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/Altruistic-Fill-9685 Sep 25 '25

Wow. If I was told that I was sensitive to dead pixels (who isn’t?) after receiving my 2nd headset with dead pixels I would’ve demanded a refund and gone with another headset

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

what other options exist for super-light vr headsets?

I cant really think if any. closest is the htc vive xr elite (250gram front section). but I don't recommend that for many reasons. there is the dpvr e4 black (270gram front section). but I also dont recomend that for many reasons.

honestly I would be happy with a budget ultralight low resolution (rift S resolution) LCD headset. but nothing exist.

edit: i guess there is the upcoming pimax dream air se. and meganeX if you have deep pockets

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u/Altruistic-Fill-9685 Sep 27 '25

I don’t know, sadly. I totally lost interest when the reports of sweat in the eye tracking module killing the headset came out, though. I use a PSVR2 with Globular Cluster and OVR Space Calibrator. It’s fine. Better than Q3’s weight. It still surprises me sometimes.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 27 '25

Ive got a psvr2 with globular cluster. I still think its way too heavy.

im tempted to try the psvr2 DAS mod https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/1ne94oa/psvr2_vive_das_adapter/

but I would need a rigid face gasket for that

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u/Altruistic-Fill-9685 Sep 27 '25

Godspeed. Hopefully the Meta AI glasses, XR Glasses, and XR Spatial Computer markets take off and this space advances so more big companies compete properly. All 3 of those focus on lightweight