All-In-One check in touch screen computers

Last week I posted about these $350 All-In-One check in computers that were selling on Amazon. What a great price. All you need to do is plug in a printer and a scanner and you’re ready to go.

So, I ordered two and got them in today. I spent a few hours this afternoon gettingÂ acquainted. It is a pretty low-powered machine, but I think it’s going to work fine for check-in. I’m excited to get them installed. I just checked and Amazon seems to still have 4 or 5 left, so I’d take advantage of it if you can. If they still have any by next week, I might even buy another one. 🙂

So, my friend Rob from Keller, TX bought one too and he saved me a bunch of time telling me how to calibrate for Fellowship one Check in as well as where to get a mounting plate (I’m hanging these suckers on the wall).

So, here’s what he shared:

Screen Calibration
Go to display properties and change the resolution to 800×600 (When I did it, I noticed something still wasn’t right). Then click on “advanced” and change the DPI setting to 96 (this was what I was missing. Once I did this, it all looked great).

Built in Software
Just in case you’re wondering, the machine has a lot of extra built in software that enhances the touch screen functionality. A lot of it is junk, but there’s a great little built in “soft” keyboard that is great. Once you get it all set up, you don’t need a keyboard wired into this thing.

Wall Mount
So you want to mount this to the wall? I couldn’t find out how to do this, but Rob figured it out. You have to buy this plate which you will attach to the back of the machine. Then you can use any VESA75 wall mount to connect the computer to the wall. I bought this wall mount off of Amazon.

Hopefully I’ll have these things installed in a week or two, so I’ll be able to give a full review then.

11 Comments

Jonathon Mitchell on October 19, 2010 at 5:01 pm

Here’s another great mount resource website: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082807&p_id=6520&seq=1&format=2

Craig Gyergyo on October 19, 2010 at 7:33 pm

I have got five of these computers set up in our early childhood area, Kenny. We have had them in operation for over a year – they do the job just fine. Thumbs up!

Kenny on October 19, 2010 at 8:44 pm

Thanks for the link. Those are good princes on mounts. Unfortunately, these PC’s have connectors in the back and I don’t think the could connect with the machine that close to the wall, but I am going to keep that in mind with some of my other displays… it looks like it would be sharp.

Craig, that’s good to know. I feel even better about my purchase now. Do you use Fellowship One as well?

JohnnyE! on October 19, 2010 at 11:27 pm

Was the Rob in Keller Rob Patterson from Keystone Church, the place I used to be at? If so cool!

Kylie on October 20, 2010 at 12:26 am

Does anyone know if they work for Connection Power? That’s what our church uses.

Craig Gyergyo on October 20, 2010 at 9:56 am

I wish! We use….Shelby. Though it looks like we will be transitioning to their newest product called ARENA (which I have high hopes for).

We don’t have ours mounted on the wall either. We just use that little kick stand in the back to prop them up on the kiosks.

Kristin Englund on October 21, 2010 at 9:12 am

Thanks for the tip on these! I picked up two for us to use at our new campus.

Kenny on October 21, 2010 at 9:54 am

Sweet! I hope they work out great for you!
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Dan Wright on March 2, 2011 at 12:37 pm

I have about a dozen of these running with FellowshipOne check-in. The staff hate them with a passion and we will probably be replacing them soon.

I’m not clear what the problems are. I hear “they didn’t work at all this weekend,” but I can’t get them to duplicate the problems during the week. On the three weekends when I have come in to watch them in person they have worked OK, albeit slowly.