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phi2008
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Orange Pi One vs Raspberry Pi 2
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May 27, 2016, 08:54:22 PM »
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEyU1zSqFwU[/youtube]
Are we close to having ARM computers given away with boxes of cornflakes? Probably.
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phi2008
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Re: Orange Pi One vs Raspberry Pi 2
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June 07, 2016, 01:07:32 PM »
An Orange Pi PC arrived today from China, ordered on AliExpress on the 30th May(TopCashback give 5% discount) - be warned that the seller actually puts the real purchase price on the customs declaration. I didn't get any fees but larger orders might incur import VAT and the truly laughable Royal Mail handling fee(£8).
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Re: Orange Pi One vs Raspberry Pi 2
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June 08, 2016, 06:11:29 AM »
Spent some time faffing around with it last night, it has a USB connector which can't be used for power so(after seeing a blog post) I soldered a couple of pins together so it could be used(I was too cheap to buy a power jack). Then had some trouble getting the distro to work(
OrangePI-PC_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img
) - properly valid distro images give a red led(plus ethernet lights), invalid have no red light. Then had some trouble getting the HDMI to work, ended up using the script.bin.OPI-2_1080p50_hdmi option from scriptbin_kernel.tar.gz - that was the only option I could find that gave me a display on my HD TV and my 1920x1200 Hanns.G monitor.
http://blog.atx.name/orange-pi-pc-first-impressions/
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WesBez7
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June 08, 2016, 09:47:32 AM »
The Raspberry Pi is better in terms of support and the community behind it. Far less painful. The Diet-pi is a good lightweight distro and has some very useful optimised software.
http://dietpi.com
http://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5#p5
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phi2008
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June 08, 2016, 12:33:56 PM »
I know, the posted video review makes that point, I have a Rasp Pi ... this is £10 delivered and worth exploring ...
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WesBez7
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June 09, 2016, 06:06:23 PM »
£8 handling fee. Basically another orange pi.
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phi2008
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June 10, 2016, 01:46:05 AM »
Quote from: WesBez7 on June 09, 2016, 06:06:23 PM
£8 handling fee. Basically another orange pi.
As I explained in a previous post, mine was $15 delivered from AliExpress(about £10) -
with no handling fee
. If people place orders of higher values(over £15) they may be likely to incur import VAT and a handling fee.
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WesBez7
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June 10, 2016, 01:51:37 AM »
Hey man I'm not raining on your parade. Just an observation. Variety is the spice of life.
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phi2008
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June 10, 2016, 02:57:22 AM »
You implied there was an additional £8 charge, so obviously since I had already stated there wasn't, I'm going to correct you - it has nothing to do with "my parade" I simply ordered a £10 computer(prompted by the EEV Blog review) to play around with - if the company went bust tomorrow it would be of zero consequence to me. You seem to be more invested in this topic than me ...
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