• EchoCranium@lemmy.zip
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    29 days ago

    They neglected to include a M2 slot for a SSD. If they add it to a future release, I’ll have to get one. Could finally have my own Shadowrun rigger deck!

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        28 days ago

        Yep, that made sense when it was a “mere” microcontroller, but in computerland it’s not the best option. Actually it’s bad. There are add-ons that can be attached, but I doubt you can stuff them in there.

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    29 days ago

    Super confused by some of their decisions lately.

    Spending money and effort on the SD cards was a real win.

    Delving deeper into the smaller form factor and less powerful versions…don’t get it.

    Now a portable monitor? Kinda confused.

    Right now they are fighting against the ESP community, RockChip overtaking their dominance, and BPi being a better price point. I’d rather they just make more production runs with extra features or hats that aren’t…a monitor you can get from better manufacturers cheaper.

    ASUS has a fantastic portable gaming monitor with 144hz at a similar price point. I’d buy that over this.

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    29 days ago

    Im not 100% sure about the monitor especially since you have to get another power adapter for 15$, but the 500 looks neat.

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      29 days ago

      I have a Pi400 that I used as a 4K UHD Kodi client. It worked great. The only thing it lacked was Doing Vision and HDR10+ support. Normal HDR10 was fine.

      Now I just use the Jellyfin app for my TV (LG), which also support DV.

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      29 days ago

      I just bought a used Ryzen 3 ThinkCentre as a media centre PC for 66€. Feel like the pi has a hard time competing both on price and performance in that field.

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      26 days ago

      I have a similar one from Amazon, one of the Chinese brands that are named by rolling your face on the keyboard.

      I can connect it via usb-c to my laptop, deck or Switch. The laptop doesn’t need extra power. The others can be powered through the display.

      Better resolution, HDR and decent speakers.