Raspberry Pi 400 Unboxing, Review, Teardown: $70 retrogaming emulator!
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- Let's explore the NEW Raspberry Pi 400 "Complete Computer Kit"! We'll unbox, teardown, test RetroPie, the keyboard, & more! Could this be the ultimate retrocomputing emulator? Made possible by our friendly sponsor PCBWay.com - great PCBs from $5!
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Brilliant review and channel.
I really like this new computer.
I collect a lot of retro consoles and one of the things I look for when running emulation is scan lines when displayed on modern flat screen televisions..
Can you please let me know if the computer can output them via its HDMI hardware or can the emulation software do it instead.
This device is going to go supernova...
Its a totally awesome way to use a computer without having to have hulking great pc cases with fans galore.
For standard computing, Surfing and emulation this is a holy grail moment.
Those skins you produced are utterly superb.
Maybe they could be available in an adhesive like skin similar to the ones for the PS3 and Ps4 etc.
In fact if they had released this device in a ZX spectrum style one and made it run thousands of speccy games it would have gone down a storm.
Its like all Christmases rolled into one.
Absolutely brilliant.
Many thanks for the ace review :)))
Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot! 👍🕹 Not sure about scanlines sorry.
We've looked into skins and discussed with dbrand.com but determined it's just not feasible due to the tiny lines between each key, and the keys themselves. Best bet is RasPi releasing bespoke retro versions or cases 🤞 Drop them a message!
th-cam.com/video/w9apzIsb-us/w-d-xo.html
I think retropie can be extended to emulate scanline
I’m got
Isn't scanline your refresh rate? Are you talking about black lines that run down screen or something else?
@@plageran Hi Plageran
Good question.
If memory serves me I think there is refresh rate and also scan rate.
The black lines on the screen are the exact effect of the scanline generator.
Running normally horizontal across the screen.
The generator has different settings like intensity.
It makes a huge difference to vintage as well as some modern games.
There was a Guy on TH-cam who altered the refresh on a flat panel to better match the smoothness of the Cinema screens.
I will try and find it :)
I'm not a chicklet keyboard fan, but I can't deny that $70 is pretty amazing for what it is.
Pretty sure he said it was $100. Where did you get that it was only $70? EDIT - Ah nevermind, I see where it says that just the kit is $70, which honestly seems kind of expensive considering a 4GB Pi 4 costs around $50 or so. Seems it would be a much better value to actually get the kit that comes with the Pi 4.
$50 would be better, with case screws instead of snaps
@@nonarKitten Lol I actually posted that before I realized that the $70 kit actually comes with the Pi 4 as well. I thought this kit just used the original boards and that you'd plug em into the keyboard internally, but it seems theres an all newly designed Pi 4 board inside!
So yeah, the $70 is actually a GREAT value! That was my badd for not realizing. I didn't see the new board til he opened it up at the end. Once I realized this I immediately went and ordered me the $70 kit! :)
@@nonarKitten 170 on amazon plus 50 postage, pure gouging.
They are turning the clocks back tonight and gaining an extra hour of 2020. Kind of like getting a bonus track on a Yoko Ono album!!
Lol!
It popped from 21 minutes to 3 hours just now!
13 minutes....no fuzz
Got my coffee ready...
Yoko is Walking on Thin Ice if she releases a bonus track in 2020!
Upon watching this, I managed to buy one and was lucky enough to find one still in stock. Lovely to see little Sophie x. Brilliant and informative video.
Finally someone did it as a finished product. Having used the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga 500... Buying this and using RetroPie on it as well as tinkering in Linux is a given. There'll definitely be a community forming around this one.
The Amstrad render looked amazing, i'd buy that in a heartbeat.
This falls squarely in the "I have no use for this but it is cute and I kind of want one" category.
Also, chihuahuas are really easy to entertain.
Mine arrives tomorrow! Your video sold it to me. Well done, Marketfractic!
Caught some of the live chat this morning, but had to start work! Now it's lunch time yay! What a year for retro computers
That was great guys! Well done and thanks for being very cunning with the time as well.
Our pleasure!
