rpi-rgb-led-matrix

These displays make for very approachable projects. Check out this repo if you're interested in controlling them from a raspberry pi. Adafruit and others sell a variety of sizes. https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix They can run video too (obviously quite pixelated but good for certain styles, eg manga/comic imagery) and there are examples online of projects such as an album cover display that syncs with your music. Once tip: ensure you've got a good power supply if using one of the bigger 64x64 versions especially if you have it on bright with most/all pixels lit at the same time.

I've got 5. I only actively use 3 of them. 1. Media player connected to projector running RasPlex - this software is outdated enough and buffers on some high bitrate content that I should buy a replacement device, but it still works well enough. I tried upgrading to a newer raspi and wasted an hour trying to get it to run, then gave up. So, I still use my old one. It still gets used daily and works well enough (only issue is the buffering on occasion). 2. RetroPie - I rarely game, but it's cool to be able to turn this on and have a library of all the games I played (and those I never had) from childhood. 3. I use the third one as a networked LED marquee controller (HUB75 panels) with this software: https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix The other 2 I just have sitting on my desk and occasionally use for small dev projects or to tes

This is rad! I have a bunch of LED matrices I currently use https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix for, I need to spend some quality time with Anypixel to see how it compares / if I can combine the two. I wish that "in browser previewer" link actually led to a usable in browser thing rather than just a folder on GitHub.