DON'T Buy the WRONG Pixel Display! Tidbyt vs Pixoo 64 vs ULANZI

[@afight4failure]

Clean setup. Great content! This was such a niche subject, got the answers I was looking for. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

​@@natefromhomeThe loud music is so irritating competing with your voice for our attention 👺

[@natefromhome]

Thanks for the feedback! Im still trying to get that sound mix right.

[@toddm2916]

I don't subscribe to that many channels. I am impressed and feel like you should have way more subscribers. Keep posting and don't give up. Your videos are impressive.

[@natefromhome]

Thank you for this. I really needed some encouragement today and then your comment popped up. I appreciate you and your kind words 😊

[@seand5915]

Ordered a Tidbyt based on information gathered from your channel! Very excited for it to arrive!

[@natefromhome]

You RULE. I hope you love it.

[@maddness_c]

my husband loves colored lights and it's rubbing off on me. your office looks awesome! i am going to buy a govee lamp soon, i can't wait. and now that i know about these pixel displays, i might need to get one! it would be fun to change the display for different calls 😄

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! I really like Govee products too. Let me know which pixel display you go with if you pick one up 👏🏼

[@inkwolfioi9579]

Awesome video! I’ve been seeing ads for the Tidbyt recently thought to see if other options were out there. This really helped, thanks Nate!

[@natefromhome]

That’s awesome to hear, thank you 😊

[@jcarman]

Awesome video, no idea how you don't have more subs - you earned one here! Came across this when trying to do a comparison of Tidbyt and other products out there. I think I'm probably jumping on the Tidbyt v2.0 kick starter, mainly because I'm a developer by trade and love the fact that there's private app loading and an API to work with.

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! I jumped on that kickstarter too👏🏼 That’s awesome! Let me know once you pick it up. I’d love to hear your thoughts as a developer.

[@dablakely]

great content! i keep getting 'glance' ads as well so maybe that's a good one to add into the mix as a more direct TidByt comp. also go hoos!

[@natefromhome]

I’ve also seen some glance ads! Looks pretty good, but I wonder how the app is. YES, GO HOOS! We need basketball season ASAP 😂🏀

[@MarkSchaub]

This is the 1st video I've seen of yours and was shocked to see less than 500 subs as of this writing. Subscribing now before you have 100k. Thanks for the reviews!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you a ton for the kind words. I appreciate the support!

[@FonixVR_]

How are you not even at a million subscribers?! This is such a professional and helpful video! Subbed! The only thing I will say is sometimes your voice did not match the video and sync was off but I am casting so take it with a grain of salt

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words. Oh no! To be honest, I’m still learning how to edit sound. I’ll keep working to level that up in upcoming videos! I usually bake the audio right into the video because it’s easier when I’m editing 🤷🏼‍♂️😅

[@FonixVR_]

@@natefromhome I don't really make videos as often as I used to, but one audio trick that I used to do is I would clamp so that way I can match up the audio and the video spikes

[@FonixVR_]

This is especially useful when you have multiple cameras and you have to sync them all up you can with a clap

[@natefromhome]

I appreciate the help!

[@seba123321]

FYI: You can change firmware on ULANZI and connect it to HomeAssistant After that you can display any data which you want plus animated icons. True. This is rather for more technical persons.

[@natefromhome]

Oh WOW, that’s a game changer! I would need a video walkthrough for sure 😂

[@StefanWolfrum]

I just wanted to say the same thing as saba n. 😉 Just got my Ulanzi yesterday, flashed the Awtrix firmware and connected it to my Home Assistant. Works great! The Ulanzi is a very obvious chinese rip-off of the much too expensive LaMetric Time which you could have mentioned. 😉 I do have the Pixoo 64, too, and while it’s large and has the most pixels the options are quite limited. Basically you have several ready-made „apps“ and lots of graphics to display. But it really misses an API. There doesn’t seem to be a huge community or open source scene around it. No Awtrix firmware for the Pixoo (yet?). Well, maybe it’s just question of time. The Divoom Ditoo is cute, too, but again not very customisable, somehow limited. The Divoom displays can’t be used in Home Assistant (to my knowledge) or programmed otherwise which is a bummer. (Well, there IS an API and some GitHub projects but „the scene“ doesn’t seem to have taken it any further, write a new firmware so that the Divoom devices are more like the LaMetric Time configurable with „real“ apps.)

