Hi Chris WHAT WOULD I USE MY ORANGE PI FOR? I have a Raspberry pi 400 which has been amazing and I gave this to my grandsons as they are learning coding. It gets used as my daughters household computer. I have ordered an Orange Pi for my work working in a Children's Hospital. It will be used on a TV as a media player and connected to printer and WiFi. It will be used for open source basic gaming and just about as much as any desktop computer as these SBC's are just as capable as spending £100's. Love your channel and content and have learnt so much. Am writing this using Linux Mint on an ancient Dell which I have upgraded using the knowledge you have shared with the world on your channels. Thank You

I really like the fact it has a speaker, headphone jack, and full size HDMI. For an educational setting, even just having the built in headphone jack makes this much easier to pick up and use.

One thing I liked about my Raspberry Pi 400 was the programming software pre installed. I bought it mainly to dabble with programming again after a 13 year hiatus since I retired. After 34 years of programming I didn’t think I would miss writing code. Now the old dog wants to learn some new tricks.

I always think it's wild seeing machines like the PI400 and PI800, where it's a single board PC built inside the keyboard. It's like the 80's are back and brought their computers with them.

As always, you deliver the Sunday morning tech news that puts a smile on everyone’s face. Great review of a new exciting SBC. Thanks Chris.

Just pulled my Raspberry Pi 400 from the shelf and started it up again this past week. I think what I'd like them to change is add a M.2 for storage and double the memory.

i really appreciate all the zooms you do in your videos. sometimes i start looking at something else on the screen and the zoom helps reel me in and stay on track.

You are - by FAR - my 'Go To' channel for all things SBC. Thank you for this. ☮

There was a very good Tech show here in the U.S. called Screensavers. It delved into technical issues and programing which was very informative. The show stopped new episodes several years ago. But I have to say Chris, you picked up the slack! There are very little productions as yours out there for the technical audience and I appreciate your wide range of subjects and ideas. Thank you!! RIch

It looks like 2023 is going to be Rockchip's year and Orange Pi is going to be a big part of that. So far, the 800 has had great reviews. There is a lot of interest in the Orange Pi 5 too, with the new RK3588S chip. I bought a Pi 400 when I realized that even those were becoming scarce. I was a bit sorry that I didn't get this one instead. I have also pre-ordered the Orange Pi 5. I'm Canadian and winter is coming. I'll have something to do while hibernating.

Great overview; as always. Pleased to see the video playback is quite usable, and I really like the Ubuntu they ship- very snappy. Thanks for sharing! May just pick one of these up for a living room toy. Not to mention, excellent conversation piece for family visits.

Thank you for taking the time and comparing different distros on Pi800. I think full size HDMI port is very nice to have, many homes that has DVD or Bluray players or gaming consoles, one can hook up Orange Pi to TV easily.

Had a Pi400 since they came out, and I'm still impressed with it today.

Excellent content and great presentation - as always! Very timely, as I've been feeling the crunch on the Raspberry PI supply chain issues, and have been looking for alternatives. The orange pi 800 looks to be a nice fit for much of my needs. I'm impressed with the hex-core and video performance (not to mention full-size HDMI!). I've a Pi 4 (4GB) and to be frank, it's a little disappointing in day to day use. Now that I'm on the OrangePI site, that OPi5 looks quite impressive as well. Thanks for your videos, and keep it up! Thank you!

I really love on 04:03 you mentioned the possibility of your bias. Truly amazing review. Probably would buy one in the future

Thanks for this informative video! I just started tinkering with SBCs and I have found your videos most helpful!

I love your videos, they are very well structured and informative. Just keep up this excellent work!

I like the full size HDMI, dedicated power button and onboard storage, something the RPi 400 should have had, and maybe will once the chip shortages have abated. Seeing as you asked - I use my Raspberry Pi 400 as my daily driver running FreeBSD as it's cheaper on the energy side also perfectly usable for browsing, email. The video editing/rendering I leave to the Workstation. Thanks Chris, another excellent video.

Yes! So happy you did an Orange Pi 800 video! I was really, really hoping you would. About to fire it up now. I love waking up on Sunday to your videos. Thanks, Chris!

I'm Brazilian and always watch this guy's videos. Nice work here mate!

I really like how these SBCs are progressing. They are really close to satisfying many desktop replacement needs if they just focused on improving video playback a bit. Personally I can almost replace my desktop but I really need 2 monitors and do watch a fair bit of 1080p media. Another couple of years and I'm sure that will be changed.

