HP TouchSmart IQ816 All-in-One Desktop PC (2.1 Reviews

Product Description

Stay connected to your world with the hp TouchSmart PC. Its new all-in-one design combines a 25.5" diagonal hi-def widescreen with a powerful energy-efficient Intel Core 2 Duo Processor in a single sleek piano black design, with colored hp Ambient Lights that lets you select a color lighting to set a mood, or see your keyboard in the dark. The next-generation touchscreen technology puts your digital life at your fingertips and gives you instant access to info, entertainment and social networks. Be free from dangling cables with the built-in WiFi, wireless keyboard and mouse and sync to your gadgets wireless with integrated Bluetooth, the only cable you'll need is the power cord! Watch movies in High Definition with the built-in slot-loading Blu-Ray Player. Easily chat face to face online or capture quick photos and video clips, and feel more connected to friends and family using the built-in webcam and microphone. Listen digital music, DVD movies, and multimedia entertainment with the integrated premium stereo speakers that deliver exceptional sound quality. Whatever the day brings, the hp TouchSmart PC will deliver a new level of fun to everything you touch. Touch-enabled 25.5 diagonal (1920 x 1200) BrightView LCD with tilt adjustment Integrated Webcam with Microphone NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS HD with 512MB Dedicated Graphics Memory Slot-loading Blu-Ray Player/DVD+-R/RW DL Drive NTSC/ATSC TV Tuner High Definition Audio with Integrated Speakers 802.11b/g/n Wireless Bluetooth 10/100/1000 BaseT Network 5-in-1 card reader - SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, MS Pro and xD Front ports - 2 x USB, IEEE 1394, Headphone Back ports - 3 x USB, Digital Audio Out, Line-in, Line-out, RJ-45 (LAN) Approximate Unit Dimensions - 26.04 (W) x 5.47 (D) x 19.63 (H) Approximate Unit Weight - 35.28 Pounds

Product auite superior to any other computer I've ever owned. Just struggling over incompatability between Vista Home Premium and programs I've owned that functioned on every operating system since Windows 95 until this one.


Ok its not all bad...First the things I like...it has a very smooth wireless keypad and mouse. The touch screen is very cool but there are not to many reasons to use it. It works very well but the main reason to have it will mostly be for bragging rights...you will have one of the coolest computers on the block though. I just find with almost all programs a mouse is faster than touching it. Love the fact that it is truly "all in one" just plug it into the wall and that is it! I also bought a wireless printer so along with a wireless router.....I have no messy wires at all...just the wall plug ins. It has a great picture and blue-ray movies look and sound awesome.
Now for the Bad...The windows Vista (64 bit) does not play nice with most programs. I have a hard time finding compatible software and even the ones that claim to be compatible still sometimes do not work well. Example...I like using AOL..but could not find a version that would work properly. The software would crash and I would have to restart the computer to get to come back on. I Checked with AOL and HP support and both did not have a solution. After installing every version that was supposed to be compatible finally the AOL 10.1 desktop seems to be working ok...I just do not like that AOL version. But that is my only complaint and it might be isolated to my experience only.
Overall its a great computer...but Vista sucks.


I am pleased with the computer. Screen display is very good, sound quality is excellent and the 25.5 inch screen is phenomenal. I have had problems on 2 occasions with the sleep mode. I was unable to awaken it on both occasions and had to shut the system down which disabled some of the fuctions and my printer. This resulted in a call to HP support that lasted 3 1/2 hours before the machine would function correctly. I have finally put the machine with sleep mode disabled. I was told that this was a fairly common occurance and that there was a software fix coming out.


Good computer... received my HP IQ816 factory direct about 3 weeks ago, so I'm still learning more about it as I go. I find that the computer looks great, although it took some time to get use to the "bigness" of it. The TouchSmart application is just OK, you can't use it for web browsing, just for things like thumbing through pictures or music. I find myself resorting to the keyboard and mouse much more than going for the Touchscreen.

Things I like:
1.) Blu-Ray DVD player
2.) Ease of setting up
3.) No tower
4.) No cords (or at the very least only a few cords)
5.) Plenty of convenient ports on the side

Things I dislike:
1.) A bit sluggish
2.) Can't get used to the remote control, also hard to operate without looking at it directly
3.) Resolution of some movies grainy
4.) SD card got stuck, pulled GENTLY and STEADILY to get it out
5.) Many HP technicians do not speak English as first language
6.) Poor speakers, very weak sound, MUST have separate set of speakers to be at all happy with your viewing experience (speakers, when plugged in, are conveniently controlled through keyboard- and remote-control mechanisms)

I would not buy this computer strictly for its' touch screen function, it really isn't that useful for everything you need to accomplish on the computer.

IF you buy your computer from HP, they WILL price match (must purchase computer first). I found the identical computer from www.greatpricenow.com for $1,499.00; HP DID PRICE MATCH so I got this computer for 1499.00.


I purchased this computer about 5 days ago and loved the beautiful touch screen, the integrated TV tuner, the Blue Ray disc player, and the processing power. It is able to multitask very well without slowing down the system.

