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  #2263606 24-Jun-2019 19:49
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HEVC is a killer feature!




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  #2263608 24-Jun-2019 19:52
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oooohhhhh new sparkly things!





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  #2263610 24-Jun-2019 19:54
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Nice! The 3B+ was almost fast enough for a basic desktop, if this is 2-4X faster maybe it will be usable as a low end desktop. 

 

Review here. Benchmarks say it's more like 50 - 150% faster, which is a huge gain.

 

 

 

gehenna:

 

HEVC is a killer feature!

 

 

Definitely! That'll be awesome for media centers.




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  #2263619 24-Jun-2019 20:11
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Excellent! Hopefully speed up OpenAuto Pro no end!





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  #2263630 24-Jun-2019 20:30
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Read the Pi4 review on Toms Hardware. While the specs are heaps better it looks like it won’t be mainstream for a while - due to the lack of software optimisation and cases (old ones don’t fit).

Was quite surprised at the video playback issues.

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  #2263646 24-Jun-2019 21:44
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So the rumours were true! It briefly appeared on the Risc OS Open website last week when they checked some drivers into source control, then vanished as soon as they realised what had happened 😛

Pity there's no SATA support, but it sounds like they've got rid of some of the bottlenecks!

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  #2263648 24-Jun-2019 21:50
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Ordered one from Aus (couldn't find a NZ supplier in stock)

 
 
 

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35€, 45€ and 55€ but for the latter mentioned prices the 2GB and 4GB RAM versions aren't available yet ... very happy it got real 1GB/s eth and two USB 3.0





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  #2263702 25-Jun-2019 06:46
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Monza: Ordered one from Aus (couldn't find a NZ supplier in stock)

 

 

 

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  #2263707 25-Jun-2019 07:08
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Please note that this product is not in stock...

 

With stock are the key words.





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  #2263709 25-Jun-2019 07:15
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are they good to replace NCU for Hass.io?


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  #2263768 25-Jun-2019 09:36
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Nice.

 

I'm going to try and contain my enthusiasm and give it a while for the software side of things to catch up before jumping in.

 

I'm sure most the major open source projects will quickly start optimizing for the Pi4.

 

4K output is great. The next obvious questions from a home build media centre perspective will be whether that includes HDR and whether it can bitstream Atmos/DTS-HD.

 

I guess time will tell.   


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  #2264329 25-Jun-2019 17:58
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evilengineer: The next obvious questions from a home build media centre perspective will be whether that includes HDR and ...

 

HDR h/w capability is confirmed.





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  #2264766 26-Jun-2019 08:21
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It will be very interesting to see how well the 4GB model works as a low-end desktop replacement.


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  #2264899 26-Jun-2019 10:59
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Reports from Hackaday today indicate 8GB model may exist





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