Hi There,
I am confused regarding reports and reviews on the 5k XR being so different. There are people that love the OLED Colors and think the SDE is hardly visible or close to Vive Pro, and then there are people complaining about colors being muted and screens too dark and they see a huge SDE comparable to the original Vive!
I had every OLED Headset (and many not OLED ones) in my possession or on my head (Rift, Quest, Vive, Vive Pro, XTAL 5k, Odyssey and Odyssey Plus, 5K XR). Only the StarVR is missing in my list so far
From my perspective the Colors are dull and too dark, have a significant red tint, the blacks are good and the SDE is slightly better than Vive, but nowhere close the Vive Pro. I have Firmware 255 on it and use latest PiTool.
The question here is: Are there different hardware versions of the 5K XR out there? Maybe the 5K BE version or initial XR batches had different screens or settings? Maybe the percentage of screen usage by lenses changed over time (see more of the screen means less magnification and less SDE)?
Can someone with a brand new 5K XR tell if he also has the impression I described here?
What changed the XR for me and made me keep it (was already on Ebay for some hours) was the following settings with pitool 1.0.2.8.6.
Contrast R3, G2, B2 (or 3)
Brightness R -2, G0, B1 (or 0)
Backlight does not change anything any more at level of 20%. 20% or 100% gives same result when having the above settings. With standard settings you can control brightness at least between 20% and 80%
Does anyone know if the XTAL 5K uses the same screens, as it has same resolution? The XTAL 5K has bright and vivid colors (everything else however is bad).
Any suggestions to optimize it even more is appreciated. Mine is an early 2019 batch and I am ready to look for an end 2020 unit if there are hardware improvements.
Thanks!