Raspberry Pi 5: EVERYTHING you need to know
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Surprise! Raspberry Pi 5 is coming in 2023. This video highlights everything new in Pi 5.Find out more about Raspberry Pi 5: https://www.raspberrypi.com/prod...
  • BrightCandle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    9 months ago

    The removal of h264 isn’t going to go down well for people who use them for under TV boxes. Will be better off with the Pi4 or another device.

    • ieightpi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Can you explain this a little bit? I have been looking to buy a Raspberry Pi for emulation on my TV.

    • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
      51·
      9 months ago

      Is software decoding not sufficient? My rPi2 could handle h264 through Kodi up to 1080p and I don’t think there was hardware decoding then.

  • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago
    Pi 5 w/ 8GB - $80
Pi 5 Case - $10
Pi 5 Charger - $8*
UHS1 Micro SD - $5**

Total - $103

    That’s pretty steep. I can get a Beelink with an N95, 8 GB of memory, and 256 GB of storage on Amazon, right now, for $127. Comes with intel quick sync, I can upgrade the RAM later if I want, and the SSD isn’t going to corrupt anytime I sneeze.

    The Pi Pico and Pi Zero 2 W are still great but their high end Pis don’t make sense anymore. Form factor and/or that 6ish*** watt difference between the Beelink and Pi 5 have to be really important

    * based off pi 4 charger
** based off Microcenter website
*** quick google search of both devices’ power consumption under load
    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      9 months ago

      Then please, buy the Beelink thing so I can get a Pi 5 for projects. I already have chargers, plenty of SD cards, a 3D printer for an enclosure, and a box of 50 heat sinks of various sizes. And I’ll be just fine with the base $60 model, so that’s all I need to spend.

      • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        I’m more confused than anything.

        I didn’t have a lot of money as a teenager. My family had 1 computer we all shared. I couldn’t tinker with it, what if I broke it? Cheap Pis were the gateway to my lifelong computer hobby. Because of that hobby, I was able to get a job where part of my role is full-stack web dev. I don’t know what I would be doing now if I didn’t have access to cheap Pis when I was younger.

        Especially in this economy, those prices just make me sad :/

        • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Buying used is a great option for a kid looking to tinker. Looking on craigslist I see a few different towers for $30-50. I even found what looks like a pretty decent laptop (i5 with 12gb ram and an SSD) for $40. It has a docking station too. I’m actually tempted to buy it.

  • MycoPete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    115·
    9 months ago

    So how much is this one going to cost? $80? This company’s greed has gotten out of hand.

    Remember when they said this during the chip shortage

    “These changes in pricing are not here to stay. As global supply chain issues moderate, we’ll keep revisiting this issue, and we want to get pricing back to where it was as fast as we can,”

    Bullshit.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      Did anybody here actually watch the video? Or did you just come to the comments to removed?

  • donuts@kbin.social
    71·
    9 months ago

    I feel a little bit underwhelmed about Raspberry Pi 5 compared to the Orange Pi 4.

    Would it have killed them to throw an nvme m.2 connector on the underside?

  • Xianshi@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    9 months ago

    Curious to see what it can emulate with the new specs. I have the steam deck now but the form factor or the pi was always nice.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      9 months ago

      Well, it apparently can’t do decent 8- and 16-bit anymore, since they’re ditching the composite video jack for hooking it up to a CRT TV. Now it’s only good for newer games designed for LCDs.

      • llii@feddit.deEnglish
        9·
        9 months ago

        You can still solder an video out to the Rpi 5, there’s just no port. So it’s still possible if you really want to.

        • HarriPotero@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          You’ll get at least one frame of added latency in the very best case when using original hardware on an LCD. Combine that with a TV that does its own processing and emulation and you’ll have some noticeable input lag. And yes, I know most TVs have a game mode.

          Interlacing when doing sprite multiplexing looks shittier on an LCD, too. Unless you do blending at the cost of an additional frame of latency.