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CanaKit 4GB Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Pro 64 Kit

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CanaKit via Amazon has CanaKit 4GB Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Pro 64 Kit for $94.99 when you 'clip' the $15 off coupon located on the product page. Shipping is free.

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  • Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Model B w/ 1.5GHz 64-bit quad-core CPU
  • 64GB Samsung EVO+ MicroSD (Class 10) pre-loaded with NOOBS
  • USB MicroSD Card Reader

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CanaKit via Amazon has CanaKit 4GB Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Pro 64 Kit for $94.99 when you 'clip' the $15 off coupon located on the product page. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member RubberDogTurds for finding this deal.

Includes:
  • Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Model B w/ 1.5GHz 64-bit quad-core CPU
  • 64GB Samsung EVO+ MicroSD (Class 10) pre-loaded with NOOBS
  • USB MicroSD Card Reader

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Written by CChoiVA
About this deal:
  • This product is $25 lower (~20.8% savings) from the list price of $119.99
About this store:
  • Amazon Return Policy: Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no shipping charges

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Tweak42
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Depends on your use case. A desktop consumes more electricity, larger, noisier, but is more powerful for desktop applications. Pi's are opposite plus has GPIO header for projects and expansion HATS.



The Aluminum edition case appears to be a remarked FLIRC case, which was the original Pi passive cooled case, but IMHO the newer Argon Neo, iUniker, and Geekworm passive cases are superior. They tend to have contact sinks for chips other than the cpu on the Pi that produce heat, and gaps for GPIO and camera ribbons. Search "pi 4 passive aluminum case" on Amazon for examples.
glass_tiki
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It's overkill for the pi4, but pihole [pi-hole.net] is amazing. It's a network wide spam filter. No more ads on mobile
ThinksTooMuch
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I'm pretty sure that's what they were trying to say with the "overkill" part, though to be fair they didn't word it well.

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Jun 05, 2021 06:27 AM
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maximus801Jun 05, 2021 06:27 AM
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Would this be good for a somewhat future proof home assistant runner?
Jun 05, 2021 06:29 AM
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Gregory00Jun 05, 2021 06:29 AM
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any good for setting up a bitcoin lightning node?
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Jun 05, 2021 06:44 AM
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JesseJun 05, 2021 06:44 AM
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Jun 05, 2021 06:55 AM
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euuser1040541Jun 05, 2021 06:55 AM
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TL DR : Pi , Mini PCs should co exist. Users should choose wisely.

I refuse to pay $100+ for something that was supposed to be educational and non profit to that beame an Apple like businesses model with insane markups on SDRAMs . I use Orange Pi instead ,runs fine with Pi hole. Dont get me wrong, I have a few Pis. And if you search nicely in the big auction s ite you can get beefy i7- T or S varient for under $120 ,from Dell or HP SFFs . Those complaining , on here about GPIO ,look up Mini ITX boards and even regular boards feature this . Too many script kiddies here spoiled by all those half baked projects on the PIs IMHO to do some out of the box perspectives. Yes the print will say 4kp60 hardware hevc decode, but at what bit rate ? Not even the stupid product manager will have an idea of that.
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Jun 05, 2021 07:19 AM
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mohan7690Jun 05, 2021 07:19 AM
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Starter max kit 20% discount

CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Starter MAX Kit - 64GB Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XPHW...VZBN?psc=1
Jun 05, 2021 07:32 AM
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satellite779Jun 05, 2021 07:32 AM
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Quote from awesomegod :
Media server is fine. Be cautious about the backup part. Regular external hard disk is not designed for running 24x7. I lost data after using my seagate hard drive as backup server after 5 years
Don't they spin down when not in use?

