ROADOM Lebula Touchscreen Monitor for Raspberry, 7 Inch 1024X600 Small USB Monitor Portable Capacitive IPS Display with HDMI for Pi 4/3 /2/ Zero,Xbox/PS4,Ubuntu, Windows 7/8/10,Mac

This is a great little screen. After reviewing a few different options for panels, I decided on the 1024x600 resolution instead of the official Pi screen (800x480). This display wasn't the least expensive, but was reasonably priced and had great reviews. Some of the earlier reviews commented on the extra cables sent later. The package I got had all the extra cables included, and they are fantastic for providing a clean interface (just power) and cable management. I plugged it all in, and powered it up and eventually (with 10min of troubleshooting, see below) got it up and running. Some pointers: - I initially powered the Pi from a spare USB port on my computer, and powered the display from the Pi. The display initially flickered on with the Raspberry Pi logo, and the Pi booted, but the display remained black. I could see on the bottom of the display that the backlight was trying to power on, and per the instructions (Q1 Screen shows no signal), it recommended using the power supply provided. Sure enough, separately powering the screen made it work. A bit more tweaking, I am now powering the Pi with the power supply provided, and using the Pi to power the screen through the GPIO pins (and included connector) and it works great. - I also had a bit of display flickering where it looked like the resolution was struggling; after reseating the provided HDMI flat cable into the display connector, it cleared up, and everything works great. There were a few comments that the provided HDMI flat cable had to twist to connect to the Pi HDMI output; I laid mine down flat on the display PCB, with a 90 degree twist that was tucked under the Pi HDMI connector, and it's clean and unobtrusive. - The Pi Display resolution in preferences is set to "Default - preferred monitor settings, and using the Touchscreen display menu (buttons are on the back of the display), and information setting, it is showing 1360x768 @ 60Hz, even better than the advertised 1024x600 resolution - The touchscreen was plug-and-play; I plugged the provided connector into the display and the other end into one of the Pi's USB ports, and it just worked. Other notes - the display stand is nice aluminum, not plastic. Overall, a fantastic product, well thought out and well put together, great value

This is the second Roadom monitor I have purchased. I initially purchased the 10.1 inch monitor for a small project and it worked better than I could have asked for. I have used the 10.1in monitor nearly every day for a few months now and I haven’t had any issues. The screen is incredibly clear, the touchscreen is very responsive, and the sound from the speakers is great. Due to my experience with my first monitor, I decided to purchase a second smaller monitor for small projects/ prototyping. The 7in screen is just as great as the 10.1in one. I initially thought images would be harder to visualize with the smaller screen, but I was wrong. The image clarity, colors, and screen responsiveness is just as good as the 10.1in screen. The sound on the 7in screen is also just as good as the 10in screen. One thing I really like about this kit is that it offers you many different configuration options. You can either mount the pi directly to the screen or use it as a standalone monitor. The vast array of cables that come with the kit allow you to power the screen in multiple different ways (from the USB port of the pi, using GPIO, or with an external power supply). Additionally, the ribbon cables that come with the kit allow you to discretely connect to the PI for a low-profile setup. Lastly, and possibly the best feature about this screen/ROADOM is their customer service. I had reached out customer support multiple times by email to obtain specs about the screen and to obtain dimensions for a custom screen case I was building. ROADOM replied very quickly and answered all of my questions. The only downside I found with this kit is that you can’t control the screen’s brightness using the pi’s software (The physical buttons on the back must be pressed to control the brightness), but this is far outweighed by the screen’s quality and configurability. I would recommend this screen for any small project or even a small prototyping station.

I had bought this screen earlier this month but had issues with it. Lebula worked with me to try and fix this issue by offering several ways to potentially solve it. After a few days, none of it worked and I concluded I had a faulty screen. However, due to the excellent customer service, I bought another one of these same screens from Lebula and returned the old one. The new screen works fine and looks great. I understand that with technology, not everything is perfect. It happens. As for the screen itself, it's very beautiful. As long as your source is high res, it'll look great on this screen. The touch is responsive, I use this with my Raspberry Pi running OpenAutoPro and it's very responsive. The image is crisp and clear, and the colors are nice and vivid. I could be wrong, but I think this supports resolutions higher than what is listed. I connected a 1080p source to it and it looked beautiful. Perhaps it's scaling? I love the "gift" wires that comes with the screen which helps a lot with reducing clutter. The ones that came with my screen includes a Micro HDMI tape cable, flat and short, enough to make it from the Raspberry Pi to the board's connector. It also comes with a tiny USB A cable with four wires that connects directly to the board, and from the Pi it provides both power and touch connectivity. It also includes a normal cable for HDMI, a long Micro USB and a short 3-inch Micro USB. It also includes GPIO wires that connects from the Pi to the board directly to feed it power. It comes with several ways to power this screen, and so far this screen has the cleanest wiring solutions which was important to me. The only issue I can think of is the lack if cases for this screen. It comes with mounting feet to keep it upright, and it is very useful and works good, however the back is always exposed. I wanted to build a car Head Unit with this screen and my Raspberry Pi, but I think I will have some fun designing and making my own case a reality. It's a good screen, it has good performance, and if clean wiring is important to you, then this is the screen to get.

