Subj : Re: New Pico2 To : news@druck.org.uk From : Jan Panteltje Date : Fri Aug 23 2024 06:19:06 XPost: sci.electronics.design On a sunny day (Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:08:03 +0100) it happened druck wrote in : >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. Its ultra HD these days on satellite :-) Just got a new Samsung TV... In the old days I had to buy a decoder key from Raspberry to even look at mpeg! >> 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. OK, thank you for thr info I have 2 Pi4 now each with a sitecom USB hub and a 4 TB Toshiba harddisk plus some cameras (infrared too) plus several RTL_SDR stick plus some audio USB sticks etc.. all on 24/7 on a UPS... Plus various older Pis ... Time for a change ;-) Best performance is from an older Pi4 4 GB in a metal housing with a build in fan.. been extremly reliable so far, but no WiFi that way. Records security cams 24/7, radiation. weather, air traffic, shipping traffic.. more stuff... plays audio too. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .