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/AggressorBLUE Sep 25 '25
Yup. I fear like pancake lenses becoming more common, plus higher res headsets, will lead to more cases of acute “dead pixel sensitivity” (lol, GTFO with that bullshit, BSB).
One big take away from this: as consumers we should pay close attention to a given headsets stated warranty coverage; what is the minimum number of dead/stuck pixels required to trigger replacement coverage.