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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by bcheung on Monday June 24, 2019 @12:31PM (#20265311)
TLDR; of cons from various sources:

- New SoC puts out more heat. Active cooling more important now.

- Video playback at 4K requires H.265

- Micro-HDMI cables now needed.

- Draws more power.

Other than that, looks like a major performance boost.

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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by supergauntlet on Monday June 24, 2019 @03:12PM (#20267287)
>Video playback at 4K requires H.265

Not really a con IMO, I haven't seen anything on a 4k bluray encoded in h.264, everything seems to be 265. The microHDMI is kind of a bummer though.

I actually wonder if the A72 CPUs onboard are fast enough to do software h.264 4k decode. They might be.

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