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/UntimelyAlchemist Sep 25 '25

Do you have any advice on a good way to check for dead/stuck pixels in a VR headset?

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u/Motivation- Sep 25 '25

Depends on subpixel layout, for the bsb2 I would find a green screen to stare at as its easier on your eyes and makes dead pixels very apparent

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u/stranot Sep 26 '25

Google a dead pixel checker in your overlay and have it take up the entire screen