[@natefromhome]

@@StefanWolfrum Thank you so much for commenting & sharing your knowledge of this! It’s really cool that you can program the Ulanzi clock differently & it work so well. YES, I should’ve included LaMetric Time! Good call out.

[@Montrix7]

Sleep Token fan, good man. Already own a TidByt but wanted to look into other options. I think I’ll just stay with what I have

[@natefromhome]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I don’t blame you one bit, the Tidbyt is my favorite

[@X22GJP]

Love these things, though not so much the standard Pixoo, while perfect for pure retro 16x16 characters, it's just too dim, not enough contrast, and the bezels are horrible. For a 16x16 I'll probably buy the Ditoo Pro Pixel Art Bluetooth Speaker with its retro PC design. On the flip side, as cool as the 64 is (and I'll likely end up with one at some point!) I find the sweet spot to be the Pixoo Max with its narrow bezels, bright display and good contrast. With the 64, you end up edging closer to a normal display, certainly from a distance, so for me it starts to deviate from the spirit of these things. What next, 128x128, 256x256? Just becomes a digital photo frame at that point. With the Pixoo Max and its 32x32 display, you are still in the realm of having large pixels that are blocky enough to do justice to retro, while lending themselves to a bit more detail if you want. Just depends what type of content you want to show, and nice to have that choice.

[@natefromhome]

Great thoughts! I wonder if they’ll try to make them any bigger, like you’re saying. I think I’m with you. Any bigger and it starts becoming a digital photo frame 🖼️

[@jeremybizzano5448]

I have a Tidbyt and don’t use for any sports information and absolutely love it! I just got an email from them today announcing the Tidbyt Gen 2.

[@natefromhome]

Glad you’re enjoying it! I haven’t seen anything on a Gen 2 yet, but that sounds exciting 👏🏼

[@jeremybizzano5448]

@@natefromhome Yeah, I just got the email from them today. You can reserve one for $1 and get a discount on it. It looks like this generation will cost $200 and you get a $50 discount for reserving one. There wasn’t much info about it but they had a few animated gifs on the landing page. It looked like there were buttons on the housing that they could scroll through your loaded pages / apps to go back and forth. I decided to reserve one just for the discount.

[@natefromhome]

I just saw the ad for it! #tidbyt2

[@solaron99]

awesome review on all these displays!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you!

[@rolfathan]

This was a great review. Subscribed!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you!!!

[@MrAxelStone]

Lold at shaving head scene

[@natefromhome]

👨🏻‍🦲👨🏻‍🦲👨🏻‍🦲

[@imkoka]

thanks for the review - very helpful. getting Pixoo for my daughter :)

[@natefromhome]

Thats a great gift! I hope she loves it 😊.

[@GeraldPined]

Good review bro!❤

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words

[@MrVidification]

I don't have the Divoom Pixoo but I have their Tivoo. The battery was terrible (15 mins). All batteries were seemingly sold with no circuit protection judging by a few user reviews, so it ran a risk of fire, sparking up or damage unless you swapped the non removable battery for a high quality one (if you could a protected 18650 li-ion 2500mah). Although there was literal weight in the product (which suggested quality) I could not trust it. The white pixels had a bluish tone. The speaker was acceptable in playing music from it's sd card or from a phone despite the delay, it's non digital radio poor. Yet it had a decent app in being able to create your own art and showing the latest user art (although a lot of art looked suspect, many automated photos to pixel). For all this alone I would probably sway away from the Pixoo

[@natefromhome]

Oh wow. I haven’t tried the Tivoo, but I’m sorry you had such a rough time with it. It’s hard to shake a bad experience like that with a brand.

[@MrVidification]

@@natefromhome To be fair it does still work, I just can't give it away in confidence. They seem to have pulled all tivoo products from the official page. An official post eventually suggested not to use a modern charger, which might have come too late for some. Perhaps their other products aren't as bad, but using cheap batteries or a manufacturer that doesn't conform to safety standards elsewhere (if true) might be a worry.

