[SGVHAK] Raspberry Pi - recommendations?

[Claude Felizardo]

I noticed the HDMI to VGA with audio cable on the Adafruit website and
tried to order but had to create an account but didn't like the $12
shipping for a $25 part.  Oh wait, I just checked and it now says
$4.33.  I swear it was telling me $12 last night and I'm pretty sure I
had only the one item in my cart.  Anyway, went looking around and saw
similar cables listed on other websites but of course they don't
mention if it was specifically tested with the raspberryPi in mind and
some even have a disclaimer saying there may be performance problems
if the input and output frequencies don't match.  I was also going to
order the miniature WiFi adapter but they are out of stock as well but
they said they have tested this as well.  I found another website that
has both but again, not tested.

Has anyone tried this type of converter and is there likely to be
compatibility problem?  Adafruit says they have specifically tested
the cable they offer with a rPi and a VGA monitor which is exactly
what I plan to do.

Claude


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Homan Chou <homanchou at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got the starter kit from adafruit.  It's a little bit more pricey at $104
> but they pack in some goodies like a charger, micro sd usb card reader, sd
> card (micro sd with adapter), cobbler (to work with the pins), breadboard,
> case, TTL usb cable (supposedly can use this exclusively to work with pi
> without need for external keyboard, mouse, or monitor, just use your laptop
> and ssh?  I haven't tried it out yet)
>
> Here is the link:
> http://www.adafruit.com/products/1014
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:38 PM, juanslayton @dslextreme.com
> <juanslayton at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>
>> I got mine from Newark.  It runs well on the wife's cell phone charger.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Bryan Backer <bbacker at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If one was just now ordering their first Raspberry Pi,
>>> what recommendations would the group have regarding
>>> model to purchase, power supplies they've liked/disliked?
>>> And from where did you order the Pi? I think I missed
>>> the group order a while back but am happy to do individual
>>> mail order if folks have a supplier they'd recommend.
>>>
>>> At the moment this is just for tinkering, so I think
>>> board, bootable storage and power supply are only requirements,
>>> I'd most likely tinker with it headless so
>>> ethernet connection highly desired, video output
>>> used mostly to monitor booting.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Bryan
>>>
>>
>