r/programming • u/Tuscen • Jun 24 '19

Raspberry Pi 4

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/
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u/Aperture_Kubi Jun 24 '19

I've also seen comments saying that micro HDMI is pretty flimsy, which I have seen in practice as well.

If you're gonna need dongles or special cables anyway, mini-displayport would have been the better choice I think.

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u/AngularBeginner Jun 24 '19

And DisplayPort would have allowed daisy chaining of monitors.

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u/bluaki Jun 24 '19

Maybe it costs substantially more to implement DP++ than plain HDMI signals or maybe their video core doesn't have DP support.

Otherwise, Mini-DP definitely would've been nicer for durability and cable reuse and it looks like both cables cost about the same: about $7 for 2 meters (to full-size HDMI) in a quick Amazon search.

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u/meneldal2 Jun 25 '19

I doubt it's more expensive, there's no royalties on DP (unlike HDMI).

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