[@EzDav1d]

I am thinking about, buying one. But I read some comments, that the 64 version sometimes just freezes on the loading screen and that u have to replace the sd card and this happens again and again and one time nothing works and so the device doesn't work anymore....so i'm not sure if i should buy one if it won^t even function properly for at least 2-3 years :/

[@natefromhome]

Totally understandable, I have only owned the Pixoo 64 for about 7-8 months so I’m not sure how well it’ll last for 2-3 years time. I haven’t had to replace the SD card yet though, so I’m grateful for that. Maybe if you catch it on a great sale it’ll be worth the risk? If mine runs into any issues, I’ll follow up and let you know 👏🏼

[@EzDav1d]

Thank you for that fast and helpful response! I also don't know how many ppl have that problem, maybe it's just a few...but I guess I will take the 64 version. I also keep the functionality updated on here^^@@natefromhome

[@TheIrishHexican]

Cool vid, do you know if there will be more apps on the ulanzi pixel clock, they have the youtube but like instagram etc. Also is the KZbin counter still working? As someone has told me that google updated something and the link for youtube is no longer supported.

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! I’m not sure if Ulanzi will create more apps, but this little blurb on their website makes me think that they’re allowing the community to make things for it. It says: “Geek enthusiasts - Explore unlimited possibilities: Multiple programs need to be installed through the control server to achieve more functions.” Sooooo maybe? I could be wrong. As for the KZbin counter, mine still works fine! You have to go through a whole process of finding and inputting your KZbin API key which is a bit of a pain… but it’s still working well.

[@TheIrishHexican]

@@natefromhome I was thinking about getting the lametric but its price was too much and people say alot of the apps don't work. I purchased the Ulanzi in the end, hoping that they do allow more apps, don't see why not. Great vid by the way, I've checked all the youtube reviews and yours was the best soo far. Keep it up brother!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@SeaboltSpeaks]

Such a well put together video!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you man 😊

[@MikeRussell517]

I would buy Tidbyt if it were cheaper. I think a better price point is $130.

[@natefromhome]

Agreed! $130 would be an excellent price for sure

[@jomix7]

Hi great vid, are you able to adjust the brightness of the tidbyt?

[@natefromhome]

Yes! You sure can. You can do it manually or use a night mode to schedule it to dim at certain points of the day

[@jomix7]

@@natefromhome Awesome, thanks for the quick reply! That's just what I wanted a scheduled dimmer!

[@henning256yt]

You should have a look at the awtrix firmware for the ulanzi clock and I bet you change your mind! 😉

[@natefromhome]

Oooooo I need to check that out!

[@rlores11]

Have you had a chance to try PanelFi Glance LED?

[@natefromhome]

I haven’t! I’m going to look it up now!

[@HarmonicaTool]

How are they powered and can I power them down within certain hours or will they light my office the whole night?

[@natefromhome]

The Tidbyt and Pixoo 64 both have a night mode! You can schedule it to dim at specific times

[@handcoding]

If I might ask, which device would you say is best for displaying current weather info, such as the current temperature or the chance of rain?

[@natefromhome]

I think the Tidbyt wins out when it comes to live weather info. They have a few apps for it too. If you look on Tidbyt’s site here ( tidbyt.com/pages/apps#live ) you can see a little preview of what they look like. The standard “weather” app lets you set a 3 day forecast as well ☀️🌧️⚡️

[@handcoding]

@@natefromhome Ah-that’s helpful info! Thank you! PS I subscribed too!

[@natefromhome]

@@handcoding Thank you! I appreciate that a ton

[@ChantingInTheDark]

I want the Tidbyt.

[@natefromhome]

I didn’t say this in the video, but it’s honestly my favorite. It does so many things well. I don’t think you’ll regret it👏🏼 Thank you for commenting!

[@jordanstark292]

If I'm looking for a display to post a message while remote with updated store hours, or that we're running a few minutes late, can the PIXOO easily do that?

[@natefromhome]

Hi! That is a great question. I personally wouldn’t choose the Pixoo 64 to post messages like you’re describing. I think the app is just too convoluted and it could be frustrating to update on the go. I think the Tidbyt’s app would handle it better, but the Tidbyt isn’t as big so it may not offer as much visibility from far away. I think we need a LARGE Tidbyt haha.

[@tazzz17]

Nate, How about Tidbyt vs. Glance?

[@natefromhome]

I haven’t gotten my hands on Glance yet! It looks really solid, but I’d like to see a demo of what their app looks like

[@patrickholt9083]

Great video!!

