Pi official touchscreen announced

[bbqkees]

An official raspberry Pi touchscreen has been announced.
Could be useful for an in-wall control of Domoticz (if you do not want to use a tablet)

http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/08/rasp ... #continued

[BertB]

https://www.kiwi-electronics.nl/7-inch- ... en-display

[jjnj]

What is the advantage of this over a cheap android based tablet?

[Minglarn]

None, or maybe ONE cord less for power. Did a google for the prices here in Sweden and it's the same price and even more than a cheap android tablet. Maybe the price will drop but I don't see any reason to buy this "DSI touch screen" ...

[bbqkees]

It even has the disadvantage that the Pi needs to be behind it.
Now I have the Pi in a closet in the basement and a tablet in the kitchen.

But for some it might be a fun addition, and it might be always on, could be faster than getting a tablet out of standby etc.

[ThinkPad]

Resolution of 800x480 is also lower than of a cheap Android tablet. I bought a cheap 7" Android tablet (Colorfly E708 Q1) a year ago for ~€55. Resolution is 1280x800 i thought.

[mongoose]

From what I read the advantage is that you can still use the hdmi out as well as the touch screen. i.e. for media applications.

[Justintime]

Is the Frontpage available on the Hdmi then? Never tried because my pi is in the closet.

[punter9]

would be really nice if there was a slick interface (or even the dashboard) you could put up from a pi (either the domoticz box or another pi in the house) on one of these. I know you can do it from a browser in raspbian etc, but all the stuff eats up 2/3rds of the screen. A nice interface would be neat