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Review on Waveshare 2 8Inch RPi LCD Resolution by Tyler Owens

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Right idea. and only 4 fps?

What should be an awesome device is lame as the display when connected to the Raspberry Pi Zero W can only show around 4 frames per second. . To add insult to injury, there isn't much documentation on how to deal with this limitation. I've spent several hours on 3rd party forums discussing this particular screen. Most of the discussion revolved around editing obscure settings in the boot-config.txt file, so sacrifice color depth for speed. There was much confusion as to what exactly each setting did. Unfortunately, none of the answers fit on my screen. The screen is bright and beautiful. Too bad it can't be used.

Pros
  • Great for outdoor activities
Cons
  • Not sure