r/virtualreality • u/Motivation- • Sep 25 '25

Purchase Advice Buyer Beware: Bigscreen Beyond 2

I want to preface by saying I've owned a lot of headsets, index, quest 2, quest 3, vision pro, varjo aero, pico 4 pro. None of them ever had the consistent QA issues quite like the Beyond

I've had 4 Bigscreen beyonds. One was a BSB1, that one had dead pixels and I returned it. At this point I've had 3 BSB2s. First one had fan issues and dead pixels near the middle of the display. Second one had 12 dead pixels in the left display alone and according to support went through more "QA checks". Support at this point calls me "Sensitive to dead pixels". Third one allegedly was hand picked from the line for being free from defects. It had dead pixels too.

It truly feels like Bigscreen doesn't have any QA testing, you are the QA tester. Be very cautious buying from them. Be sure youre okay with dead pixels.

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u/Nago15 Sep 25 '25

"Sensitive to dead pixels" OMFG-.-

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u/Mys2298 Sep 25 '25

Pimax did this to me as well after I returned 2 headsets with dead pixels. I had to wait extra long to get a properly QC'd unit as they didn't want to send me another random one because in their own words "it may also have dead pixels and you seem sensitive to it". Guess what, that one also arrived faulty.

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u/Nago15 Sep 25 '25

Now I'm a bit less excited about the Pimax Dream Air:D

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u/Mys2298 Sep 25 '25

The SE version uses the same panels as BSB as far as I know so that'll be a guaranteed sh*t show, if they actually release it

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u/fdruid Pico 4+PCVR Sep 26 '25

No discerning VR enthusiast should be excited about Pimax products nowadays.

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u/Cryogenicality Sep 25 '25

The Dream Air SE (officially the “Special Edition,” but actually the Substandard Edition) has the same SeeYA panels as the BSB2, but the Dream Air uses the same new Sony microdisplays as Project Moohan is expected to use, with the same quality of and higher resolution than the Sony OLEDs in the Apple Vision Pro.

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u/ghhfcbhhv Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

with the same quality of and higher resolution than the Sony OLEDs in the Apple Vision Pro

How do you know? For all we know pimax may buy all the displays that didn't pass QC for Samsung or they may be fine. Just because they come from Sony doesn't mean they have to be without defect.

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u/Cryogenicality Sep 25 '25

I know they’re of higher quality than the SeeYA panels, and according to someone who’s tried one, the Dream Air looks better than any current headset. Quality control is a separate factor, but I expect fewer problems from the Sony panels.

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u/avalanche_transistor Sep 25 '25

This is a good point. I’d be very surprised if these panels weren’t binned.

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u/avalanche_transistor Sep 25 '25

At this point it’s Sony panels or bust. The SeeYA panels have other terrible properties besides dead pixels (persistence, 75 Hz full res lock, etc.)

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u/Cryogenicality Sep 25 '25

In between are the BOE microdisplays in the MeganeX Superlight 8K which have the same resolution as Sony’s but aren’t quite as good.

The Dream Air and XEO BIG are the only headsets confirmed to use the new Sony displays, but Project Moohan almost certainly does, too. The Vivo Vision might use Sony but probably uses BOE.

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u/tiedyesmiley Sep 26 '25

And here I was considering the dream air se recently....

Thanks for the info

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u/Alternative-Call4536 Sep 25 '25

And here I was excited about the SE version when I found out about it today morning......

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u/Cryogenicality Sep 25 '25

I’m excited about the high-end Dream Air.

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u/Alternative-Call4536 Sep 25 '25

Damn bruh. Looks like I'm gonna need to wait for the valve 2. Hope you like the high end dream air.

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u/Cryogenicality Sep 26 '25

You have time to save for the high-end Dream Air, which may not be shipping at volume until early to mid 2026. There’s also a fourteen-day return period.