“1) Pretty much plug and play to set up.
2) The display is lovely with a decent refresh rate, enough to play video comfortably. No sound.
3) The power cable location is a little bit annoying and I would definitely like to see/buy a bigger version that can completely hang over the edge of the raspberry pi 3 while the power cable is plugged in. So perhaps a 5 or 6 inch version. This would help when it comes to building a custom case to house the entire unit in.
4) I would also like to be able to turn the screen backlight completely off using the touchscreen. This is something you can do with the official raspberry touchscreen and an essential feature.
5) My pi3 ran between 60 and 80 degree temps with this plugged in and a few background scripts (node servers) with chromium running on a fresh installation of raspian stretch.
6) The touchscreen is pretty amazing and works with your fingers quite accurately.
7) If you disable the screensaver and leave the display on overnight the image gets burned in so when you switch it off you can still see the imprint. This recovers within a few minutes but I do wonder how this will affect the screen over time even though TFT screen are supposed to be far more immune to "screen burn in". You can also get around this problem by shifting the colors and doing some animation now and then.
8) Once fitted on top of the Pi you can hot swap it out but it feels so delicate I don't think I would want to be swapping it between Pi's every week. I would be worried about breaking it.
9) I don't think this screen will survive a 24hour and 7 day a week project but i'm sure gonna find out :D
It's probably the best touch screen around in 2018 for the raspberry Pi. And i'm having a ton of fun using it. Get one if the above issues are not a major concern to you! I will be getting another in 6 months if this one survives the test of time unless they bring out a bigger screen.”
“Great, and very sharp display. Text looks great and makes for a very usable interface. 2 things to be aware of: As this display is a "parallel" driver, every single IO is used to drive the screen. Also, because they mount to the RPi mounting holes, this would need a specialized case and I'm not sure how I would wall mount this. Solving this issue will give an amazing, customizable screen for the house. Temp, weather, home automation.. love the screen response and the high quality.”
“This is by far the best small display I've seen for makers... I use it with a RPi: the colors are brillant, the text is razor sharp and the touch is very good. There's only one thing: I didn't get multi-touch working (not even right-click!) but I thing this is problem of rasberian linux.
I would recommend this tiny little display to everyone!”
“Super amazing display. The detail and crispness of the images is simply amazing. My only regret is that (as of now) there is no case for this great display. I hope Pimoroni will give us another one of their amazing cases in the near future.”
