Weird Tech Review: Touchstream "Video Appliance" Streaming Computer

This is another obscure special-purpose computer that I picked up at an auction for $5. Usually these things aren't very useful beyond their intended industry, but I got it to do some limited web browsing and play Doom. It has a flash drive with Windows XP Embedded, so it's a little more useful than some of the other single-use computers I've come across lately.

This was mainly designed for small-time, non-technical users to live-stream sports, concerts, education, government proceedings, etc. The system has a video capture card and a simple touch interface. Unfortunately it's from 2012, so it encodes into extinct formats like Flash, and only in very low quality.

I still don't really know what to do with the thing, other than tear it down for spare parts. Throw your suggestions in the comments!



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