Vis Viva Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Starter Kit (1GB)

I started building a retro gaming system with one of these, and needed one for my dad. This product came quickly, and had everything I needed to get the system running! I definitely recommend this system for availability and ease of use! Thanks!

I started out using a model 3 as a musical spectrum analyzer (color organ), then went to a mod 4 and configured it as a NAS!

SD card and OS not properly formatted.

We purchased these for a digital signage product at the company I work. They are quick and easy to setup, and no quality issues between the six that we purchased. Definitely recommend!

Comes with an SD card and I could have sworn when I bought the thing it said that it came with an OS image installed. It did not. And now the product page actually tells you that the micro SD card is blank. I am a bit displeased that there wasn't any sort of way to contact the seller for a little help, and the thing didn't come with any instructions I saw. It would have been helpful to know that without a proper boot image on the SD card, the LED status light won't even light up at all when the thing has power, and it won't draw any power from a power supply either. I really thought I had a dead unit.Now that I have my dumb mistake figured out (even though google was surprisingly unhelpful) the thing is running and I am setting it up. Not sure about the longevity or performance but it's running. I like the little case. The little heatsink looks like it'll do nothing because there's a thick adhesive pad that doesn't seem like it'd be too thermally conductive. The USB and HDMI adapters work and are really nice to have.All in all this seems like a decent starter kit, so I'm okay with the premium I paid to buy this thing on Amazon. Also, reminder that this is the original Pi Zero W that I'm reviewing, not the version 2 board. So I probably overpaid even more, but still, having the kit with all the doodads is nice. The only big thing missing that others might have an issue with is a microSD reader or adapter for purposes of imaging the microSD on another computer. Luckily I have a few lying around.

very fun Boards to play with

This kit came with a microSD card reader/writer,... it is not stable with my SanDisk 1TB MicroSDXC card. every time I use this adapter to create a bootable volume, it corrupts while preparing it for the Pi4.Luckily I follow my instinct to always verify my data especially trying out new things.😊

Raspberry Pi's are useful, but a ripoff at this price point. I bought two of these Pi 4 8GB in 2020, for $110 each. $260 is a complete ripoff!