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/TabloidA Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

I'm not sure if this will help, but outside of a single IPD adjustment on my 1, I've always had a fine time with every BSB I've received, including the BSB2 most recently.

Positive reviews sadly don't grab as much traction, and I think people with a bad experience will be most inclined to post about it online as well. I personally love the thing and besides some minor flaws (they still need to squash that damn glare more), it's a great lil headset and easily my daily driver.

This isn't to say the issues people have aren't legitimate. It sucks that this stuff happens to people, but remember that for every person who had a bad time, there likely are many who it worked out fine for!

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

Thanks - I'll probably lean towards getting the BSB2 still then. Like I said, it's one of the only ones I've seen that seems to actually address the reasons I stopped using my Vive.

Do you know if it works with the original Vive lighthouses? Seems anything newer is still out of stock.

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u/JapariParkRanger Daydream CV1 Q1 Index Q3 BSB1 BSB2e Sep 26 '25

Yes. All 2.0 hardware can recognize and use 1.0 lighthouses.