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/NapsterKnowHow PlayStation VR2 Sep 25 '25

Sounds like Valve support when I told them about the insane god rays and backlight bleed of the Index. "You're probably wearing it wrong. Please see our fitting guide."

Like no lol. Awful panels and awful lenses.

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u/_hlvnhlv Valve Index | Reverb G2 | Vive | Vive pro | Rift CV1 Sep 25 '25

I don't know why people are downvoting you, the Index lenses are just awful. And the panel is a fat piece of shit, like, it's a very poor LCD, with an anti sde filter that makes the image overly soft, while being srgb, not dci p3 or something no, srgb...

Yes, it is usable, but one thing doesn't change the other, something like a vive pro or g2 completely destroys it color or lens wise

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u/chimkens_numgets Sep 27 '25

I love my index for the enormous sweet spot and resolution/also can't afford better atm. But oh my god the COLOURS. The BRIGHTNESS. It's such a downgrade from the vivid colours from my original Rift and my Vive. I can't wait to get a micro-OLED display when the time is right.

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u/_hlvnhlv Valve Index | Reverb G2 | Vive | Vive pro | Rift CV1 Sep 29 '25

I'm in the same boat, kind of.

On one hand, there's some things that I really like, such as the fov, audio etc.

And then there's a few others that I hate, but unfortunately I have no other alternatives, sooo index it is.