-touch monitors-providing a single-source supply point for our customers, who have come to rely on Elo's expertise and experience as a monitor manufacturer.

Complete specifications for gaming monitors are found on Elo's gaming web site (www.elogaming.com) in the Products section; or, use the links below to view product specifications:

Normally, the addition of touch technology to a monitor comes at a price: significantly reduced picture quality. Only Elo offers iTouch "touch-on-tube" technology. iTouch senses touches through surface waves on the CRT faceplate itself, dispensing with the need for a coated glass overlay-which typically diffuses the image quality, alters colors, adds up to 80 percent more reflection, and is prone to breakage. iTouch ensures that the monitor displays the same perfect picture quality, bright colors and clear graphics, whether ordered with or without a touch interface. iTouch technology also provides extremely fast, sensitive, and drift-free touch performance. iTouch offers an advantage for casino games that traditionally offer buttons together with touch. With iTouch, button-only players are no longer penalized by the reduced optics that are often a part of other touch technologies. iTouch touchmonitors have been adopted by some of the largest manufacturers in the world for their next-generation games.

Elo's family of monitors has been developed with common features and electronics across all sizes. The new monitors are designed with a small footprint so that they can fit into machine makers' existing cabinets.

In addition to being the world leader in touch technology, Elo is also the largest producer of touchmonitors, with over ten years' experience. Users never expect their desktop monitors to fail, and the same should be true with gaming monitors. Elo's monitors incorporate proven basic circuits from desktop monitors, but specifically designed to withstand the rigors of the gaming and amusement industry. Because of Elo's overall monitor volume, Elo is able to produce our gaming monitors in the same factory that builds CRT and LCD monitors for some of the best-known desktop brands in the world. And, as with traditional gaming monitors, Elo still offers an access panel to the circuitry, plus electronics that are field-replaceable in a few minutes with simple keyed connections.

Elo application engineers assist with system integration, including supplying electronic 3-D design files, factory support in total system approvals, and even bulk packaging-which means lower shipping costs, reduced warehouse space requirements, faster unpacking and easier recycling. In addition, because Elo is a worldwide company, U.S., European, South American and Asian warehousing logistics are available together with local sales, service and customer support. Elo also has the substantial backing of its parent company, Tyco Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer and servicer of electrical and electronic components.