That Spectrum mod! Somebody please make that a real thing!
I'd expect a black version in short order: The original Pi Keyboard has a black version as an option. Then you pretty much just need a rainbow to stick in the corner.
Great review and video as usual. Keep 'em coming! I love how much it reminds me of classic 8 and 16-bit computers.
Ordered & felt the same as when you were waiting for yours, its here! It's here!
Now to start getting retro pi on it.
I hope Puppyfractic had a fantastic Halloween and got lots of doggie treats!
Raspberry Pi Foundation: "Here is a Pi in a nice case that you can just plug in and use -- no need to mess with cables and cases and PCBs"
This channel: "Never mind turning it on. lets get the screwdriver and open it up so we can see the PCB."
It's the PCB way!
As always great work from you too, love your stuff. And the Spectrum design caught my heart ♥️ maybe I can somehow adapt my 400 :) much love to you guys, keep it coming! ❤️❤️❤️
Just catching up with the videos I've missed, this was a great way to start. Nice piece or kit, and a great review. Love your work.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
The retro computer renderings look stunning!
That’s a great looking little machine, someone’s got too make some of those retro cases for real they looked awesome. A very enjoyable review 👍.
Yeah... I love the look of the ZX Spectrum version! Really cool!! 👍
There’s been loads of these reviews in the last day. You’ll be pleased to know I watched yours first 😊
... and pre-order is done! I've wanted a Raspberry Pi for a while now and this sealed the deal for me. Thank you!!
Well it looks like my nephew's Christmas is sorted.
I just built one of these a few months ago for a friend , your best bet is to go with that 512GB Samsung card because there is an image called 'RetroBliss(512GB)' made to fit on that card. It installs leaving plenty of space for / , I believe the final game count was in the 13,000's as far as how many titles you get. All with the supporting Artwork , banned versions, and China/Japan versions of some games. You even get some custom ROM's , for instance a version of Double Dragon and Streets of Rage with WWF wrestlers . The torrent takes half a day to download and several hours to write it but its totally worth having, this is the torrent link from Arcade Punks.com : punkwhore.com/arcadepunks/2020/tor/Retro-Bliss-Revolution.Pi.4.RE-LOADED.Playbox.v1.5-4.5.18.torrent . Just something to mention its built on PlayBox and not Emulationstation , also included in the build is a full desktop environment , to start it you need to drop into the shell and start lightdm otherwise it will just source your .profile and drop you into PlayBox on boot. Check out the Virtualman TH-cam channel , he builds the images.
My Son's Christmas too
You are awesome!
The only good thing from 2020 so far ( beside all you did before AHAH). Amazing! Luv the retro concept "skins" for this too. :) This is a all in one amazing bundle!
I’m getting two of these! One for me and one for my brother. Thank you Retro Recipes!
I just ordered one and am getting it in a couple days. Can't wait!
Also love the dogs and your humor.... uproarious...subbed
I just linked to this from my Sinclair Society Facebook group.... figured some folks will enjoy this fun video you made since it shows a Speccy design in the mix. ;-)
This is actually super cool! I love Raspberry Pi (despite knowing virtually nothing about it other than TH-cam videos like this lol), and if I had $100 plus shipping to spare, I'd totally go for this!
Also, Peri, you and LadyFractic are just about as adorable as it gets. :)
I love my pis. Retropie is awesome. Get yourself one if you ever have a few quid spare. Its all I use as desktop now.
@@sambra1979 I'll definitely have it on my list. :)
Love the channel. Keep up the good work guys
I’m glad you reviewed this because you just saved me a lot of time with christmas shopping!
And more doggies on the channel are always welcome, even little tiny doggies 🐶❤️
Sophiefractic! 🐶
3am? You went a little overboard on your DST adjustment today.. I need Puppyfractic to wake me up.
I'll send my CatFractic to wake you up.
The puns are of a hi quality today .... Thanks for the video x
I Just bought my new Rpi 400 several days ago, and I will try to install retropie os image on IT. Thanks for providing this video.
10:36 Adorbs!!
Impressed at how well the passive cooling works. The cooling stats that ExplainingComputers did were comparable to the Flirc case.
