2015-09-08, 23:51
So the Pi Foundation have launched their 7" 800x480 LCD (with capacitive touch) which connects to the DSI port on the Pi / Pi 2 (and converts to DPI to connect to a display). It appears, if I read the releases correctly, that this screen can be run in dual-display mode along with the HDMI output.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-eag...i-display/
http://swag.raspberrypi.org/collections/...en-display
Whilst 800x480 and 60Hz mean its probably a non-starter as a main display for a lot of us, does it potentially offer a neat second display option for status, time remaining/elapsed, channel and programme name in PVR, even artwork, and also running music playback etc. without the main display powered? I guess it would require some quite radical development in Kodi to support this concept - or you could make it into a "Super LCDProc" kind of thing? VDR supports a similar concept I believe.
I guess 7" might be a bit big - but the price point is pretty good, and not having to have your TV powered to navigate music would be a plus for many (and I know you can use a Smartphone - but that doesn't 'work' for some).
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-eag...i-display/
http://swag.raspberrypi.org/collections/...en-display
Whilst 800x480 and 60Hz mean its probably a non-starter as a main display for a lot of us, does it potentially offer a neat second display option for status, time remaining/elapsed, channel and programme name in PVR, even artwork, and also running music playback etc. without the main display powered? I guess it would require some quite radical development in Kodi to support this concept - or you could make it into a "Super LCDProc" kind of thing? VDR supports a similar concept I believe.
I guess 7" might be a bit big - but the price point is pretty good, and not having to have your TV powered to navigate music would be a plus for many (and I know you can use a Smartphone - but that doesn't 'work' for some).