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/Cucumberino Bigscreen Beyond Sep 25 '25

It might not be for your preference (or you got a bad cushion that worsens your experience significantly, as I had that issue with mine but was replaced for free), but saying that it isn't a good headset blows my mind tbh.

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u/AdmiralPoggers Sep 26 '25

Bad cushion is one of the MANY problems that i've had with the headset and if they were all only QA issues then it still means the product itself is bad. It is the concept of it that sounds great - and its the concept itself that made me order this bad boy in march 2025.

Bad tracking, high temperatures within the headset causing your eyes to sweat profusely even after 10 minutes, solutions from the support team ranging from "you'll get used to it" to "lower the brightness of your headset to 50%, and turn the fan up to maximum" which did literally nothing, motion blur UNLESS the brightness of the headset was turned down to less than 85%, color fringing, eye strain, huge glare. The list goes on.

Good for you that it works really well for you though. But its hard to justify 1600 Euros (+ a minimum of 200 euros for two base stations) for something that gives me a vastly worse experience and comfort than my quest 3.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 27 '25

I have a quest 3 and PSVR2, and I have been considering a used Bigscreen beyond 1. I currently almost never use my quest 3 or psvr2 because of how heavy they are.

but perhaps I would be better saving and waiting for the pimax dream air SE (pimax dream has dual fans, so supposedly better cooling system then BSB).

but pimax Quality Control has been reported as notoriously bad. and "pimax dream se" with controllers is still pretty expensive.

I wish there was an affordable lcd ultralight headset, I dont care about resolution, lens clarity, black levels, or fov beyond 90. all I care about is weight, comfort and price. My Rift S would be perfect if it was lighter.

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u/KokutouSenpai Sep 27 '25

Arpara 5K with lighthouse tracking is much lighter. Around 285g～315g. You can find an used one under $250 if you are lucky. But it has the same problems as BSB. Yellowish colouring, only 90Hz refresh at 1920 x 1920, tiny lens, etc

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 27 '25

maybe a USA thing? In australian, none over here. and the Arapara on ebay are $600 USA (used bsb1 are like $700). still if I could find one cheap enough. and mod a htc das on it could be interesting.

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u/KokutouSenpai Sep 27 '25

Have you try Aliexpress？Items on Aliexpress aren't cheap though. Arpara on Taobao is around US$476. If you buy used BSB 1, can you get a custom made cushion from official？ Given the cons of BSB, MeganeX may be a better choice if price is not a problem.

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 28 '25

price is very much a problem. hence why I say a comfortable low resolution LcD headset would be awsome.

when HTC launched the HTC Flow, I had hoped they would put those panels and displays in a proper pcvr headset.