Computers coming sort of full circle. Home computers started as keyboard computers. My personal favorites are the Apple IIc and the VIC20. The VGA output of the orange pi makes it interesting to me. I have a few VGA CRT monitors.

Hi Chris, thanks for your review! I look forward to more SBC content in the near future. I have been waiting for your review of the OrangePi 800 in particular because I tend to take you at your word and if your recommendation is anything to go by, that may just lead to me making a purchase. I hope you are doing well and all the best for the upcoming festive season.

Everything old is new again. Reminds me of my first computer, a Commodore 64.

Hi Chris! As always, your videos are very informative. I look forward to seeing your reviews on new products. Keep up the good work!

Greetings! Here I am, back again, watching another fine EC video. You seem pleasantly suprised by this self contained SBC/KB computer as am I. It seems highly usable as a quick desktop PC. Looks perfect for connecting down in my basement to an older monitor which only has VGA and DVI connectivity. I can leave it down there when I want to manage my servers. Sometimes having a PC to do a quick web search for info in resolving issues can be quite handy. No need to carry a laptop back and forth. Well done yet again sir!!

Another outstanding review. The main board looks well designed. This type of computing reminds me of the vic20 days.. Thanks you for producing this vid..

Definitely the best review of this device I have seen. Thanks Chris.

I use my Raspberry PI 400 daily as a browser for my large screen TV. I control it with a wireless mouse from my couch. Great TV setup with minimum footprint.

Just a brilliant video today!!! I'm not a big SBC user but if I ever get one, it will because of watching your videos!! Keep up the good work my friend!

Watching the tear-down makes me think of home computers from the early 80's

Interesting SBC, Great choice with the output options Thanks again for sharing your expirence with all of us 👍 😀

Oh, that vga makes much more sense now that you mentioned retro gaming... I mean, lots of monitors still have VGA at least until recently, but ability to use retro displays for retro emulation indeed sounds pretty compelling.

Impressive hardware and relieved the that operating systems were reasonable. As always, you gave an honest and fair review. Enjoyed the carrot cameo. Curious what will cameo next in a future video.

Great video Chris. Love these little devices.

Raspberry Pi falls further and further behind. It seems that "supply chain issues" only apply to them. And these problems don't seem to affect the supply chains for the parts Raspberry Pi uses to make boards for sale to industry. Well, I'm glad other companies have picked up the slack.

This looks like a candidate to replace my NUC on my workbench. I use it for web browsing and looking at PDF manuals mostly, the small footprint and power consumption make it a very attractive prospect

Loved your review of this machine, it is amazing product for several applications. I will look for if I can get one for my father!

Looks like it runs pretty decently. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting. Raspberry Pi had better solve their supply chain issues, or they will be left behind. I have an RPi 400. The main use I have made of it is to write and upload code on an Arduino. I’ve played with the RPi GPIO a bit, using it as a test bed for the non-existent RPis I would want to permanently upload projects to. I’m really starting to hate this chip shortage.

As someone who is used to browse the internet back in the days at 600x450 resolution whilst listening to a good ol' 56k modem sing... this is a refreshing little device.

Much thanks. Happy Sunday. 🙏

I have a Pi400 in my retro area for looking up manuals and downloading stuff for the old machines.

An interesting alternative to the Pi400. It is good to see that the software works well and that there is a choice of operating system. With the Orange pi 5 due for imminent release I wonder if the same chip will go into the next Orange pi 800, that could be a very interesting proposition. I am pleased that the SBC manufacturers are making new and exciting products for you to review, in your easy to understand style. Thanks

It's not just the labels that won't change on the keyboard, but also because the Raspberry Pi 400 is ISO, while the Orange Pi 800 is ANSI, that means the Orange Pi is missing the extra "international use" key that's used e.g. to type the Hungarian letter "í". So you actually can't just remap the keys and slap on a few labels - basic letters of European languages simply can't be typed, except via key combinations.

Another fantastic review of a very interesting product! This could replace my RPi that's connected to an old HP Bluetooth keyboard of the same size (meant for the HP TouchPad, an old tablet that came with WebOS). I use this Pi with an old monitor to quickly test something I'm working on, basically part of my test bench.

Just what I've been waiting for, it's a fantastic piece of kit, it'll come in real handy when you do your lectures, I was just wondering what kind of shell do you like to use, zsh, bash, or some other flavours.

Very nice review, as always. IMO none of these new offerings should have less than at least an RK3588 level of performance, and it seems they should be capable of 16GB ram as well.

Another wonderful video on your brilliant channel.

Very impressive! You always have good information, but this one sync'd with very good screens and displays.

