for Raspberry Pi 4 Screen, 7 Inch LCD Screen 1024 X 600 HDMI Monitor IPS Display Touchscreen with Leather Case, for Raspberry Pi 4/3/2/1/3B+/BB,Banana Pi.

DESCRIPTIONThis 7in IPS LED backlit touchscreen is supplied with several cables and adapters, necessary for connecting it to your computer, be that a Windows PC or a Raspberry Pi. It also comes with a black leather-look screen case, useful to hold the screen when setting up, and protecting it. The screen’s PCB itself is beautifully made, and carries a standard HDMI input socket for the display, and a microUSB socket for combined power input and touch screen output.INSTALLFollowing the supplied instruction leaflet, the screen was first connected to a normal Windows 10 PC with both HDMI and USB cables. This is not a necessary step, I was just curious to see how well this worked (very well, as I found out!)It works perfectly, straight out of the box, giving a bright, sharp, high-resolution screen image, with wide viewing angle and saturated colours. The nearest Windows10 screen resolutions to this screen’s native resolution of 1024x600 are either 800x600 or 1024x768. Both work well, just with slightly different onscreen image sizes. The touch input works well too, in parallel with any existing mouse or keyboard input. The touch screen input works out of the box with Windows10, with no need of drivers nor configuration.Moving on, following the instruction leaflet, I then conected the screen to a Raspberry Pi. I used a Pi3B+ with a fresh copy of Buster, the latest version of Raspbian, downloaded fromhttps://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/Once I had written the Raspbian image to an SD card, I opened the textfile “config.txt” (in the root directory of the SD card) in a text editor to add, at the end of file, the following lines given in the instructions:max_usb_current=1hdmi_force_hotplug=1config_hdmi_boost=10hdmi_group=2hdmi_mode=87hdmi_cvt 1024 600 60 6 0 0 0I then put the SD card in the Pi, connected the screen and booted up. Again, the screen worked flawlessly, showing bright colours, wide viewing angle, high resolution of 1024x600, and the touch input was responsive and worked well. The 3.5mm audio output socket works too. Select this by routing Raspbian’s Audio Output (right-click on the speaker output icon) to “HDMI”. The signal produced is stereo and at line level. It will drive powered speakers, or could be fed into a hi-fi, or even directly drive high impedance headphones or ear buds quietly at a push.Clearly, audio and video drivers for screen and touch facility are already built-in to Raspbian, only needing the configuration file adjustments as described above.EXTRA FACILITIESThere are however, three extra things you can do to add to this screen’s (or any touchscreen) functionality, that make it even easier to use. Luckily, these extra three features are already built into Raspbian, or easily downloadable. They are:1. alt-dragThis 7in touch screen has a maximum size of 1024x600 pixels. Depending on your application, this size MAY mean sometimes scroll bars, buttons or dialogs are off the edge of the visible part of the screen. To deal with this: simply hold down the ALT key on the keyboard, and use a finger on the screen to DRAG the whole window around, to move it so you can see and now reach buttons etc. at the bottom of the window.2. right-clickFor any touch screen, there is no obvious method of right-clicking to bring up a contextual menu. Simply touching the screen is equivalent to a left-click only. Just use an existing built-in Raspbian function to deal with this: use TWO fingers to touch the screen in two points close together, and the right-click contextual menu will pop up, and you can then select the pop-up menu function you need (see photo).3. onscreen keyboardAlso, if you want to run your Pi with this screen ONLY (i.e. NO keyboard) you will need an onscreen keyboard to pop up on demand for text entry sometimes. Install this by searching Raspbian’s Add/Remove Software for “matchbox” and select the item “on-screen keyboard - matchbox keyboard” and click OK. Enter your password to allow the installation, then reboot. Then you can bring up the on-screen keyboard with Menu:Accessories:Keyboard.You may want to add this keyboard icon to the desktop or the task bar to make it easier to launch (see photo).If you don’t wish to use the touch facility (and maybe save some power in a battery-powered application) there is a second microUSB socket marked “power”, which will power the screen, but without the touch facility.This screen can also use a low-cost media player or stick (e.g. Google ChromeCast, Amazon FireStick, Roku, AppleTV NowTV, etc.) to feed its HDMI input. It then provides a compact media player system, providing a nearly-HD 7in screen and 3.5mm audio output. The screen needs a mains power supply to feed 5V into the USB socket. The stick may also need its own mains supply, and it can then feed media (e.g. Netflix, iPlayer, YouTube, AmazonPrime, Spotify, etc., etc.) into this compact and portable high quality screen.SUMMARYOverall, this is a great high-resolution touch screen, that works well with Windows or Raspberry Pis or media sticks out of the box. Ideally, once setup and tested for your application, it should be built into a protective case to cover the back of the screen, although the supplied accessories and case mean it can be setup using just the parts in the box. Good value for money too, compared to other high-resolution 7 inch touchscreens!

