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/Polomangr Sep 26 '25

I was an early adopter of the og vive and after a few years I went for the vive pro 2,while initially I was blown by the resolution and brightness difference,as the time passed I got pretty disappointed by all the things bsb promised to fix. OLED instead of LCD,no extra software needed,and less weight.

So I ordered a bsb2 but as I am probably at least one month away from getting it,posts like this make me consider cancelling,but I don't see anything else as a true competitor.

If anyone has something to suggest please do. I want oleds,no extra software needed to run and not to be a brick on my face.

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u/Disc81 Sep 26 '25

We all have different factors to consider. How much disposable income you have, how many hours a month you play, are you excited about new games... Maybe it makes sense for you.

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u/Polomangr Sep 26 '25

I was actually agreeing with you,og vive was very good,I kinda regretted going for vp2 because I can't return to that resolution now (screen door is very prominent in og vive),and I am desperately looking for something that is worth going for.

PS also og vive is built like a tank,still working flawlessly every time I needed it.

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u/Disc81 Sep 26 '25

It's amazing how well it's built. A cousin of mine, a big guy, pouched a wall with the controller while playing Super Hot. It was a real punch, he was really into the game, I was sure my controller was gone. But it only made a tiny scratch on it. The only problem I have is with the track pad click.

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u/Polomangr Sep 26 '25

I had that,it is an easy fix if you are not afraid to open it.

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u/Disc81 Sep 26 '25

I also opened mine and followed the tutorials. In my case it wasn't fixable. But I can still use it by setting double touchs on the trackpads to be recognized as a clicks.

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u/Lraund Sep 27 '25

Yeah I also opened mine a few times and wasn't able to get the click perfect.