The Index thread (please keep to subject)
As per the title, please respect the users who post here and keep it on topic, any nonsense and......grrr
Forum Discussion
This was an interesting post - although I do not agree, I do understand his point about the large and sharp image (all over the lenses) using the CV1:
He could be wearing the Index wrong - using the Index image quality is like 10 times sharper in the center than CV1 ss 2.0, and you really got no SDE with the Index, but in the periphery the Index distorts the image significantly more than CV1. I don't notice that distortion in games - at all - but you would notice it if you're surrounded by a lot of text.
Some other Index users disagree with his estimates of fov sharpness, which should be much the same and could imply he's not wearing the hmds properly - but since he tried different units and I have not, can't argue much with his impressions.
Still I have been enjoying the Room VR a lot lately - due to its ultramersion textures (like Alyx and Boneworks) - and I'm using Index res 200% in solid 90 fps in that game. The image quality is so far beyond what I've ever seen using CV1 ss 2.0 that there's really no comparison. Also watching movies in Skybox is way beyond the CV1s capabilities, Index feels like being in a real cinema, CV1 has way too little res and way to much SDE for that. I think the Index needs res 150 - 200 % to shine, and if he never tried that the above review would be very flawed concerning Index sharpness.
Dissapointed about the Index and Valve, going back to Rift CV1 :(
I'm coming from Rift CV1 (i also owned a Vive for short time) and i dont like the Index HMD. Its much heavier and the lenses are not really sharp (except the small middle area).
Yeah the Resolution and small SDE is a nice upgrade, but after my second RMA HMD, im refund my Index now and go back to my CV1.
The CV1 is so much lighter, the lenses got heavier godrays that sucks, but the lenses are razor sharp and i can read text 360° till the edges, that is not possible with the index, you still can read text with this lenses but its blurry and it sucks, if you prefer games like Elite Dangerous and reading text all the time, but even in no text games i hate this blurry lenses... i also got a unnatural feeling after using the Index already after 1hour and heavy eye fatigue and crossview feeling, that i never had in my 3-4years old preordered CV1.
There is also IPD OFFSet bug (58mm comes in Popup View much to early and there is still room to the left side) on all my 3 Index Units, and Valve dont want to listen to me, im also reported this problem on this Reddit sub but its getting downvoted by clueless fanboys, there is no room for the truth on the internet (stolen from big bang theory) :D
The build quality on each unit was very differend, in particular field related to the Lense Sharpness, my first unit got 40% FoV Sharpness, my second unit only had 10% FoV Sharpness and my third unit is around 20-30% FoV Sharpness and with stronger Godrays as the other 2 units.
The RMA support was okay, but i had very long wait time between each massage, sometimes it took 2-3 weeks till i had a return label, anyways thats understand able because of covid-19.
I hope the HP Reverb 2G dont have this Dual Lenses from the Index, i got a feeling this Lenses is my biggest Issues related to my bad experience.
Just to let you guys know my IPD is 59,5mm and i try'd everything to adjust my Index, im even used the magnet mod, but nothing really helps.
He could be wearing the Index wrong - using the Index image quality is like 10 times sharper in the center than CV1 ss 2.0, and you really got no SDE with the Index, but in the periphery the Index distorts the image significantly more than CV1. I don't notice that distortion in games - at all - but you would notice it if you're surrounded by a lot of text.
Some other Index users disagree with his estimates of fov sharpness, which should be much the same and could imply he's not wearing the hmds properly - but since he tried different units and I have not, can't argue much with his impressions.
Still I have been enjoying the Room VR a lot lately - due to its ultramersion textures (like Alyx and Boneworks) - and I'm using Index res 200% in solid 90 fps in that game. The image quality is so far beyond what I've ever seen using CV1 ss 2.0 that there's really no comparison. Also watching movies in Skybox is way beyond the CV1s capabilities, Index feels like being in a real cinema, CV1 has way too little res and way to much SDE for that. I think the Index needs res 150 - 200 % to shine, and if he never tried that the above review would be very flawed concerning Index sharpness.