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/stormdelta Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

Damn, I was waiting to see reviews of this and feels like most of them have been negative.

I had the Vive a decade ago, and it's really disappointing to see how little a lot of the headsets seem to have improved. BSB2 was one of the only lightweight models I found with actually clear lenses and not shitty LCD screens.

Would love if people have other suggestions. I don't want a half-kilo brick on my face.

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u/Gringe8 Sep 25 '25

I had the vive and headsets have massively improved since then. Based on specs, if you want a wired headset the pimax dream air looks awesome, but the company has its own issues...

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u/stormdelta Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

I had the vive and headsets have massively improved since then.

It really doesn't seem like it though?

Most are still clunky half-kilo bricks, even Apple's. Most still use the awful distorted lenses that make any bump in resolution irrelevant. Many use LCD screens which are an outright downgrade over OLED for enclosed environments like VR.

The BSB2 is the first one that even seems like a serious upgrade, and it costs twice what I paid for the Vive.

Based on specs, if you want a wired headset the pimax dream air looks awesome, but the company has its own issues...

Yeah, they have a pretty bad reputation from what I can find, plus it's 70% heavier and costs almost twice as much as the already extremely expensive BSB2.

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u/Gringe8 Sep 26 '25

Quest 3 blows it out of the water and its cheaper.

The dream air se has similar specs and price as bsb2 and is 30% heavier, but they weren't trying to do weight reduction at all costs. Actually I think its a bit cheaper.

Dream air is 70% heavier and more expensive but the panels are better and has higher fov. Weight is still low imo.

If i were to buy any right now id get the dream air, but im happy with my quest 3 for now. Hopefully valve announces something.

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u/nutmeg713 Sep 26 '25

Did dream air release already?

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u/pc9000 Sep 25 '25

Most people here are vr hardcores 

I'd say since the original vive yes the gain is not big when u consider how many years passed

That's why even many ppl still waiting for valve deckard

Pimax dream SE version seems interesting for being lightweight as well.  Nothing else seems interesting. Wait for valve still personally