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Jun 05, 2021 08:53 AM
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rly723Jun 05, 2021 08:53 AM
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N64 roms and above are laggy and unplayable on 3b+, does rpi4 improve on that? Or am I better off modding a genesis mini, PlayStation mini?
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Jun 05, 2021 10:40 AM
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PRican25Jun 05, 2021 10:40 AM
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Quote from rly723 :
N64 roms and above are laggy and unplayable on 3b+, does rpi4 improve on that? Or am I better off modding a genesis mini, PlayStation mini?
Rpi4 is a little more better at N64 but far from playable if you're thinking of Goldeneye and the mini systems do no better as well. An old cheap PC would be the best for N64 and up.
Jun 05, 2021 12:31 PM
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itsdonJun 05, 2021 12:31 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank itsdon

I got fed up with TiVo and left them. I use the pi4 as a dedicated whole home DVR using Channels DVR (Google it) and it is soooo much better, like TiVo, just on Steroids. The tiny little Pi4 with 2TB USB3 drive is buried somewhere in a closet and has been feeding every TV in (and out) of the house with all my Plex movies, OTA TV (HD Homerun) and security camera feeds for months. It has a huge DVR with commercial skip (auto or manual). Works with Apple TV, Fire Stick, Google TV, web browser etc. (not Roku for some reason). It's fully maintained and automatically updated regularly by Channels DVR - set it up and forget about it.
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Jun 05, 2021 01:58 PM
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usscouponsJun 05, 2021 01:58 PM
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Quote from Tweak42 :
Depends on your use case. A desktop consumes more electricity, larger, noisier, but is more powerful for desktop applications. Pi's are opposite plus has GPIO header for projects and expansion HATS.



The Aluminum edition case appears to be a remarked FLIRC case, which was the original Pi passive cooled case, but IMHO the newer Argon Neo, iUniker, and Geekworm passive cases are superior. They tend to have contact sinks for chips other than the cpu on the Pi that produce heat, and gaps for GPIO and camera ribbons. Search "pi 4 passive aluminum case" on Amazon for examples.
what about a Windows Stick PC?

how does Pi compare
Jun 05, 2021 02:15 PM
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OneSlickDealJun 05, 2021 02:15 PM
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Quote from itsdon :
I got fed up with TiVo and left them. I use the pi4 as a dedicated whole home DVR using Channels DVR (Google it) and it is soooo much better, like TiVo, just on Steroids. The tiny little Pi4 with 2TB USB3 drive is buried somewhere in a closet and has been feeding every TV in (and out) of the house with all my Plex movies, OTA TV (HD Homerun) and security camera feeds for months. It has a huge DVR with commercial skip (auto or manual). Works with Apple TV, Fire Stick, Google TV, web browser etc. (not Roku for some reason). It's fully maintained and automatically updated regularly by Channels DVR - set it up and forget about it.
I'm still on WMC lol, do you like your current setup better? Does it handle protected channels like HBO?
Jun 05, 2021 02:34 PM
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Jun 05, 2021 02:34 PM
SpkspkJun 05, 2021 02:34 PM
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Quote from itsdon :
I got fed up with TiVo and left them. I use the pi4 as a dedicated whole home DVR using Channels DVR (Google it) and it is soooo much better, like TiVo, just on Steroids. The tiny little Pi4 with 2TB USB3 drive is buried somewhere in a closet and has been feeding every TV in (and out) of the house with all my Plex movies, OTA TV (HD Homerun) and security camera feeds for months. It has a huge DVR with commercial skip (auto or manual). Works with Apple TV, Fire Stick, Google TV, web browser etc. (not Roku for some reason). It's fully maintained and automatically updated regularly by Channels DVR - set it up and forget about it.
How does the camera feed gets managed? What type of camera is needed that's compatible with this setup? I'm new to the pi ecosystem, so basic info would be helpful. Thanks
Jun 05, 2021 02:36 PM
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itsdonJun 05, 2021 02:36 PM
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Quote from Spkspk :
How does the camera feed gets managed? What type of camera is needed that's compatible with this setup? I'm new to the pi ecosystem, so basic info would be helpful. Thanks
Here you go Smilie
Channels Support - Add Custom Channels with M3U Playlists (getchannels.com)
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Jun 05, 2021 02:39 PM
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itsdonJun 05, 2021 02:39 PM
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Quote from OneSlickDeal :
I'm still on WMC lol, do you like your current setup better? Does it handle protected channels like HBO?
I've never used WMC (not wife approved) so can only compare to Tivo (wife approved). I like it as much, if not better than that. Very customizable. It doesn't work with protected streams AFAIK, I just use the HBO Max app on my Apple TV 4K when I want to watch something there.

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