“I can see the potential in these, but I think they're just too fragile. I bought 3 and all of them have broken, with dead areas on the screen.
Other RPi screens don't need nearly as much care when attaching them to the GPIO pins”
“Very bright and clear display which was so simple to set up with the one line command.
A word of warning.
Pimoroni warn you not to push on the fragile screen when installing on your Pi. Please be very careful when removing the "protective screen cover" as I managed to kill a couple of lines of pixels on mine as I removed the cover . I would call it delicate. What is the best way to get the cover off? The green pull starter was not lifting the corner first.”
“I was able to get this up and running without any issues! The configuration script works like a snap. Highly recommended.
I was able to easily reuse my Pibow for PITFT+ with a very slight adjustment in the cutouts for slice 9 and the clear top cover (slice 10). Just enlarge the opening on the left side about 1.5mm (the side with the slice numbers). Quick work with a dremel cutting tool.
I'm using this display for my Retropie build and there is literally no lag at all when compared to the SPI mode PITFT+ and way better resolution. Just a reminder to you all who switch over to this display that when doing your build remember to uninstall the PITFT+ plus drivers first because the display can't function with SPI mode on, and you don't want to damage your new display!
I have also been able to make my Pi configuration auto-switch between HDMI and LCD using a couple of statements in my rc.local file and performing some automated config.txt swaps. I'll post on the forums a copy of my config.txt files and the rc.local file. I'm sure there is a more elegant way to do it, but for me it works like a charm.”
“I have to wear a magnifying clip-on over my reading glasses to do text work, but it is all quite doable. Scrolling a browser page using my chubby finger is astonishing as is launching programs from the application launchers.
I'm writing this review using the Hyperpixel..
Sound is a minor inconvenience. I'm using a cheap and cheerful USB audio interface (”
“This screen is far higher resolution than almost all the other “sits on top” screens (like four times the pixel count). This means the display is incredibly sharp and clear. It also updates far faster meaning video is possible too.
It's bright too!
The only possible downside is that it really is 3.5" so with the high resolution things can appear quite small (but still very sharp). I need my reading glasses on to use it fully but that's my eyes and not the fault of the display.
So, for a really clear, bright and detailed display on top of your Pi this one beats the rest hands down.”
“Thought this would be another gimmicky screen add on for the pi and was pleasantly surprised that I could read the text clearly on the screen and was not blurry like some other screens I have in my collection. Just need a nice acrylic perspective case now with a way to hold a battery and this will then become my portable computer of choice.”
“As an RPi display novice, I wasn't looking forward to some of the rather “involved” solutions I'd seen during my Googling. This screen made things trivially easy for me: I plugged it in to my Pi, ran the one-line install script mentioned in the Github readme, rebooted and presto: a working touchscreen.
The display itself is clear and bright, and using a Python driver I found through the (excellent) Pimoroni forums I was able to quickly knock up a demo app and test the touch features, which all seem to work perfectly and are very responsive.
If you need a touch display for your IoT project, I can't recommend this enough!”