Is the plate aluminum, or is it ferrous?
The dog: this crazy human is talking into space again.
Love your content. Your narration/voice is soothing in a weird way as well. Peace!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Looks like I'll be adding another Pi to my collection LOL. Thanks again for showcasing my theme!
You got it! Thanks for all your help with the video! 👍🕹️
Ladyfractics teardowns are really unique. Love it :)
Thank you! She's very good at that.
"It always comes back to the Commodore 64" That's because you have good taste 👍👍
It really is fantastic. Those retro style mockups are great.
I'm ready to get mine....great show!
1:33 Cute surprised Puppy-fractic face!!
Very intriguing, reminder set roll on 08:00 (uk)!!
Mine shows an option on the image to set reminder - logged on from mobile phone.
I've really got into smaller portable tech stuff like this at the moment, i recently bought an external DVD player because the one in my laptop went to tech heaven , I mean, all it does is play dvd's and it's become my new favourite thing. Also, I've been having a right naff week, got hospital on Friday, seeing another video from you cheered me up.
wow, props to you and everyone involved on both teams getting the controller working with the pie 400 update. not all heroes wear capes :)
Huge thanks to Jools Wills, RetroPie dev for that!
Heck, my stream was showing 7(!) of my subbed youtubers smashing in with the exact same topic. Just sad that seemingly not all of you got it at the same time to show it off, would have been nice to compare different oppinions at once.
How very 80s Retro ❤️❤️❤️
imagine raging and smashing your keyboard
Very glad you did this review from an emulation angle.
I like that you have 'Astro Wars' on your shelf in the background. Reminded me of when I had one.)
Also looked at on Explaining Computers the look around at the construction will probably mean the some will resist taking it part to see how it's put together.
11:16 - All the retro renders are glorious, I'd buy ALL of them!
Cheers! Was a fun little project.
@@preferredimage that name rings bells... Wish I knew why .. brain is mush
Wow.. the retro-renders are awesome. The ZX Spectrum running an Emulator would be very funny and cool. Great video Sir.
By far my favorite ASMR channel. Reviews are a bonus to soothing sleep tones.
Aw thanks! 🙏
Yay! I love your EE-OO-EE-OOs Lady Fractic!
I just hope that's not the sound she makes when... well... in the evenings :P
@@ZapAndersson Well that wasn't at all misogynistic, was it?
@@nialltracey2599 No, no it wasn't. Can't see how you find it to be to be honest?
@@ZapAndersson Would you have said it about a guy?
@@nialltracey2599 Yes of course? Gender is irrelevant here. If a person is making funny noises when ... uhm... "screwing".... the risque joke is pretty obvious. The gender of the person is irrelevant. I was being funny. I don't see anything "misogynistic" about it. Had he been doing the noises I would have made the same exact joke.
Do you know how cool I’m boutta look pulling up to my bro’s house with this keyboard and two game controllers
What an awesome computer. I've got one on order now!
your Music is awesome once i listen to hit back the 80's to me
Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot! 👍🕹 perifractic.com/music
Love the alternate design renders. I'd buy the C64, Amiga and Spectrum ones immediately!
C64 im in!
I'd rather have a C128. I delivered a lot of newspaper as a young teen to buy my own.
Definitely a neat little kit. Something I hope I can recommend to people in the future as a cheap computer solution for those who don't need a full desktop computer.
However, I'm very curious about thermal performance, and I hope to see lots of thermal testing on this device. The original Raspberry Pi 4 runs very hot, even with a heatsink - a fan is required to get the best performance out of it. Using the metal shielding as a heatsink is clever, but I doubt it'll be sufficient to cool the Pi 400 enough.
I also wish they'd scrapped the micro HDMI ports and instead gone back to full-sized HDMI. I don't see the need for two HDMI ports on the Pi 400 anyway, so I think one full-sized port would have been fine, especially since they were more than happy to cut out one of the USB 2.0 ports and the camera connector (the latter for obvious reasons).
Finally, this is a bit of a nitpick but I'd have liked to have seen a cover for the GPIO pins, since I think they'll be used less on the Pi 400 than a regular Raspberry Pi, especially for those who want a cheap and light computer.
