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I R Crankey
bang bang choo choo


Registered: 01/03/10
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700Mhz ARM right?
i don't think most people realize how shitty that processor actualy is :/ it'll do basic crap, but there are phones for cheap that'll do far more.. without the need for an external power supply
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DieCommie

Registered: 12/11/03
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Phones need external power supplies...
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I R Crankey
bang bang choo choo


Registered: 01/03/10
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really? your phone doesn't have a battery? you have to carry one of these around anytime you need to turn it on?
huh, i didn't know we were living in the 60s..
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DieCommie

Registered: 12/11/03
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A battery is not a power supply. The Raspberry Pi takes the exact same power supply as most modern smartphones, micro USB. You could hook it up to a cell phone battery pretty easily if you wanted to.
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frith
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Registered: 10/27/09
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Loc: Philadelphia, PA
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Visionary Tools said: well, not endless. A computer that uses hardly any poweer, no moving parts, enough grunt to run abiword, but not enough grunt for distractions, but does have sound out if you wanted to listen to music. Yeah, sign me up.
it can play full 1080p video and the more expensive model has ethernet. this would be the perfect home theater front end machine... completely silent and small enough that you can just throw on some velcro and stick it to the back of your tv.
you can keep the server where content is stored in the closet and stream everything over NFS or whatever.
this thing is very capable as long as you get creative with how to use it. will it play crisis? no. but it does some stuff a lot better than a $5000 super computer would do. forget the limitations.. focus on its strengths and youd love it.
ive been on their mailing list for about a year now. stayed up late to try and buy one. both sites were down almost instantly.. farnell sold out in 20 minutes. rs wasnt too much later. hopefully i can pick one or two up during the next round.
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pen15



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i have one its great, i use XBMC and a big usb drive to play all my torrented crap get another in the mail today woohoo
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Scarab74
Warminatrix


Registered: 07/06/09
Posts: 1,554
Loc: Conchs & Coconuts, USA
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Re: Raspberry Pi [Re: pen15]
#16584461 - 07/25/12 05:35 AM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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My husband's arrived on Monday. It's pretty cool. There is a specific type of Lego kit that you can use to build a little case for it.
-------------------- ~Scarab74 We are such stuff as dreams are made of. W. Shakespeare - The Tempest
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DieCommie

Registered: 12/11/03
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Re: Raspberry Pi [Re: Scarab74]
#16587293 - 07/25/12 04:41 PM (11 years, 9 months ago) |
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I have mine too. Its real easy, and real cool. I have had trouble getting my wireless adapter to work on it. Its a cheap, blank wireless adapter though.
These seem promising too, http://www.amazon.com/MK802-Android-Google-Player-Allwinner/dp/B008BFXOZE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343256049&sr=8-1&keywords=MK802
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ChuangTzu
starvingphysicist



Registered: 09/04/02
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I still haven't even been contacted saying I can place an order...
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DieCommie

Registered: 12/11/03
Posts: 29,258
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Check your spam filters, one of the two companies ended up in mine.
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ChuangTzu
starvingphysicist



Registered: 09/04/02
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I dunno, I get other emails from them trying to sell me other crap.
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foodsgoodtoo
FPSnosurrender


Registered: 02/13/09
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DieCommie said: From Newark,
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Expected Ship Date: 05/14/2012
Lame!
LOL Just ordered one. Twelve weeks eta for delivery.
Still no rush at all. May come sooner.
Gunna feel like adventure time once received.
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ChuangTzu
starvingphysicist



Registered: 09/04/02
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Still nothing (other than ads for other shit) from any of them.... Guess I'm going to have to re-inquire...
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5HTSynaptrip
Dopamine Enthusiast



Registered: 09/14/08
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I ended up selling mine back when demand was insane and they were back-ordered for months. Just wouldn't have had the time to do anything with it, especially without any housing. Once things get rolling with it I'm sure there will be so many awesome addons and all that.
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foodsgoodtoo
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Registered: 02/13/09
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had one - its lost - twas super fun tinkering with it- much more planned. could not get much tubing or video for that matter.
definitely worth it to expand horizons in that sense.
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infected_2

Registered: 08/09/11
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Seeing as someones already necro'd this thread I may as well chip in a few Q's. I got a B+
1) Mine seemed kinda slow, as in their was a delay when typing, is that normal? Not sure if it's low power supply, faulty or just normal(wired Keyboard + mouse)
2) Anyone got a good guide for setting a pi up as a smart tv? If I could browse youtube for music and stream movies i'd be happy enough.
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foodsgoodtoo
FPSnosurrender



Registered: 02/13/09
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mm pi aint that slow.
when my charger wasnt correct the pi would shut off.
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koraks
Registered: 06/02/03
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infected_2 said: 1) Mine seemed kinda slow, as in their was a delay when typing, is that normal? Not sure if it's low power supply, faulty or just normal(wired Keyboard + mouse)
What OS are you running and which video settings? Pi can be horribly slow if it needs to process lots of video data.
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2) Anyone got a good guide for setting a pi up as a smart tv? If I could browse youtube for music and stream movies i'd be happy enough.
Try RaspBMC. But I bummed out on it because it was too slow to be of much use.
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infected_2

Registered: 08/09/11
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Re: Raspberry Pi [Re: koraks]
#20436929 - 08/18/14 11:18 AM (9 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've installed Raspian (got the NOOBS preinstalled sd card cos it was cheap n I needed a micro sd anyway), 720p i think but I hadn't even got to the stage where I was able to run videos. I'd just booted it up and was on the pre-installed midori browser and there was a delay when typing in searches.
I was hoping to hook it up to a 720p monitor in my bedroom and stream music n videos but the display was weird on my 1080p monitor for my main pc and the delayed typing just made it a pain to use so I set it aside for the time being until I'd asked about the delay. Didn't wanna go to the trouble of setting it all up to realise it's a defective unit or something.
Maybe I'll try digging around for a guide for a stripped back web browser only kind of setup.
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koraks
Registered: 06/02/03
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I tried to run regular Raspbian on it once and also noticed it was simply too slow to use. On Raspbmc, it sort of works, but going through menus etc. is just too slow to be of any use. Some plugins are so slow that they take like a minute or more to load a new menu, let alone actually play some content. That, combined with the hassle of local media companies continuously inventing new ways to make it unattractive to stream their content to platforms they are not directly dealing with made me icebox the Pi. Maybe I'll use it in some future project where its lack of computing power isn't so much of an issue. It should do fine for several (web) server applications or for domotics/robotics and whatnot.
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