If i had orange pi 800 i would use it in the Office as a main Computer for running Office and Networking. Its very interesting machine. Thanks Mr. Barnatt 🙏🏻😁

4:32 spit my dang ol drink out laughing. Keep it up partner, love the videos!

Another well-made and professional video.

Thanks for the review and make this video Chris, make me wishlist OrangePi 800. Can't wait to see Chris review OrangePi 5 😶

I am using my pi400 for daily desktop usage and for my university stuff. It works perfectly fine with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Usually I would use Debian but the software support was not so good on the pi400. (Especially the last time I looked it up the Wi-Fi driver was missing)

Wonderful! Another sbc... the world is a better place!

This is some of the best I've seen from Orange Pi. I'd like to get ahold of one, if I can find one. Thanks for another great video Chris.😎👍

We have come full circle. The first computer I used was a TRS80 that had everything built into the keyboard, and an external screen. Now we have a much more powerful device, built completely into the keyboard, with an external screen.

Another nice piece of kit with a great review. I'm a little disappointed that the base RAM is still 4Gb. 8Gb seems to be the minimum required these days but for development and light work it should be enough! I'm already thinking of doubling my PC's RAM from 16Gb to 32Gb! 🤣Basically for X-Plane...

Another awaited video that does not disappoint! One question, I see Android amongst the possible OSes, although I'm wondering what it could yield on such a machine. Would that be something we could use for anything else than developing on Android? As for example an alternative to chrome OS? Would it support dual screen?

Great video as always much appreciated

Another glorious Sunday with Chris, even though I’m not happy with the unpacking because we didn’t see the unwrapping of your Orange Pi Computer, as that’s the only time we get reunited with Mr Scissor and Stanley the knife.

Wow it's actually like an upgrade to the pi 400. 😃 I mean the pi 400 is quit limited as they wanted to keep cost down. So the example did not have speakers and a headphone jack. But it's quite affordable. The best thing is that the Orange pi 800 has support for speakers and headphone jack and other connectors to connect the monitor to the pi. But because the orange pi 800 has all those additional hardware I think that makes it more expensive for people to buy. But it's accutally pretty cool. 😃

Interesting development on the SBC market and brilliant presentation (as always) from EC. Without a doubt, the Orange Pi 800 has better connections than the RPI-400: Full size HDMI socket, VGA output, audio jack, eMMC, loudspeaker, microphone, but the performance is (at the moment) not convincing. So I stick to the RPI and prefer to eat (orange) carrots.🥕🥕🥕 Definitely year 2023 will bring back beloved RPI for everyone to get.

This orange pi 800 looks familiar and packs enough punch as a portable computer where you only need a monitor and a mouse or just a monitor. For a lightweight desktop replacement for kids or a dos game emulator it feels great to have.

Good Video again, I have ordered 1 myself Plus a Orange PI 5 (8core) maybe that may be the next one for review ... This reminds me of my Amiga 1200 HD, a portable powerhouse, back in the day ...

I'm a bit concerned about the 4 amp current flowing through fairly thin wires. Voltage drops can be quite significant for something to work unstably. Okay, I hope the developers have taken this into account. In general, I like this computer and similar computers. Reminds ZX Spectrum (which I did not have).

The feature I'd love to see on these types of devices is for the USB-C power port to actually be a full USB-C w/ DP Out & Power delivery. That way there could (theoretically) be just one cable to plug in, if you have a dock that supports power delivery. Still, it's early days for the form factor (or very late days, depending on how you look at it), and I can hope that a future revision will add it -- there's promise with USB-4 since it's an open standard. :)

Writing this comment on my new OPi 800 right now! Thanks for giving it such an in depth look; this video gave me the confidence to take a chance on a more "obscure" machine like this. (I agonized over whether to choose this or the RasPi 400, and ultimately chose this for the eMMC.) I wanted a super lightweight computer that I could easily carry in my backpack for the half hour walk to my local maker space, and a few days in, it's working out pretty great! A few hurdles, but they've been manageable. I use it for writing, coding (VS Code), prepping 3D prints in Prusa Slicer, and even a bit of drawing with my Wacom tablet in Krita (and probably soon Inkscape too). One disappointment was that I can't get Blender to run on it at all since there's no OpenGL support--which is an important difference from the Raspberry Pi 400 that I wish I knew about before buying (RasPi 4 does support OpenGL and actually CAN run Blender, albeit slowly). But I'm using it *mostly* for coding and writing, so maybe it wouldn't have changed my decision anyway. I might even use the GPIO pins for some electronics tinkering one of these days!

