So, will I be able to install your Ubuntu distribs on VIM2 or not?
If yes, what driver will be for Mali in your Ubuntu distribs? Will it be libhybris or not?
I plan to buy VIM2 for playing huge 4K videos @30fps and I will not buy it if it will be with libhybris - there is a lot of issues with Mali without official Mali drivers.
How do Khadas plan to sell VIM2 boards without GPU drivers for linux distribs?
So, will I be able to install your Ubuntu distribs on VIM2 or not?
If yes, what driver will be for Mali in your Ubuntu distribs? Will it be libhybris or not?
I plan to buy VIM2 for playing huge 4K videos @30fps and I will not buy it if it will be with libhybris - there is a lot of issues with Mali without official Mali drivers.
How do Khadas plan to sell VIM2 boards without GPU drivers for linux distribs?
Iām saying this once again: video playback DOES NOT depend on Mali drivers. You donāt have to have ANY Mali driver to play a video with fully working hardware acceleration.
I am sorry, guys, I am newbie, but I want that board for three purposes - for experiments with pins (for I2C, SPI communication with my sensors at home), for my āsmart homeā and for playing some video stuff like online-TVs and Blue-Ray Rips in 4K. That videos are as huge as CPU i7 with NVidia GT 840m sometime lags on playing that :).
Will it play 4K@30 videos without any lags?
Price of VIM 2 is too high for smart home now - about $100-$120.
For example, there are more interesting variants, like Orange Pi Plus 2E for $35!
VIM 2 is based on S912, that has nice GPU, itās better to use it for both cases - for smart home and movie playing.
But price of VIM2 is too huge for tv-boxā¦
I plan to wait, untill it will costs $35, like Orange Pi Plus 2E.
You get what you pay for. Add shipping to O2PP2E and the price is $39. The 2/16 VIM2 variant is $75, less than twice the price and you get: more than 2x better CPU, more than 3x better GPU, 801.ac WiFi, much better VPU and so onā¦
If to compare CPU from Orange Pi Plus 2E - Allwinner H3 - and S912 frankly, we will see, that price difference for processor, that is āmore than 2x better CPU, more than 3x better GPU, 801.ac WiFi, much better VPUā is not ātwice biggerā.
Ie, S912 costs not ātwiceā bigger, than Allwinner H3. I mean, the price difference for 120-39 = ~$80 is not justified higher, than prices of Orange Pi Plus 2E.
I think, this such so big price difference (~$80) is for to payback dev. expenses of Khadas VIM2 and to make super-over profit from selling it on the first time, on the hype of it.
So, I think, real price of this board should be about $50-$70, with hardware components costs, production costs and a very good sellers profits.
And, it could cost about $40 too, with the smaller sellers profit.
Why do you compare OPi2 2/16 price with VIM2 3/64? Compare it with VIM2 2/16. Then the difference in price is ~$37. VIM2 is less than twice the price of OPi2.
Iām not trying to justify or promote VIM2 board here, Iām trying to tell you that your comparison is invalid.
it is not about promoting or not,
itās about comparing what is comparable ans saying that you always get what you pay for:
there is no miracle nor magic;
price only driven people will regret their unwise choices sooner than later