Pimax Crystal Light Prime PCVR Headset – 8K Resolution,QLED Display, Light & Comfortable,High Clarity VR for flight simulator, Compatible with MSFS, iRacing & More, DMAS & Lighthouse Tracking optional

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Presumably the product is fine, if you receive one that is working. (I’d be interested in that probability if anyone knows.)Unfortunately, I had a hardware issue with the headset where the lower half of the left display was discolored and would drop pixels or show them as a primary color that was glaring. If you don’t spend hours a day in VR, then fyi if one eye is malfunctioning its distracting and annoying at least, but at times nauseating. It worked pretty good other than that. Except I had an issue with beat saber not respecting my head position. This was almost certainly software related, I never got far enough to fix this beat saber bug due to the hardware issues.After about a month of somewhat stressful (hilarious in hind sight) interactions with numerous customer service representatives I was issued a RMA. If there is a hardware issue, Pimax can really only communicate one message a day, unless you are willing to switch to China’s timezone. Also, at first, the tech support would show up in my e-mail, but if I responded by e-mail the message was not delivered, I had to use the support forum, this furthered the delay. I believe this issue has been fixed and an e-mail reply will reach tech support at this time.Communication was difficult in general, and due to the slow pace of interactions it took a month for something that should have taken a few days maybe a week. Then when they gave me the return label, it was wrong, the destination was my house, at this point it was over a month from the purchase.I had gotten in the habit of calling Amazon support first and then conference with Pimax and Amazon support. This tended to help communications and it was the 4th time I had contacted Amazon support to help with Pimax support. This time around the Amazon representative allowed a refund prior to conferencing with Pimax. Its not clear how Amazon allowed this, the first 3 times Amazon insisted that I go through Pimax, which I was fine with at first. Maybe if enough grief is experienced by the customer Amazon will let you go through them? Whatever the case, I jumped at the opportunity because the progress with Pimax was excruciatingly slow, and showed no sign of improving.In theory, I really like the idea of a independent high tech VR company, and I would really like to see a company like this succeed. I don’t especially like giving a bad review, but I paid a bunch for this headset and I expect it to work as advertised, when it didn’t work correctly the path was long a narrow.If I got a TV and 1/4 of the pixels were bad and would display bad colors and dropped pixels, I would hope the return process wouldn’t take longer than a month. It was over a month and I hadn’t even shipped it back yet. Who knows how long the total process would take, and if it would have gone smoothly. With so many goofball mistakes its hard for me to believe that none of them were on purpose, this would allow them to draw out the time of the return improving the bottom line. This is purely speculation on my part, maybe the support staff is just really bad at their jobs.Supporting Pimax seemed fine at first, but I’d rather not subsidize them. Good thing I bought it through Amazon despite the sharp price difference from the Pimax website. It might make you wonder, why is Amazon priced so much higher? I know why.

With a direct comparison with a Quest 3 using PC gaming only, this headset is way over priced. It’s almost 3 times the cost of the Quest 3 all said and done. I will say the Visuals are a bit better but not almost a $1000 better. The pass through cameras are from 1990 compared to the Q3. It’s very heavy on the checks/face which gets very hot and uncomfortable quicky. The built in speakers are pretty bad, think they also came from the 1990 bin, but they do offer better speakers at a premium price. They also offer a thicker face cushion but again, at a added cost. You’d be well into $1600 with add ons. Hard pass. Returned it after one days use as it’s in no way worrth the cost. I believe 80% of the YouTube reviews are either paid or are gifted the headset to leave good reviews. Read the whole ad. They want $1100 + another $358 over two years to use their software.It would be a great VR headset but the price would need to drop dramatically to be even remotely competitive with a Q3’s price point.