Overall though, I really like it and I hope it does well. I might even get one myself if it performs well enough, though I hope they make a barebones kit available because I don't care for their tiny mice and already have the rest of the necessary accessories, so it'd be nice to save some money on the set if possible.
Two monitors is minimum standard requirement.
@@paspax Not for the average user who just wants a basic computer experience for browsing the web and checking their emails.
That's my point - I feel like the target audience for this isn't exactly the regular Raspberry Pi audience, and it's certainly not a high-end gaming rig or anything like that, so I see two monitors as rather pointless.
Plus, it only further taxes the GPU and generates more heat to have two screens connected on an already relatively weak device.
I think this is what I've been waiting for. I've been curious about getting a raspberry pi for a few years and this I feel is exactly what I want.
I really enjoy your channel. Just subscribed. Huge retro fan. Wondering if you’ll do modern pc playing Xwing vs tie fighter etc
Thanks for hopping on board and for the suggestion. 👍🕹️
Subscribed to your channel, first-time commenter. Absolutely love your videos so far and I'm extremely curious as to the upcoming content -- my only regret is that I don't have your expertise in hardware repair. I'm more on the software side.
The minute this was featured on heise.de, I ordered one off Reichelt and now they're sold out. Guess I was lucky.
Looks great!
Haha i am now watching a video from the future who knew my internet was that good haha. The doorbell went and kid mode was activated glad to see am not the only one like that, have to say the new Raspberry PI400 looks great need i say more, great video as always guys and nice work with the dad jokes as always haha. Oh and get well Sophiefractic and welcome ofc, catch you in the next video take care :-) :-)
8:44 the poor Chihuahua when you brandished the screwdriver.
Sorry Sophiefractic!
@@RetroRecipes You got the sideeye from her.
Ok, I know these renders at 11:16 - 12:10 are just renders, but I want them! Can you at least link to the original image renders?
photos.app.goo.gl/rZQVHYFK2ZF4v7D66
@@RetroRecipes I had researched the original (or near-original) fonts both for Amstrad CPC 464 and CPC 6128. I found a free (?) font called Predicate Regular. You can see some of my "recreations" of the original keyboards here:
cpc6128: www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/e26a83f672818a8af9895f433914fd42
cpc464: www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/fb4979d4d383862cdcd1cada03a12639
cpc664: www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/c7547d93a6bdc02b6ed63e10c3c40878
6128+/464+: www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/636b4a49269b282a590123b6c279e2ff
font here: www.onlinewebfonts.com/download/4a1d4900d7166e5e57ca6f663474ea1c
you were having fun in this video for sure
Right in time when some countries have issues with distance learning. I'm going to share this video in my IT Crew, thank you :)
At 10:39 "We're European". Thank you Perifractic.
From the European side of the channel I still cannot understand in full this "brexit" thing.
Well, it's not like this EU thing is such a wild success, for Brexit not to make sense... Why OthersRemain (including Italy) is a much better question. For Germany sure, it makes sense, they have fulfilled their Nazi dreams of a Europe under their control... The rest of the EU countries don't get much...
@@CalmoOmlac Hello, yeah, not Germany the people, Germany the banks and businesses. Basically they (Merkel and co) stole money from the German people and other Europeans to pay the Banks and Investors, in the pretext of helping Greece, Italy, etc (in the process also destroying Italy, Greece, etc)
The Amiga WB 1.3 (Kickstart 34.005) Hand holding disk is because the system is looking for an inserted disk, so in the Emulation core (Whatever the core emulator is, Amiberry/UAE4ARM ?) needs an ADF inserted (Floppy disk image), or a Hard disk image to boot from.
github.com/midwan/amiberry/wiki/Using-Amiberry-with-RetroPie---Installation-and-Setup
If only anyone would make a full conigured and downloadable image file. 🤗💾 Would love it.
Beat me to it. Dam I wanted to sound knowledgeable about something techy just once lol
The production quality and content of your video is phenomenal. I give you mass kudos. And the music, if you don't mind, what is it?
