Pros & Cons
Cons
The case was terribly designed. The lip holds the screen up while also preventing the power and hdmi connections from going down far enough to align with the holes cut out for them.
Highlights
Quality
Works as intended and is bright and crisp.
Very high quality, easy to assemble and the final product looks so great!
Every distro i've tried has worked with the touchscreen with no additional setup and when i connect an hdmi display, the hdmi t... Read More
The screen looks nice, but the touch screen is quite impossible to use without a stylus unless you have tiny pointed fingers.
Shipping
I couldn't get the ports to align until i contacted waveshare and they sent me some pictures.
Competitiveness
I'm using for a kali linux distro and while other touchscreens i've tried would not work as touchscreens with kali, this worked... Read More
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The screen looks nice but the touch screen is quite impossible to use without a stylus unless you have tiny pointed fingers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It didnt come with a stylus and none of the stylus i have seem to work with it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But this wont have much impact on my intended use for this screen and the enclosed raspberry pi mounted inside
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No drivers to install just a few lines in the config file
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Two downsides light bleed from the bottom of the case not a big deal at all just noticed this morning in a dark room otherwise not noticeable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The possible bigger downside is there is no way to swap sd cards without completely removing the back of the case and maybe the display ribbon cable since the tft port is between the screen and the pi and the display cable goes right over that you can see in the picture with the case open the tft slot is behind the gold display cable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I plugged in a standard usb sd card reader and it would boot from that image
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Every distro ive tried has worked with the touchscreen with no additional setup and when i connect an hdmi display the hdmi takes over and the small panel turns off just like youd want it to