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Raspberry Pi

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  • 25-06-2019 9:47pm
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    cobzzq
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Wheres the best place to buy a Raspberry Pi online
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    Chicken George
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭Chicken George


    cobzzq wrote: »
    Wheres the best place to buy a Raspberry Pi online

    I got my Pi 3 from https://thepihut.com
    Fast shipping, good price, no probs.
    The Pi 4 is out now.


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    cobzzq
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭cobzzq


    Hi Chicken George what i'm interested in is the Pi 4 kit bundle. Pi-huts kit bundle offer is soldout. The Pi 3 seems to offer more than the Pi 4.


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    Chicken George
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭Chicken George


    cobzzq wrote: »
    Hi Chicken George what i'm interested in is the Pi 4 kit bundle. Pi-huts kit bundle offer is soldout. The Pi 3 seems to offer more than the Pi 4.

    I only used mine for gaming with retroarch installed. I don't use it anymore.


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    The Pi 4 is a big improvement on the Pi 3 ...... with one exception.
    Hardware decoding of additional codecs on the Pi 3 and earlier models can be enabled by purchasing a licence that is locked to the CPU serial number of your Raspberry Pi.

    On the Raspberry Pi 4, the hardware codecs for MPEG2 or VC1 are permanently disabled and cannot be enabled even with a licence key; on the Pi 4, thanks to its increased processing power compared to earlier models, MPEG2 and VC1 can be decoded in software via applications such as VLC. Therefore, a hardware codec licence key is not needed if you're using a Pi 4.
    https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/codeclicence.md


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    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,177 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Is there a good laptop case available for a pi 4 yet


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    chewed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,406 ✭✭✭chewed


    Can anyone recommend a good Raspberry PI Starter kit for an 11 year old? It's for my nephew who's never used one.

    Or, would an Arduino kit be better?


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    JoyPad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭JoyPad


    chewed wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend a good Raspberry PI Starter kit for an 11 year old? It's for my nephew who's never used one.

    Or, would an Arduino kit be better?

    If your nephew is interested in learning coding, it's better to go the Raspberry Pi route, and learn Python.

    While I love Arduino, and it's easy and slightly cheaper to build stuff, the coding is specific to this platform, whereas Python language would be a much better option for the future.


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    chewed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,406 ✭✭✭chewed


      JoyPad wrote: »
      If your nephew is interested in learning coding, it's better to go the Raspberry Pi route, and learn Python.

      While I love Arduino, and it's easy and slightly cheaper to build stuff, the coding is specific to this platform, whereas Python language would be a much better option for the future.

      Thanks.


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