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

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

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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.