New Raspberry Pi 4 Released (Various Models) - $47-$75+

Would the 4GB version be good enough for HD video streaming? I'm thinking about using this to stream video to my TV but I'm not sure it can handle HD up to 1080p.

Striker60 wrote: ↑ Would the 4GB version be good enough for HD video streaming? I'm thinking about using this to stream video to my TV but I'm not sure it can handle HD up to 1080p.

I saw a video where it has trouble playing 4K YouTube videos. The reviewer thought the drivers were not fully optimized yet.

Striker60 wrote: ↑ Would the 4GB version be good enough for HD video streaming? I'm thinking about using this to stream video to my TV but I'm not sure it can handle HD up to 1080p.

its powerful enough to software decode 1080p without using hardware acceleration.

buyapi has the 2gb model in stock

https://www.buyapi.ca/product/raspberry ... del-b-2gb/

Striker60 wrote: ↑Would the 4GB version be good enough for HD video streaming? I'm thinking about using this to stream video to my TV but I'm not sure it can handle HD up to 1080p.

I have a Pi 3 and I stream 1080 content from my NAS wirelessly and it works fine. My router is on the main level as well.

slayerwulf wrote: ↑ buyapi has the 2gb model in stock

https://www.buyapi.ca/product/raspberry ... del-b-2gb/

Same with Canakit, most want the 4GB though so heavy backorder on that

https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-4-2gb.html

Both buypi and canakit charge like $12 for the shipping to the GTA. is there a way to save the shipping?

sorrowt wrote: ↑ Both buypi and canakit charge like $12 for the shipping to the GTA. is there a way to save the shipping?

buypi has Pi4 2GB in stock now.
buypi allow you to buy two zeros, one zero wireless, one regular zero.
buypi has 1$ cheaper shipping.
buypi is closer to you, it's in ottawa, instead, canakit is far far away, and charge 1$ more for shipping and not allow you to buy two zero.

sorrowt wrote: ↑ Both buypi and canakit charge like $12 for the shipping to the GTA. is there a way to save the shipping?

You could always wait for Elmwood Electronics or Creatronic to carry the Pi 4 locally if you are too cheap to pay shipping. Like a true RFD member you must then calculate the lost opportunity cost of waiting, ignore your time and money in getting to your destination. Assuming it is TTC thats what $6 return? Your total saving is less than $6 and likely it would have been cheaper just to buy it now and pay shipping.

Maybe just pay the $12 shipping ya cheapskate haha

These look good but have seen the reviews on the processor getting extremely hot compared to the older versions.
They used a thermal imaging device to see the hot areas and the temperature of the core was 15% hotter than the previous pi3.

TheRock2012 wrote: ↑ These look good but have seen the reviews on the processor getting extremely hot compared to the older versions.
They used a thermal imaging device to see the hot areas and the temperature of the core was 15% hotter than the previous pi3.

So account for that in your build? PCMasterrace has done this for decades.

wildlele wrote: ↑ So account for that in your build? PCMasterrace has done this for decades.

Yes I can agree with you there. Just get an extra case fan or have it open air so it doesnt get too hot when pushing the processor to peak performance and you should be fine.

TheRock2012 wrote: ↑ These look good but have seen the reviews on the processor getting extremely hot compared to the older versions.
They used a thermal imaging device to see the hot areas and the temperature of the core was 15% hotter than the previous pi3.

As I understand it, the Pi engineers decided that throttling was the correct default approach to excessive heat. I imagine that for the target market, avoiding complex add-ons is more important than high performance. You still have bursty high performance.

If you don't like throttling, get a known-effective heat sink and possibly a fan.

Noticed Canakit just changed the 4GB backorder from August 20 to July 6 (tomorrow), looks like stock is coming in sooner:

https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-4-4gb.html

Hugh wrote: ↑ As I understand it, the Pi engineers decided that throttling was the correct default approach to excessive heat. I imagine that for the target market, avoiding complex add-ons is more important than high performance. You still have bursty high performance.

If you don't like throttling, get a known-effective heat sink and possibly a fan.

your talking a quadcore a72 they have some punch but are still 28nm and with 4 cores those produce alot of heat. My rk3399 has 2 x a72 at 1.8ghz and its get very hot but it uses a bottom heatsink approach which is good. That said If you want the most out of it look at some of those heatsinks they have come out which matches up with the mounting holes and offers dual little fans so you can leverage over clocking vs throttling. You may have to wait for more rpi 4 options but I wager their will be quite a few in months to come.I read the fan shim from pimoroni drops it significantly and can still allow for hats.

I recommend that everyone looking at this who doesn't know EXACTLY what they're doing with it factor in the cost of a FLIRC case. I think a lot of people see the raspberry pi foundation shipping a board with no cooling solution and just assume it's a good idea and will operate at max performance this way. It won't, so budget in an aluminum case.

Angultra wrote: ↑ Noticed Canakit just changed the 4GB backorder from August 20 to July 6 (tomorrow), looks like stock is coming in sooner:

https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-4-4gb.html

Nice.
The price looks surprisingly reasonable -- C$55 for 4G model. But I didn't look at shipping.
One probably needs to buy a power supply and C$9.99 seems reasonable.
Their heat sinks don't look serious enough to solve the heat problem. Only testing would tell how effective they are.

Loomy wrote: ↑ I recommend that everyone looking at this who doesn't know EXACTLY what they're doing with it factor in the cost of a FLIRC case. I think a lot of people see the raspberry pi foundation shipping a board with no cooling solution and just assume it's a good idea and will operate at max performance this way. It won't, so budget in an aluminum case.

https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-4-case
Not shipping yet. Pre-order at a special price.
I don't see a claim that this will prevent throttling. It is almost certainly better than no heat sink.

Hugh wrote: ↑ The price looks surprisingly reasonable -- C$55 for 4G model. But I didn't look at shipping.

Oops: the currency was US$. Their conversion is not so great so perhaps buying in US dollars would be wise.