筆者は無印viveからの乗り換え。現状、自身のPC構成(gtx1080/i7-9700K)では最高画質でスムーズなプレイができているわけではないので限定的なレビューになる。要約すると良い点・液晶による高精細・他にはない高視野角(素晴らしい。世界が変わる！)・目立ちにくい縦横のスクリーンドア(網目)悪い点・当たり前だが要求スペックが高いこと・少し薄めの色合い(気になる人は気になるかも)・アイドル時の謎惑星以下詳細なレビュー↓・外観などについて　外観はややチープ。落としたら盛大に壊れそうに思う。装着感については標準ストラップのhtc viveと同程度に感じる。大きめの眼鏡だが無理なく装着できた。ACアダプターも一昔前のおもちゃ用のようなつるっとした質感の物がついてきて、細かいところでコストダウンを図っているなという印象。ただ、一番大事なHMD用USB&Displayportの線などはしっかりとしたもののようだ。・映り方について　画質：画質設定を下げた状態でもそれなりに高精細に見える。流石に遠景などは少々ギザギザ感が出るが、初代vive等の第一世代と比べるともちろん細かい部分まで視認できる仕上がりになっている。もしも良いGPUを積んでいるならより高精細に見えるかもしれない。視野角：文句なしに最高。素晴らしい。このためだけに買う価値は絶対にある。真後ろのキャラクターを見るのに180度回転せずとも100度ほどの回転から横目で見えるのには感動した！しかし、最大視野角設定にするとかなりPCに無理をさせることになるので、PCによっては大変かもしれない。世界が変わることは確実。端のゆがみもそんなに感じられない(眼鏡ユーザーなのでそもそもレンズがない部分をそんなに横眼で見ないのもあるかも)色合い：液晶モデルという事で確実に色は薄いものの、個人的には許容範囲。専用ソフトで色調補正ができるのもあり、こだわらない限りあまり問題がなく思う。悪く言うなら迫力不足、良く言うなら目にやさしくて疲れにくい感じ。スクリーンドア(網目)：有機ELの斜め網目から液晶の横網目になった。もちろんゼロにはなっていないがかなり少ないと思う。液晶の横網目になったことで一つ一つのドットが四角くなり、遠景の小さいオブジェクトだと四角いちらつきやピクセル感が出てくるが、ここは正直好みの問題かもしれない。自分は斜め網より好きなので満足。・接続などその他接続はもともとvive環境なら簡単ですぐ移行できるように思う。初回、USBドライバのインストールが上手くいかなかったようで一度ドライバを削除してから再接続したが、その後は問題なく動いている。PCのスリープ後などに認識されなくなった場合はタスクマネージャーからPiServiceLauncherを再起動すると再認識されるようだ。ここは少々めんどくさい。アイドル時に表示されるpimaxオリジナルの謎惑星が妙に重く、アイドルさせながらの作業がしにくいのが難点。これは何らかの方法で表示を切るか、さっさとsteamVRをつけるしかなさそうでちょっと不満。・まとめ長々と書いてしまったが、タイトルにある通り大満足。本当に素晴らしい！の一言で、買って良かったと思っている。何よりもこの高視野角は他では味わえない特権、どうあれ価値ある買い物になると思う。

I took a leap and purchased the Pimax 5K+ after seeing reviews on sim racing comparing the increased FOV. It has to be experienced to understand just how much more you can see while sim racing & the clarity which provides better viewing of signs & markers in the distance. I do notice slight warping on the edges, but to me in sim racing, this adds to the feeling of speed in an view area you a rarely focused on.The headset is also lighter which reduces the fatigue I would get from the Vive with Wireless adaptor. It is difficult to go back to the Vive binocular style FOV, but I do when I want wireless freedom in room scale.Cons:- I have a 4 monitor sim racing setup (triples + stats above) & so I run out of ports to plug the Pimax in (DP). Would be great if some headset manufacturers included compatibility / adaptors to use with the USB-C ports on RTX cards.- Tracking doesn’t feel as smooth / accurate as the Vive when trying games in Room scale, so I tend to still use my Vive with the wireless adaptor.- Would be great if they could work out a wireless implementation, even if it had to reduce the FOV/Hz.Overall, I am excited to see reviews on the upcoming Pimax 8KX & will consider upgrading.