Raspberry Pi Monitor Pairs Great With The Raspberry Pi 500 As A $100 Display

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67332

    Raspberry Pi Monitor Pairs Great With The Raspberry Pi 500 As A $100 Display

    Phoronix: Raspberry Pi Monitor Pairs Great With The Raspberry Pi 500 As A $100 Display

    Along with recently announcing the Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard computer and the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB (review still forthcoming; the 16GB model only arrived last week), the Raspberry Pi Monitor debuted last month as their first foray into displays. For $100 USD you get a 15.6-inch 1080p display that is simple but pairs well with the Raspberry Pi 400/500 or just the single board computer or any other HDMI-connected device for that matter.

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  • andreano
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2012
    • 595

    #2
    If I were to build another ARM SBC based laptop, this would be it. These days, I'm too used to having working suspend to ram.

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    • browseria
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2018
      • 154

      #3
      250 nits - is this accurate? Hope you don't have to use it in a room where the sun shines in...

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      • BesiegedAce
        Phoronix Member
        • Sep 2020
        • 108

        #4
        Made in the UK? interesting

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        • NotMine999
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2014
          • 1032

          #5
          100 USD for this clunker of a monitor? Is RPi trying to rival the fruit cargo cult from Cupertino? Seriously, this RPi product is not a good bargain.

          I have 23 inch ASUS monitors that perform better than this RPi product and cost the same (or less, when on special, back when I bought them in 2018).

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          • fazalmajid
            Junior Member
            • May 2018
            • 36

            #6
            I have two of these. One for my server rack hooked up to a KVM switch, and another one for my RPi 500. Yes, they are not bright if powered by USB, but perfectly adequate to monitor some servers, and not needing a wall-wart and mains connection saves a lot of cable clutter. It's surprisingly hard to get space-saving small monitors nowadays (anything under 20") and those that do exist are often ridiculously overpriced. I'd be happy with a 12" 4:3 monitor, but no one makes them any more.

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            • cutterjohn
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2009
              • 333

              #7
              Originally posted by NotMine999 View Post
              100 USD for this clunker of a monitor? Is RPi trying to rival the fruit cargo cult from Cupertino? Seriously, this RPi product is not a good bargain.

              I have 23 inch ASUS monitors that perform better than this RPi product and cost the same (or less, when on special, back when I bought them in 2018).
              True. I have a 24" that I got for $75 (75Hz) a few years ago on sale BUT IT IS 24"!

              That said I bought an 13" IIRC for c. $80 a month or so ago, which Ill admit I also bought because it had an integrated TV tuner and antenna attachment and came with a cheap antenna that worked pretty well... my OTA more expensive antenna misses 3 channels that the cheap one picks up, and the expensive one picks up 3 channels that the cheap one misses... go figure... but we'll see when I try it outdoors(oh yeah cheap 13" also has a battery! No idea how long it'll last as I haven't tried that yet... not warm enough by far...)

              That said yeah a nice little 13-15" monitor was exactly what I was looking for to tote around to headless PCs/servers or as Michael keeps stating using w/SBCs and the like w/o having to dig up a KVM(which is probably so old it doesn't have the right connectors anyways) or wasting monies building pikvms, which I really do NOT need at this time... and I hope that by the time that I do I have something running w/IPMI... although I could use a pikvm and GPIO to control oh say power/reset/etc remotely, so there is that so who knows...

              a little 13-15" monitor just seems to be a nice to have and yeah I did use it a bit on an N97 board, and some SBCs... it's nice enough... TV is nice enough, i.e. it just does enough to get the job done good enough... a 24"?! Yeah! I want to lug that all over the place!

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              • jaxa
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2020
                • 353

                #8
                Originally posted by NotMine999 View Post
                100 USD for this clunker of a monitor? Is RPi trying to rival the fruit cargo cult from Cupertino? Seriously, this RPi product is not a good bargain.

                I have 23 inch ASUS monitors that perform better than this RPi product and cost the same (or less, when on special, back when I bought them in 2018).
                Name brand 1080p60 15.6" portable monitors (e.g. ASUS ZenScreen) land around this price, although it's easy to get Chinese brands closer to $50-80. This Raspberry Pi one is not totally out of line, although a feature or port here or there could easily tip the scales for someone.

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                • Veto
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2012
                  • 544

                  #9
                  Originally posted by jaxa View Post

                  Name brand 1080p60 15.6" portable monitors (e.g. ASUS ZenScreen) land around this price, although it's easy to get Chinese brands closer to $50-80. This Raspberry Pi one is not totally out of line, although a feature or port here or there could easily tip the scales for someone.

                  https://slickdeals.net/f/17907264-89...166c-at-amazon
                  The ASUS is also nice, but has a single USB-C interface instead of separate HDMI and USB for power. The ASUS is ideal for a laptop, the Raspberry Pi for other uses.

                  However, I personally hope, that the Raspberry Pi 6 will also have a USB-C display output and support power by standard USB-C power supplies.

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                  • geerge
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2023
                    • 359

                    #10
                    Why didn't they stick a pi zero 2w in this thing and make it a monitor that doubles as a tablet for $150

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