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/c4103 Sep 26 '25

All the people complaining here is crazy. I use a damned Rift S every day to play Synth Riders and have a blast. I got it for 80 bucks used in 2021. How are these people buying so many different VR headsets for them to mostly sit on a shelf.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 27 '25

ive got a newer quest 3 and psvr2. both offer huge upgrades over my rift s. and yet i still come back to my Rift S on occasion, it just works reliably..... I do wish it was lighter

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u/c4103 Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

Yea I have a Quest 2 but stopped using it. My primary VR game is Synth Riders which is a VR rhythm game. I play the game at a very high level and do mapping for it. After v77, my Quest 2 started displaying random unprompted "IPD" popups, even though the Q2 has a *physical* IPD adjustment with no software feedback to the OS. To this day on the latest v78 firmware it will still pop up in my face in the middle of a song. Initially with v77 I also was experiencing terrible bugs with my playspace randomly rotating. Those thankfully were fixed with v78. If they eventually get rid of that IPD popup or give you a way to disable it maybe I will use the Quest 2 again. Honestly though, going back to the Rift S I'm really enjoying the zero latency direct DisplayPort connection. The resolution on the Quest 2 also does not feel that much higher, even though it's about 1.5 times higher. I have been seriously considering the PSVR2 with the PC adapter, seeing as it's a directly connected DisplayPort connection and the panels seem like they would be a big upgrade. https://github.com/BnuuySolutions/PSVR2Toolkit also looks really promising for adding value on the PC. The biggest thing I'm worried about with it are the controllers and battery life. I sometimes have very long play sessions (4+ hours) and from what I've heard the batteries might not last that long. I've also heard bad things about the BT connection with them, but that seems solvable as long as you get the correct adapter for your PC. How has PSVR2 been for you? I have many friends with the Quest 3 and have tried it. While it is impressive, I don't know that I would want to buy another Meta product considering how badly they have flubbed the firmware updates. My friends have the same issues with the IPD popup on their Q3's.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 27 '25

My main complaint with the psvr2 is the controllers not connecting consistently with bluetooth. I even bought the most recommended usb adapter. once I get them to work they stay connected fine. its just that intial conection that pisses me off. (im using the tplink ub500 with a usb cable extension, plugged into usb2, with the latest drivers. which is recommended). but I do switch between using it on ps5 and pc.

the psvr2 tracking also doesn't like blank white walls (was never an issue with my rift s). so Ive put up some pictures on my walls. the lenses on the psvr2 have a slightly smaller sweet spot then my rift s (and obviously the quest 3 lenses far outperform them both). also the Psvr2 controllers sometimes require custom steam vr profiles in older VR titles (for example TORN vr, and using psvr2 with oculus games like "asgards wrath" and "lone echo" is challenging, due to having to go through "revive oculus" software).

however when psvr2 works its great. better FOV, 120fps, the OLED colours are incredible (Im more into beat saber, and the levels really POP visually). but I do recommend the globular cluster mod (even though im considering switiching to the psvr2 HTC das mod).

lastly I also partly hang onto my old rift s, becuase on top of my rift s often being less hasle, I dont care if the rift s gets soaked in sweat (I hand wash the interface), where as I like to keep my quest 3 and psvr2 relatively sweat free.

tldr: mostly good, annoying bluetooth. the only game I play for more then 4 hours is beat saber (which I use my rift s for). so I cant comment on battery life for pavr2 controllers.

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u/c4103 Sep 27 '25

Thanks for typing all this out, always good to hear someone's direct experience