other people have been on the forum saying they received their 8K loan unit, so they seem to be under the impression that it is still a thing
can you post the actual text of the email?
but you are probably going to get a better answer by just replying to the email and asking if the 8k/5k is a loan unit
Reply with the stipulation that the 8K or 5K+ that you receive should be considered the loan unit.
Can you post your actual email redacting private info?
KS:
Emails:
Pimax:
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:25 AM
Will you keep 8K or switch to 5K+?
You may refer to the very in-depth reviews by our testers to make your decision:
Mixed Reality TV | https://www.youtube.com/mixedrealitytv | German/English
SweViver | https://www.youtube.com/sweviver | English
VoodooDE | https://www.youtube.com/c/VoodooDE_PCGaming | German
Also, would love to know what are the accessories you’d like to add with the $100 extra pledge, if you plan to switch to 5K+ and to double check: do you prefer to receive 5K+/8K first, and then exchange to X when it becomes available?
Feel free to let me know for any question!
Best regards,
Pimax Support
My Reply:
2018 Sep 18 (Tue) 16:24
Do ship the 8K “loaner”.
Shipping address & phone number remains accurate.
Thanks.
Pimax:
Wed 9/19/2018, 7:44 PM
Hi
thanks for your response. We will ship your Pimax Kickstarter reward asap.
Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Pimax Support
Hi! I don’t want to be blunt or a dream breaker, but take a Kickstarter campaign as in investment in the stock market. You have the chance to reduce your risk losing moneyn and still a chance to your get your reward further along the road. Optimize this chance and get the most you can get from Pimax now and hope for the best next year.
My 2 cents.
October 2018 8K-X update report : nothing to report
November 2018 8K-X advance update report : nothing to report
December 2018 8K-X advance advance update report : nothing to report
If we read between the lines Pimax have probably simply no time for the 8KX now.
I can’t find the post right now, but i’ve read they are working at the moment on the 8k-X to get 50hz stable. There were also some CAD Screenshots which showed that it will have 2 cable, or at least have at the moment.
And any of this drivel helps anyone who has already backed the 8K-X how exactly?
I’m trying to get mod status on here
Foveated rendering associated with “lowres” panels will widen the market (VR with lower-end GPUs, or better VR quality for standalone HMDs).
However there will still be an enthusiast market willing to pay more (HMD and GPU) to get the highest resolution as possible by coupling foveated rendering with highres panels + highend GPUs.
SDE is not the only limiting factor in VR, neither is FOV.
Also foveated rendering is not there yet.
And 8K could possibly do better than what it currently does if it was fitted with higher quality panels and scaler.
8KX, while not being usable for most games currently could still be used for movies or any application not requiring high framerate.
If I am 8k-x backer, I will accept the condition to get 5k+ or 8k without loan when I can buy 8k-x which be equal or cheaper than kickstarter price.
The email is likely screwed up & just means which loaner do you want.
@Chucksta is an 8k-X backer.
Yep, and have 8K loaner, and loving it 
Linus Tech tips. The $7000 nvidia card with hbm2 memory should do fine. 
Every 8k-X backer should have received an email asking if you wanted a loaner as I’m also an 8k-X backer and remember it clearly. I would have chosen that myself if I hadn’t also backed the 8k. As for as your choice now you could possible still receive the loaner if not than I can’t help you with your decision. I guess it would come down to how much faith do you have in Pimax.
Back when the Kickstarter closed… 8KX backers were given 3 options
Option 1: Pay to full price for an 8k to get to keep it and also be sent the 8kX when it is ready
People who chose Option 1 paid extra money to take the offer up. Those are the people that are expected to receive a discount for a loaner if they drop to a 5k+
Option 2: Edit: Receive a loaner, return the loaner when the 8kX is ready
http://community.openmr.ai/t/payment-correction-after-kickstarter-closes/3964/32
These people paid nothing extra upfront so I don’t understand why they would get a voucher for a downgrade of a loaner.
Option 3: Wait til the 8kX is ready.
Those who chose Option 3 areassumed to just wait… and will need a separate thread to cover queries about downgrading instead of a loan option. Because they did not pay extra for a loan. Unless Pimax are willing to swap them to option 2.
For option 2, I remember it should be like this:
Get a 8K or 5K as a loaner, Pimax will absorb the delivery cost, when 8KX is ready, you send the loaner back to Pimax, Pimax will deliver 8KX.
So there is no extra fee for the loaner, unless Pimax eat its word.
Thanks you might be correct. Ive added a reference link…been so long that it is hard to keep track.
Im 8kx backer and i took 5k+ as a loan unit (id 164). When 8kx will be developed, ill send 5k+ back (have to pay shipping) and then receive my 8kx (without additional charges from pimax).
Does pimax say backer should pay for the shipment of loaner explicitly? I remember clearly that pimax said they will pay for the shipment, but they don’t clarify if it includes the shipment of returning the loaner.
Thanks for all the replies guys, it’s most appreciated and all of your significant input has helped other people as well.
It seems the only risk here of waiting another year or so for 8K-X is if Pimax is bought out by another company, e.g. Facebook and none of our remaining pledges are honoured. (E.g. if a company bough the rights to Pimax), then they are under no legal obligation to ever send us our headsets, as this is how Kickstarter works. We aren’t ‘buying’ a headset, we’re investing in a company in the hope it progresses the technology.
On that basis I think I’ll hold station and see if Xunshu can kindly offer us an update next week on what is happening with project 8K-X. This should give us 8K-X backers who are unsure which way to turn, more confidence.
Thanks everyone.