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️ The music is here: perifractic.com/music
I've had a Retropie Odroid version for a while now and I'd say most games work on most systems. The integrated solution shown looks good once the compatibility issues are worked out for not a bad price either. The size of the motherboard looks nice and tidy too. Thanks for the exclusive Perifractic.
apt-get is deprecated, use *just* apt in the future.
10 print “This is a very cool computer”;
20 goto 10
run
i = 1
while i == 1:
print("Indeed, it is")
@@Jossandoval
while(True):
print("I see you are a man of culture!")
This thing would save me so much space...Awesome video, thank's for sharing.
Pretty cool kit, thanks for the review. It is a great price to be sure, and enough built in features to be useful out of the box. A laptop version couldn't be far behind. I could see these being great for young children as a first computer as well.
I'm so distracted by your gorgeous girl. Those beautiful eyes... And how she leans on you when you're talking to the camera... Oh, puppyfractic, you're so adorable.
I don't remember Ladyfractic leaning on me in this episo... oh!
Another fantastic video.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Ok, I want one now. Early christmas gift I guess?
It's really nice of you to have opened the case and show us what's inside.
You're welcome!
Of course as soon as the pi400 was announced, I insufferably geeked out about how computers have come full circle and comparing it to the keyboard computers of the 80's and specifically the Commodore 64. So it's great to see you hitting on all those points and showing all those renderings! As for Retro Pie, its not surprising to see the config challenges. Retro Pie is amazing software but it's tremendously complicated. I think that's unavoidable considering all the different hardware it emulates.
Loved this video! So many of my favorite things- keyboard computers, Raspberry pies, linux and Retro pie! Thanks for this video. Good job!
Thanks Clay!
I never knew it but it seems as if I need this. (sry for my English) Also: I didn't knew you were doing all the music! Super cool! Love y'all!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
@@RetroRecipes No thank YOU for the best Videos on this crazy planet! 🤗
@@gerald8573 You are welcome!
Perifractic has invented a true working time machine! “Puppyfractic in space” coming up!
Rad...... just rad....... when you get around to changing out the case, I really want to see how they turn out.... considering a mod to the one that I just ordered (hahaha already and I don't even have it yet) - Keep up the great channel... you guys do make for some great entertainment..... Cheers
Those renderings of yours with the Commodore colours really killed it!!! I will wait some time before ordering this, perhaps the cases WILL become available. For what it's worth, I really do not like the white and raspberry red combination... I have been harping about something like this for years!!! So good to see it come to life.
Loved the look of the C64 version you, they all were brilliant but the C64 one had by far the best look.
well done.
I expected a better ventilation system, it looks a very interesting product, thanks for sharing.
It is a very cool computer and the manual really kicked in the retro-nostalgia. It is great that they include it and will hopefully get some new people into programming.
This looks very promising! I’ve been thinking about making a similar solution that uses a tenkeyless mechanical keyboard and a Raspberry Pi built into a 3D printed retro style casing. In the end, the RPi 400 is the more cost effective solution. Thanks for sharing!
On top of being a great retromachine platform, how about a rapid prototyping system for testing crazy ideas! I love this. What a great idea!
I ordered the NT Mini Noir from Analogue. It’s due for end november for shipping. Freakin excited!
Omg such a great video
Love the doggos!
I love the vectrex power on sound effect, i also got one.
Nice, Ordered :)
In Canada land I paid $ 160 with shipping CND
Really nice form factor! Even the PCB shape (and location of ports) could be good for other applications. But hey, the design with the keyboard is actually really spot on in my opinion. PS. More Lizzyfractic ;-)
Excellent! Now I can use my RPi4x4 in it's flirc case for an upcoming project and get this puppy for my desktop dev station... Right on time!
This video really cool !
Thanks Kebun! You clearly have very good taste. I appreciate your feedback :-)
Two videos in one weekend?! The Retro Gods must be smiling on us all!
Great retro renders - took me back nearly a lot of years to my ZX81 / Spectrum / Dragon 32 / Amstrad CPC-664 days of computing :)
its cool how its a nod to an old school computer! the keyboard form and a full fledged manual!