Got a replacement Reverb and noticed SDE is worse

[BMGZ06]

I still have the Reverb I got from amazon a couple weeks ago and was going to return it due to it having a busted earpiece. I spent an hour going back and forth with the new one I got from BH Photo today. Noticed that the one from BH was built in Sept 2019 and my other one from Amazon was made in Jan 2020. The SDE was more noticeable in the BH photo one for some reason. I doubt anyone would have a frame of reference since most people just get one and done. There is also a brightness difference with my original one being brighter.

 

Also another odd thing is that in SteamVR the resolution scale at 100% for both headsets is a little different. The One from Amazon was at 2212 x 2160 and the BH Photo one is 2196 x 2156. The default IPD is also a little different. I doubt the small res difference is responsible for the increased SDE though. Not sure if they switched the type of displays used from one batch to another.

 

I did not notice any difference with mura between the two though and the shimmering edges of buildings and trees is the same.

 

If anyone else has been through more than one pair of reverbs, I would like to know if these types of differences were noticed.

[Gnadentod]

Pretty sure both the dealers and HP themselves often times just return units to users which were returned by someone else before. So they are not taking them out of "Reverb traffic" on the market. As long as they can save money they atleast try to give these not so perfect units to someone in hopes he doesn't care, or like you said, has no reference and then doesn't know it.

 

I also got a Reverb Pro but without all of the backpack stuff although it was sold as having these. I don't really care about it but this is the same story. They just hoped someone will take it and be quiet. The $ $ signs shine bright from their eyes.

Edited March 20, 2020 by Der Hirte
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[BMGZ06]

Pretty sure both the dealers and HP themselves often times just return units to users which were returned by someone else before. So they are not taking them out of "Reverb traffic" on the market. As long as they can safe money they atleast try to give these not so perfect units to someone in hopes he doesn't care, or like you said, has no reference and then doesn't know it.

 

I also got a Reverb Pro but without all of the backpack stuff although it was sold as having these. I don't really care about it but this is the same story. They just hoped someone will take it and be quiet. The $ $ signs shine bright from their eyes.

 

Ya I am sure you are right. This one is going back to BH tomorrow. I also couldnt remove one of the earpeice since the screw seems jammed on. The other side came off easy. There is a QC issue with HP for sure.

[speed-of-heat]

I'd put a post up on https://www.reddit.com/r/HPReverb/ Voodooimaxx, is a pretty passionate HP employee, who reads and responds to posts there quiet often!

[BMGZ06]

I'd put a post up on https://www.reddit.com/r/HPReverb/ Voodooimaxx, is a pretty passionate HP employee, who reads and responds to posts there quiet often!

 

Awesome ya I posted something up for him. Looks like I am not the only one with issues. The earphone thing is a big problem with them. Lots of people having broken ones.