Subj : Re: New Pico2
To   : Jan Panteltje
From : druck
Date : Thu Aug 22 2024 22:08:03

XPost: sci.electronics.design

On 22/08/2024 07:37, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> I decided to stop with newer Raspberry Pis after this 8 GB Pi4 I am using to post this.
>
> A 35 dollar HD TV satellite box is a faster better media player,

Try a media optimised OS such as Kodi, rather than a general purpose
distro if you want to use a Pi as a media player.

> Pis take ever more power..

Don't confuse the availability of a larger power supply with the Pi 5
taking more power - it's not much different to the Pi 4. However, as you
*could* attach 4 USB devices and a PCIe device, the PSU is rated to cope
with the maximum current all of those devices could use simultanously.
If you won't be doing that, you can use the Pi 4 PSU.

> Is not Pi5 a downgraded Pi4?

No, it's a new SOC which is about 3x faster than a Pi 4, and can use
NVME SSDs and other PCIe devices.

---druck

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