pierreye wrote:Just received the unit and here is my first impression under an hour use.
Let's start with the con.
1. The adjustment does take sometime to get the optic correct. It is very picky and your eye must be spot on to get a good focus all around the corner. Best is to rip off the head pad and just get a wrist pad and wrap around the naked plastic. This will get the lens as close to the eye as possible and also increase the viewing angle.
2. Comfort as it is. Not really comfortable as the unit weight actually rest on the head pad thus putting the weight on your forehead. With the wrist pad replacing the head pad, it does reduce the pressure but the design should pull a strap from the head pad and tie to the back of the head strip to distribute the weight from the forehead to the top of the head. You really need to do some modding to get comfortable.
3. Reflection on the lens is visible if light leakage around HMD. Shouldn't be a problem if you can cover the whole HMD to prevent light leakage into the viewing area. I'm thinking of a easier mod that is to put some rubber eyepiece to cover the optic to prevent external light.
4. Earphone is average but I'm use to HT sound system with twin sub so can't compare.
Pros:
1. Black is really good. Not inky black but at least in 2.35 format movie, the black bar at the top and bottom is quite dark that it is not bothering when watching movie.
2. 3D is good with sense of depth. I try out Captain America 3D and I feel the depth is as good as my 3D projector.
3. Color is quite good out of the box but could be further improve with proper tuning (maybe I'll try out Lumagen RadianceMini).
4. Screen size is pretty huge but I can't give an exact size cause everything is relative. Just say that I don't feel size is a problem here. The FOV is pretty good for movie.
i do not know why i get the feeling that once people have this - they are not excited abt reviewing it in minute details [excitement fizzles out becoz of poor design i guess] may be they start to think of selling it off at a premium due to Christmas being around to make good money and get rid of 'poor' device too soon - or may be i am mistaken but this thing's design is a 'put off' for me - a heavy headplay with fov 51 and HD-OLEDS....i guess
thanks or the review - i hope you get to keep it and enjoy as well pal also you try out this Japanese mod here : pal , here's the link below for the website where you can order from :
http://www.blazin3d.com/catalog/item/80 ... 095948.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
it's Japanese hand made set of 3 cushions currently selling for usd$48+
if i ever get this then i will definetely the above mod....as it's gonna solve the issue of 'weight' on forehead....to some extent
also plz reply to queries as below :
1)also does it strain while watching a movie for 2+hrs - do you feel dizzy after taking it off ?
2)is the focus adjust. really difficult ?
3)are u able to focus on all our corners of the screen effortlessly once properly adjusting it ?
4)are the colors vibrant and rich ?
5)does it slip so that you have to adjust it again ?
6)have u tried to watch any subtitled movie - are the subtitles easy to read ?
7)is it easily detected as HDMI device by your laptop/blu-ray player/HTPC ?
8)does this have a 'sweet spot' ?
9)do the supplied light blockers completely BLOCK the light from above /below/sides etc ?
10) have u tried 3D PS3 gaming on this - how's the experience ?
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