[@natefromhome]

Thank you dude! You da best

[@darthash667]

How do you get the multi timezone clock on the Pixoo 64 shown at 1:26

[@natefromhome]

Sorry for my late reply on this! I will try to hook the Pixoo 64 back up and look for that, this week

[@uidentity]

we now also have Yeelight pixel cube blocks

[@natefromhome]

I just googled them after reading your message! They look really cool🔥 I imagine it can get expensive though if you’re looking to pair a bunch of blocks together

[@delduked]

My name is Nate, and I am also bald. We the same, different, but the same

[@natefromhome]

We are brothers

[@reini9560]

with the ULANZI much more is possible than you show in the video (awtrix-light in combination with e.g. iobroker) Cost/benefit is outstanding here

[@natefromhome]

That’s what I hear! Any video on KZbin that you’d recommend on that setup?! I’m interested to see how that’s done 👀

[@Kommunisator]

@@natefromhome kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGGxfIOAr6x7q6M - take this one, this covers the firmware flashing as well as HA connection and creating Blueprints from scratch to display what you want (icons, text etc... ) You can have custom notifications for every event that occurs in Home Assistant, so if you have a network integrated doorbell, you could set your clock to display text (blink/flash? might look into that) or even play audio over that horrible, horrible speaker to alert you.

[@407wrld3]

The ulanzi clock is a winner with awtrix light. The stock firmware is just bullsht :)

[@natefromhome]

That’s what I hear! Awtrix Light sounds amazing

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Aug 2023: Send a message to someone remotely? ie, send text TO the box for someone else to read? Seems like the versatility of the Tidbyt would allow this functionality.

[@natefromhome]

Cool idea! I don't think it exists yet on the Tidbyt app, but maybe someone will build it!

[@favio1415]

Can you program any of these?

[@natefromhome]

You can definitely design apps for the Tidbyt and also program the Ulanzi Pixel Clock (Flash Awtrix). As for the Pixoo 64 I’m unsure. Maybe a fellow commenter will help us out!

[@LDBaha]

You deserve more subs!

[@natefromhome]

That’s very kind, thank you!

[@CyberInferno]

@@natefromhome I agree with this. Great content. Just subscribed on both my accounts and turned on the bell notifications.

[@natefromhome]

@@CyberInferno You Rock! Thank you so much friend.

[@SupremeCourt127]

TidByt Retro Display my ❤love

[@natefromhome]

🎉👏🏼🔥

[@FoodIsOverrated]

You’re pulling off the bald look mate! Looking really handsome ngl

[@natefromhome]

Well thank you 👏🏼🙂👨🏻‍🦲 I really appreciate that. I used to be afraid of the hair loss, but now I honestly prefer it

[@experimentalsamplin]

I rather buy tidbyt cause i have Pixoo 64 already but ulanzi is the worse one

[@experimentalsamplin]

I got pixoo 64 for birthday and my dad bought it

[@natefromhome]

Awesome! That’s such a great gift. Props to your dad 👏🏼

[@mrt1957]

excellent presentation

[@natefromhome]

You’re very kind, Thank you!

[@shubhamannamwar2857]

Worship ❤😂

[@natefromhome]

🔥🤘🏼

[@VBS-India]

Good Content

[@natefromhome]

Thank you!

[@goa5373]

nice video .the sound is too low

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! Ah, I’ll try to scale it up in the future. Thank you for letting me know!

[@LiamApilado]

Kewl vid

[@natefromhome]

Thank you friend

[@Mafioso1731]

This was done too well

[@natefromhome]

Thank you! 🥲

[@DouglasSWeimer]

Go hoos!

[@natefromhome]

WAHOOWA ⚔️

[@obzelite]

you forgot the original. lametric time.

[@natefromhome]

It’s true, I haven’t tried the lametric time yet! Maybe a future vid

[@Epitath6045]

Ulanzi is a ripoff of a thingiverse project sadly

[@natefromhome]

Oh wow! I didn’t know this. I tried to google it and couldn’t find it. What should I search for?

[@bjsc1100]

wahfi

[@thorodinson7739]

heavily overpriced, you can build them for 50 Bucks or less

[@natefromhome]

That’s a steal 🔥

[@thorodinson7739]

@@natefromhome 64x64 Matrix display 10 Bucks, esp32 2 Bucks, and the Minor Rest 😉

[@AchillesPDX]

@@thorodinson7739Sure, you can build your own (I'm in the process of doing that with a Pi 3B I had laying around), but I haven't seen any kind of software to use that's even remotely close to the ease-of-use as the Divoom. If you know of something, PLEASE let me know.