The problem is the Windows Vista OS is the worst operating system ever. And I do mean EVER. I am an advanced user and have built computers and used many operating systems in the past but the Windows Vista that comes with the computer is the 64 bit version which is supposed to make it have greater memory handling capacity. However, the system is full of bugs, typical Microsoft quality. It crashed on me over 5 times within the past five days and there are many software programs that are not compatible with the 64 bit version of the Windows Vista, I did not know this prior to buying the system. Also, the computer is very sensitive and unstable and keeps coming up with driver conflicts that rendered my Blue Ray-CD drive and flash drive inaccessible. The Windows start menu also malfunctioned many times causing me to be unable to open applications or to even shut down my computer without pushing ctrl-alt-del. I had to solve the driver conflicts by using the system restore function and has already needed to restore my system 3 times in 5 days. I tried reinstalling the driver but Windows kept saying the drivers are good and up to date. The problems with the 64 bit version of Windows Vista has so consumed my daily use of the computer that it has completely distracted me from how great the computer system actually is. It is very unfortunate because clearly HP has put out a great product but the people at Microsoft continue to put out very poor software full of bugs and has held PC makers and users captive. This is what happens when a company has a monopoly. Overall, the computer is excellent but the operating system makes the computer useless and a hassle. Because of this, I am planning on returning the computer soon and hope they will eventually have a version of Windows that can actually work. It truly is a crime that Microsoft can put out and charge money for defective and useless products.

Zero stars for the Windows Vista 64 bit that comes with the computer
Five stars for the computer hardware


After many months of researching desktops I finally decided on the hp Touchsmart pc. While it didn't have everything I was looking for, ie; bluray burner,1tb hard drive, it came pretty darn close. I looked at everything from an imac, to the dell xps one, and even a bunch of desktop pcs.

After looking more into blank blu-ray disks prices I decided that having a blu-ray player would be sufficient as I rent mostly anyway.

I have only had the computer for a couple of days now but so far it meets and exceeds all my expectations.

The touch screen is awesome to use as are the included wireless keyboard and mouse.

The touchsmart interface is easy to learn and has so many customizable features that I have barely started to digest all that I can do with the computer.

The PVR with live tv works well with my standard cable signal and was easy to setup.

I am only having difficulty getting the available hd channels to show up as the standard definition signal is adequate at best on the 1080p resolution 25.5" screen. More research is proving this issue to be a window media center issue and not the computer itself. As is usual for microsoft products.

The computer is fast and responsive and for the use we bought it for it does everything I want it to do and more.

I will add more to review as time goes on and we have more experience with the touchsmart pc


Unlike the person who was expecting the computer to ship on one day, just to find out that their shipment was delayed until further notice, mine has been shipped out on the date that I was originally told (sometime between Oct 6-8). I am still waiting for it to reach me (I am working in Phnom Penh right now, so it takes longer for my shipments to reach me). So at least the computer is shipping out on time for some people. Good luck!!

-----Update-----

Well, I received my computer a couple of months ago, and I am quite pleased. I think I would still only give four stars though.
The computer operates more quickly than any other I have owned. I really only buy computers for entertainment's sake, so I often find myself attempting to listen to music on iTunes, sync my mp3 player or cell phone through WMP, convert video files from avi to mp4, wmv, etc, rip dvd's, and play around online all at the same time. This is the first computer that I can do that on without any seeing any serious slowing down. So I am happy...

The one problem I have seen is the TouchSmart process doesn't work well for me, but I just don't use the application, and I haven't had any other issues...

I am not a major computer guru, but at least I can assure you that it can run iTunes, WMP 11, WMP Classic, a dvd ripper, a video converter, and a couple of other programs at the same time, without the computer stopping, or drastically slowing down.

The only other issue is that I have gotten so used to the touch screen, I catch myself reaching out to the computer monitors at work, before I remember that they aren't touch screens...



I ordered this product several weeks ago when it was "In stock". Then I received a note saying it wasn't available for a couple of days. Then another message saying they had no idea when it would be available.

I kept the order and then received an e-mail saying it would be available on the 14 or 15th of October.

I just looked again and they said it's available in 1-2 months!!!

What gives?

Frys has had it for over a week and they're in stocl. Best Buy and Circuit City had it... How come Amazon is changing their status daily on this product.

A friend of mine played with it at Frys and he was completely impressed with the quality of the IQ816. Wish I could get the order when promised... :(

About HP TouchSmart IQ816 All-in-One Desktop PC (2.1 Reviews detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156 in Personal Computers
• Color: Black
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard
• Model: IQ816
• Dimensions: 5.50" h x 26.04" w x 19.63" l, 70.00 pounds
• CPU: Intel Xscale PXA255 0 unknown-units
• Memory: 0EUR SIMM
• Hard Disk: 0EUR
• Processors: 0

Features

• All in One PC with 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 with 3MB L2 Cache
• 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x2048MB), 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 9600 M GS HD graphics module with 512MB dedicated video memory and support for Blu-ray, and Microsoft DirectX 10
• Slot-load Blu-ray player and SuperMulti DVD burner, Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n with built-in WLAN antenna and Integrated Bluetooth
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 26.04" (W) x 5.47" (L/D) x 19.63" (H) approx., 35.28 lbs approx.

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