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at those form factors, they were quite price competitive. Yes many alternatives cost less, but if you want to tape them to the back of a TV that generates heat
by dacryn 3y ago
at those form factors, they were quite price competitive.
Yes many alternatives cost less, but if you want to tape them to the back of a TV that generates heat and has to be turned on 24/7 to display advertisements, video,..., they were cheapest by far.
Or in meeting rooms to display zoom/teams, ... A raspberry pi just doesn't handle those scenario's
- tracker1 3y agoAn RPi actually can handle those scenarios in many usecases. A Chromecast devices with a server feed can as well.
- merlyn 3y agoI've found in the long term, it can not. In the short term, yes it does work. Perhaps my failure rate is just high, but micro-mini systems for that use case were much more reliable for me over long time frames.
- tracker1 3y agoI've fount the weakest link is usually the microsd cards... I've tended towards usb drives, but ymmv of course. I also switched to intel mini pcs, that offer a lot more when the gouging was happening over covid.
- thrashh 3y agoBut not as reliably. Especially the Chromecast. Paying extra for reliability is absolutely worth it.