Updating my review. Overall, I really like the screen. It has some nice features that I liked when I first bought it (physical buttons are easy, it has built in speakers) and it has a decent picture. However, I initially gave the screen 1 star because the screen developed permanent lines on it after only two weeks, and the replacement did too. After my initial review, the company reached out to me directly, apologizing profusely and offering me a second replacement. I've had that running for a couple of weeks now and everything seems fine, so I'm updating my review. The customer service really is great. They bent over backward to make suer everything was working, so I have to credit them there. And again, the screen is a good one for the price, when it works. So I have to give some credit there too. But having to go through *two* replacements still concerns me. I plan on buying other screens from them in the future (like the 10" version of this screen), but I wouldn't throw away the box immediately. === original review === I bought this as a little display for a raspberry pi project I'm working on. The first one arrived, I got it hooked up and everything was great for two weeks. Then a line appeared on the screen (pic with the red box). "Well, that's frustrating. Oh well. Sometimes units are defective. I'll just replace it." So back to Amazon it went. Replacement came, hooked it up. Two weeks later: a bunch of lines on this one too (other two pics). And it's not the pi. One of the pics is with the Pi powered off. I can forgive one defective unit. But two? Not ok. Buyer beware.

original 3-star review: seems to work well in all respects apart from the touch function. yes, i removed the protective film and, yes, both 5v inputs are powered. i have email'd the mfg - resolution pends... UPDATE: Sun Jan 19 16:19:33 EST 2020 OK... it works. my bad - connection issue. on receiving an email from the mfg/cust support, i was advised to "please connect to Pi3B+ as the attached manual". tl;dr i'm using an R Pi 3B+ with OpenAuto running on Raspbian and i intend to mount it in an '04 ford ranger. the "quick start guide" is not terribly useful. less than useful, actually, and there is no other documentation. the display is bright, crisp and clear, and the touch function works quite well. read on for full disclosure. the unabridged version: as mentioned, the enclosed directions aren't all that great. under the 3 line paragraph marked "to use it as a touch screen for the R Pi, you may need:". here, it shows a picture of the enclosed FPC cable with the caption, "an fpc cable, to connect your R Pi to this touch screen". in their defense, there is another pic of a Pi (only) with 3 cables attached, with a caption, "to use it as a standard monitor..." wherein it indicates 3 cables are required including a note to connect the "5V+ Touch" to "your connected device". off to youtube. i found a review of the lebula display on the first search, but is was completely useless. quite by accident, i discovered another video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HUt6tRReEQ) for the UPerfect display but it appears to be exactly the same as this touch screen. in case the link is redacted, the video may be found at the standard youtube url with the id "v=_HUt6tRReEQ". unfortunately for most readers here, it's in german, but it is visually very clear and the german-impaired (myself included) may simply view a few spots in the video for the complete info: connection of rpi connections to display starts at 8:30 closeup of almost complete wiring at 9:30 complete wiring at 9:45 its made by EddyD's SmartHome. Danke für das Video, EddyD. note that this video shows a connection scheme using an included cable (there are several) marked, "gift- 3pin power cable for the R Pi" and a very short micro-usb-to-usb-A cable. and, of course, the FPC cable. if you're not familiar with one or more of these, watch more of the video. eureka. size info - useful if you have a place in mind to mount it: actual screen dimensions (excluding mounting tabs): 4.2 x 6.5 inches, diagonally: 7.7 overall dimension: 6.5 x 4.75 4 mounting tabs which extend the height by 0.375 each. thickness with R Pi attached: ~1.25" the indicated resolution is 1024 x 600 but the description on the amazon page says it supports 1280 x 1024. there is no mention of this in the quick start guide. it comes with a 5v 3a power brick (approx 2" x 1.6" x 1") which may be a switching PS as it does not get very warm, at least after approx 30 min use. under actual operation it uses approx 0.9a at 5.1v (approx 4 and a half watts). it did hit 1.2a very briefly during boot. my Pi displayed the "lightning bolt" using the above described connection arrangement - it may require it's own power supply. the warranty (as advertised on the QSG): 30 day return 60 day replacement 12 mo warranty 24 hr cust svc via email life-time after sale service summary and conclusions: i've had the display power'd up for only an hour or so, so i can't speak to reliability, but it behaves as advertised - bright, clear, responsive, apparently well built. there are several cables which are included eg., hdmi-hdmi, usb-micro-usb, FPC. there are adjustments for brightness, contrast, color temp, etc. i have no idea if the power brick will behave above 1 amp, but it behaved well for my purposes. i will be powering it using the DROK 90483 8A 100W DC Car Power Supply (amazon page https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C4QVTNU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). unless i have issues in the near future, i plan to purchase at least 2 more units. the pic is a capture from the vid - hope you don't mind EddyD. :-)