Re: New Pico2

On a sunny day (Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:08:03 +0100) it happened druck
<news@druck.org.uk> wrote in <va89bj$iak9$1@dont-email.me>:

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,

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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..

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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.
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Is not Pi5 a downgraded Pi4?

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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.