JamesH65

Due to DRM issues, HDMI input on any device is rare. You can buy HDMI input chips that convert HDMI to CSI-2 so they can be plugged in to a camera socket - I've got a prototype that works on a Raspberry Pi. But it won't work for encrypted HDMI in, so you are very limited in what you can take in. And enabling DCHP is a very expensive proposition.

As one of the mods on the Pi forum, I can categorically say - if you had a post deleted and your username banned, it was down to your behaviour, NOT criticism.

We simply do not delete posts or accounts unless the poster is overly rude or clearly trolling. The forum is frequented by a lot of children, so it is essential that things are kept polite.

This is reflected in the number of people banned from the forum in the last 3 years which is less than 50 (excluding spammers), and the excellent reports back we get from people of the high quality of forum etiquette and postings.

So, I would have to take issue with your comments on the forum. If you were banned, you brought in on yourself.

Can I also suggest that if your daughters school has some Pi's that are not being used, then the school send a teacher to a Picademy session - they are two day courses, free, held at the Raspberry Pi offices, specifically for teachers to give them ideas on how to use Pi's in the classroom. Lack of use usually means lack of knowledge of what is possible, rather than lack of ability in the device itself.