I bought this little monitor to use as a debug screen for service desk tickets on problematic PCs.Overall, the screen does exactly what I need it to do. It's powered via USB so it can be hosted by a powered system, it has it's own carry case so it can be easily transported without any potential for damage, and the image is bright enough for operation.Overall, it functions great for what I require it for. I no longer need to find a small monitor and a pesky free power outlet, this thing can be propped up and ready to go in under 30 seconds.

This product will be used for a Raspberry Pi 4 and as an extra Windows PC Monitor. Unfortunately, three heatsinks are supplied in the box and no instructions on where to mount them. Hopefully I have placed them on the correct chips, if not heat could damage the product before or after the warranty period expires.An old saying is you get what you pay for, seriously consider an alternative screen/monitor if you dislike open electronics exposed. This product is made in China.*Updated added photo for heatsink placement.In the photo you will see where I have place the heatsinks, starting from left to right. On the left and centre, these two chips run hot, (an obvious place for heatsinks to go). The third heatsink bridges the two lower chips, the chip above does not produce heat. Hope this is helpful

The screen works as expected, it's a decent image for the size and the capacitive touch works well.The generic leather case is just meant for a tablet however, and doesn't really fit or hold the screen very well. It has fallen out on one occasion, so I've thrown the case away and found a better replacement.

I bought this with the intention of building a custom Home Theatre PC with built-in screen and / or control panel, but of course, I was also compelled to check out the overall quality on my MicroServer running a new install of Windows 10. I must say I am impressed! At this stage I haven't powered up the touchscreen function, simply used the other 5v micro USB supply (there are 2 ports - one for power, the other for touchscreen functionality) to drive the screen.As you can see the overall quality is pretty good.What is a nice touch is that this came in a (generic) foldable tablet case with the required USB and HDMI cables, and also had a micro HDMI converter, should you wish to power it up and use it with a Raspberry Pi or similar SOC board.My longer term plan is to build a little wooden case that will hold the screen, a 1TB portable Hard Disc Drive, and a 10000ah rechargeable battery, that can all be powered from a 2 or 3 amp USB plug. With a Raspberry pi running either Kodi or Squeezebox it will be a handy little entertainment and music server.There are a couple of cases that would house this with a Raspberry pi and if I wasn't building my own I would probably choose the layered acrylic case. If the pictures are accurate then it seems to be the most suitable. This is a cracking little touchscreen that lends itself to any number of projects - pi, control panel, HTPC, in - car PC, or simply as a second or portable monitor. If my initial impressions are anything to go by, it's a great quality screen at a brilliant price. Bear in mind this is the larger 1024 x 600 resolution, not the 800 x 640 model. Great quality. Great Price. 5* to Cuqi for providing a nice wee cover in the price. It's what clinched it for me over other sellers.

I bought this for a Raspberry Pi 4. Clear instructions providedf on how to get it running, and after an easy software install taking a couple of minutes, it just works. Beautifully clear and the touch screen works well. My only wish would be for a proper hard case to be available like a pi-top, as there are a lot of exposed components on the back of the screen. Still, the supplied leather case does protect these so no complaints there.