# Advice on device and display **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 9, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/advice-on-device-and-display/964 "2020-10-09T23:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![btucker](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@btucker](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/btucker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/advice-on-device-and-display/964/1 "2020-10-09T23:15:00Z")
I am planning a prototype signage application and would be interested if anyone has any recommendations for a good raspberry Pi device with display. Something with an approx. 10" display would be nice. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/advice-on-device-and-display/964/2 "2020-10-10T09:32:40Z")
Distec has displays with the Pi Compute Module built-in. They seem to have a 10" version as well. See [https://www.distec.de/en/products/tft-display-modules/detail/distec/iot-cp-tm101jdhg30-00-01/](https://www.distec.de/en/products/tft-display-modules/detail/distec/iot-cp-tm101jdhg30-00-01/) (see also [1]). Note the 1280x800 resolution. I’m not aware of any hardware that directly combines a Pi with a 10" display. See also the [hardware page](https://info-beamer.com/hardware) as well as an older [blog post](https://info-beamer.com/blog/info-beamer-on-artista-iot) mentioning their hardware. Other than that, you could probably also just grab a cheap 10" HDMI display, especially if it’s just for prototyping. [1] Similar to other hardware linked from [info-beamer.com/hardware](http://info-beamer.com/hardware), there’s no money involved when linking or recommending displays with the Pi built-in. They didn’t pay info-beamer for that and we receive no referral rewards. It’s just nice hardware that runs info-beamer. Thinking about it: This should probably stated on the hardware page as well. ---
**Author:** ![btucker](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@btucker](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/btucker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/advice-on-device-and-display/964/3 "2020-10-10T10:22:43Z")
Thanks for the information. At this time, would you recommend Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 if I was to purchase a new device.to use with info-beamer. I’m planning to mostly use Lua scripting for a data display interface ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/advice-on-device-and-display/964/4 "2020-10-10T10:39:14Z")
Unless you explicitly need 4K or two HDMI outputs, the Pi3 is perfectly fine and has the same guaranteed availability as the Pi4. IMHO the Pi4 is still a bit much work-in-progress with regards to the software side. ---
**Author:** ![pdxinuus](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pdxinuus](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/pdxinuus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/advice-on-device-and-display/964/6 "2021-05-18T23:31:18Z")
Here is a link to my post on Active Cooling case that may fit your needs. I made a digital picture frame with it. I used the Pi4B8G, added a real time clock to it. > [@Raspberry Pi Cases with Active Cooling](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/raspberry-pi-cases-with-active-cooling/376/11): > > For my “info-beamer” display I am using the SunFounder Raspberry Pi4B Aluminum Case with Dual Fan as it is low profile. I have my RTC also plugged in, but it seems I can not configure it (yet, hopefully). I then use the EVICIV Raspeberry Pi 10.1" Touch Screen as the case. (replaced the case fan with a Noctua 40x10mm 5V PWM fan that is connected to the Pi for cpu control. This brings it up to three fans, the two on the cooler and this one on the case. [Links are only here to make it easy to …