Makibes 1 (5 inch A 800×480)

It's a neat design, and functional, but the quality isn't great, and the viewing angle is poor. I wouldn't say the product photo is anywhere close to representative of the actual quality.The most noticeable thing is the performance, though: it's really slow at updates. That's not too surprising with it being driven via GPIO. Software installation wasn't especially easy, with weak instructions and a fairly opaque process. I think it would be easy to contract someone to write some decent instructions and provide the source for the driver. Supplying a pre-built distro image for a screen isn't particularly helpful when you're integrating the screen with other components that might have their own pre-built distros: instead, embrace the platform and GitHub the driver!I ended up putting this in a drawer and ordering the larger HDMI screen, as the refresh is much faster. I'm sure this one will come in handy for another project; just not the one I have in mind.

Item itself is great, however you either only want this item because you use raspbian and are comfortable with Linux, or you have another Linux distro and are an expert. The included 'image' which is supposed to make installing the display painless, DOES NOT WORK, so you will soon be learning command line whether you want to or not.A good product but I would be overstating the level of support if I called it 'minimal'.I bought this, and a Raspberry Pi 3, for my young son as I want him to learn more about electronics and coding and the instructions and software provided almost ruined his interest in both. If I was doing this again I would opt for an 'official' alternative, if only to safeguard any aspiring student's enthusiasm.

I am new to Pi, but failed to realise that you can’t use capacitance screen unless you write your own apps. Had to download a new version of op system so that this would work. Now have one sad card for the tv and a different one for this. Finally got VNC viewer working on my iPad mini. Now I have capacitance touch and a way better display than this provides. I tried this on a Windows 10pc and it works great hence 3 stars for this alone. It is a great add on for a pc but for me at the moment pointless for a Pi, unless you are making an embedded bespoke touch screen device.

A very good screen and not to difficult to set up. I did not need a second supply as the Pi was able to provide adequate current via the touch USB connection. Touch is good and works well but there are occasions when tap response is not always forthcoming. Visually, the display is clear and bright but small text can be difficult for my old eyes but this is a small (5") screen. There appears to be a slight top to bottom over-scan, which I suspect is driver related but I'm no expert, so will be watching the forums for any updates. All said, this was a good purchase.

Just for the record this is a list of pros and cons of the following screen:Makibes 7 inch Capacitive Touch Screen LCD(C) 1024×600as there seems to be mixture of reviews for other panels here.Pros:- bright and crispy screen- good viewing angles of the screen (both horizontally and vertically)- Rpi & Rpi2 SD card images are provided, so you don't have to install drivers, just write the image to your 4GB (and bigger) micro SD card and plug it into your Rpi.- screen video refresh seems to be responsive (no lag)- the screen stand provides 2 viewing angles depending on which end of the stand is used- it's small, so it fits to a space where regular monitor doesn't.Cons:- no assembly instructions, not very intuitive how to assembly- the screen back-ligtht is bleeding on 2 places around the edge of the screen which is very unpleasant. I had to use black electrical tape to cover the LCD back-light.- touch screen has slow response and is not very precise - I usually clicked 1/4 of an inch away from where my finger touched the screen. Then I gave up.- touch screen doesn't work without reconnecting the USB cable to Rpi. Yes, that's right, after the boot you have to unplug and plug back the USB cable to get touch input working. There is a switch on the back of the screen that turns the screen on and off, but it does not have an effect on the touch screen.- the touch screen doesn't work with some (I could not test all) stylus pens (I tried to use a stylus that came with my tablet, but it doesn't work).- provided HDMI cable is very stiff so can not be bent around the screen and sticks out. I ordered a replacement thin HDMI cable and right angle HDMI connectors to fix that (extra expenses).- the screen stand is very fiddly and is not affixed to the screen- although the screen has a HDMI socket it doesn't work with general consumer electronics - I tried to connect my PS3 via HDMI and it doesn't work.I'm slightly unimpressed with the overall product. Poorly functional touch screen means a mouse or track-padhas to be used, and the aesthetics is not great because of the sticking-out cables and the bleeding back-light.On the other hand it works and was not expensive.

The screen is fine when it's on, but what is very annoying is that the backlight stays on even when your screensaver has turned the display off. On the official Raspberry Pi screen there is apparently a way to control the backlight through software, but there is no similar functionality for this WaveShare display. (There is a small fiddly hardware switch round the back to turn the screen on and off, but apparently no way to turn the quite bright backlight off when the Pi has blanked the display. You really notice this in a darkened room.)The 'case' and stand that comes with it are a bit minimalistic. The design brief was obviously "what can we make from flat bits of plastic". Once assembled around the screen, various bits of the screen are still somewhat exposed. Still, if you don't mind the Blake's 7 Orac look then it's better than nothing.