This is obviously not shot through the lens but recorded from the computer directly. I could take this kind of video with my original Vive and it would look exactly like that. 
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That’s a lot of vinyl. :7
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When i had the pimax 8kplus i thought i am missing something,then i put on my my valve index again and thought… yes this is it …
Way brighter and better colors and because off that also more immersion… i realy hope the 8kx is brighter then the pimax 8kplus i dont hope they didnt screw up on that part… its important!,otherwise its going for sale again when i get it…
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Maybe the energy from the Pimax 8KX cable is not enough? That would explain a lot of things.
Why the 8K-X would be so much brigther then the 8K+? They use the same LCD panels…
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8K-X cable is unique to 8K-X and already upgraded compared to previous model headsets.
An optical cable is also in development.
The difficulty is individual. I recall some folks wanted backlit brightness similar to og vive which was considered by many as too bright. Some people simply need either more brightness or less. 
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And that’s exactly why we need the backlight panel Brightness control restored in PiTool.
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Frankly, the vinyl collection even more impressive than 8KX. Everybody will get 8KX finally, but so big vinyl collection - never 
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I am still waiting. STILL WAITING.
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Having the ability to adjust brightness is best. Turning down the brightness helps to make the blacks darker, and it also helps to make the colors a little richer. After about 30 minutes or so, your eyes get used to the darker environment. But, there are times when it’s too subdued, and you just need a little bit more light. I truly hope that we have the ability to make adjustments.
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Pimax must do it !!!
So Two thing scared me , brightness and 75hz 
I hope update pitool for have brightness contrôle and the 75hz are good
Because my 5k+ with 72hz … Not good 
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Thanks for the preliminary review. And that’s a healthy amount of vinyl behind you hehe 
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The brightness is much better now compared what it was back at VRDays (where we used a custom soldered test cable) and we had to decrease the brightness due to lower signal quality. That has been fixed already since CES and the brightess has been further improved now in the final version. There will be ways to improve the brightness further with new firmwares.
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Additionally, back in the days around CES I think we had 6 different firmwares for 8KX and I remember all of them had different backlight brightness configurations (they were defined as 15%, 20% etc). There is a big chance we will see the higher lumen firmwares available soon. Especially since the final cables and final PCB are able to transfer higher voltage without interference or signal loss. The brightness is just a matter of optimizing the firmwares. Im very confident we will further improve this down the road the upcoming weeks/months.
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By the way, big congrats, neighbour! Once the corona has settled maybe its time for a nice meetup in Stockholm, getting some feedback and discussing our impressions , testing new stuff and so on?
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Would be nice a slide from 20% to 150% or so
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What we should have, and what we had previously, is the backlight option in PiTool. At least in 3 levels. Both me and Kevin are pushing the team to bring it back for all Pimax headsets and panels that supports it, and yes its in the works.
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Yes, that’s a must, I agree.
Although I couldn’t notice many difference between low, normal and high options.
With a slide, you could see the difference in real time, without the need of an apply button and the blink of the screen
Just like one the mobile, TV, projector and monitor screens, and adjust it better according to you needs and taste, just an idea
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Yep, we did recommend a slider instead of drop-down options. Preferably with more than 3 values.
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