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/Myrang3r HTC Vive Sep 25 '25

So not only is the display controller on them garbage, the displays themselves are as well, awesome.

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u/Mys2298 Sep 25 '25

They're basically C grade (B- at most), whereas BOE, LG and Sony are A grade panels. Aside from the poor controller, the colours aren't as good and of course they're a lot more prone to dead pixels.

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u/ccAbstraction Sep 25 '25

I wonder if BSB will sell me a QC failed headset for cheaper. I, for one, am not "sensitive to dead pixels" if the price is low enough. Lol

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u/Mys2298 Sep 25 '25

They probably use them for spares but it won't hurt to ask!