I always like to see videos on smaller manufacturers like Orange pi

Thanks for this video. I saved half my money by purchasing this. I'm super excited!

What a nice keyboard PC! I really dig the full size HDMI port and good software support. I also liked the little cameo from Mr. Carrot and the brief demo of Pac PC running on DOSBox. :) Now, as for what I would do with an ARM keyboard computer, I would be trying to run a big-name PC game that's more gentle to computers like Undertale on there. Skeletons named after fonts and walking, talking goats, anyone? 😉💀🐐

The carrots Cameo was unexpected..😂

a good alternative for a raspberry pi400, considering supply. will do well at many desks, probably a good idea for the future, running devices like this.

The usually reserved Mr. Barnatt went "really wild" today with resolution. Cool! Another cool item, AliExpress has a kit version with a wireless Orange mouse.

Since you mentioned 3D printing I would like to see it running Octoprint. Since we have such a shortage of Pi’s.

We are coming back in the 80' ! Remember me the ZX81, MSX, Thomson 7, Amstrads... And then in the 90' Amiga, Atari ST/TT ! History is an eternal restart ! Even in personal computers history ! By the way, very cool video, thanks a lot for this unboxing!

Greetings! Great video as always! It would be an interesting idea to include a demo of Armbian in your videos. Some people have reported better performance while using this purpose-built OS for SBCs, therefore it would be nice for me, the humble viewer, to have this hearsay put to the test!

Great video as always! Thank you for the effort. I would try one for personal use and another for maintaining the server from the lovely Orange Pi. For personal use, it may not be as good as Raspberry Pi, but I have to adjust a bit in terms of use. If I can, then it is okay to use as a daily driver.

Wow, that is cool! Me gusta!

I come here first for the content, and second for the medals! EDIT: That keyboard form factor is something i like a lot. Has the software part of the Orange Pi improved throughout the years? I remember it being very flaky some years ago.

It's like the full circle and nearly 40 years later I am awakened to a "new" ZX Spectrum or a C64 and so much more capable. Love these things.

Greetings sir...I have seen orange pi 800's review many times..but I was waiting for your review..

Please do a video on GPIO connector(s)

The one thing I noticed when you had the unit open was how much the board looked like a driver board for a flat panel display which led naturally to the idea that this thing would fit nicely into (or onto) the back panel of any display making it a computer in a screen. A keyboard and mouse could easily be connected into the usb ports and boom, a simple single unit PC! Also , as a huge Atari fanboy from the 80's...Atari had a 400 and 800 now Orange Pi has an 800 version of Rasberry Pi's 400. Coincidence, or planning?

Nice finally Sunday time for another topic thanks Chris love pc in computer have a nice day and week

This will give more notoriety to the Orange Pi family. If I get my hands on one of these, I think I use it mostly for entertainment, because my hobby machine is the Raspberry Pi 400 with its huge community. I'm very intrigued by Orange Pi OS.

This may actually be a nice, low-budget chartplotter for sailors. Connect a GPS and AIS external module and you have a low watts and low price alternative to a 2.000 Euro B&G chartplotter. There are Linux-based full installations for such a use available.

Reminds me of the Amiga 600. Good days squabbling with siblings over the telly!

that is a proper upgrade from my P400, specifically the full size HDMI and the speaker!

1 problem is that it has 4 GB not 8 GB RAM; I think it would be good if you could expand from 4 to 32 GB Ram option. But it is good to see an alternative supplier of the Pi 400. I was considering getting one, but the 4GB puts me off. It would be good if someone made something like an PI400 but with better PCI Bus so you can put a decent gfx card; that would compete vs the PC/MAC gaming industry. Like finally some alternative to this Intel dominance....

It would be great if you could show a M1 Mac Mini demonstration, for people who have only ever used PC's. Showing the pros/cons as a desktop replacement.

This will run well off the battery banks i charge with solar panels. It is practical and can be separated from power grid i appreciate those features.

My takeaway: the product name implies it has twice as much memory as a RPI 400. It doesn't, so that makes the product name misleading. I love the full sized HDMI and VGA ports and the overall configuration, but I don't feel the need to add it to my must have list, unless the RAM is doubled. Thanks for the great review and taking the time buy this product.

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It's a minor niggle but the heat sink really shouldn't cover the clock battery

Love your work……I like your professional demeanor, it is also hilarious…….which is unique

Really like to see a review of the Spectrum Next board/ Ngo given you have done so many repairs on the 48k. Thanks

Top notch content from this top notch channel. Thank you sir!

Does what the RPi foundation does - only better and for less money.