After nearly two weeks with my Super and a lot of tests and tries, this is my little review of it.
The latest headsets I’ve used were Q3, the Crystal OG and Play for Dream MR, so my comparative will be with these.
I received my Super the 21 of April after one week with the customs, and I was very exited to try it… but unfortunately, my very first impressions were a big underwhelming.
The first problem I had, was that I couldn’t fix the headset into the sweet spot position, because right after tight the backstrap, it always tilt a couple of degrees and that makes the image very blurry.
When I found that’s the issue of the blurriness, I installed the optional top strap, and with it I could fix the headset to the correct position and the image quality improves a lot… but even with that, I saw the colors a little washed and “only” saw 114°/98° (H/V) of FoV.
For the washed colors, I found the solution in the Pimax Discord, and after change the Contrast and Brightness values, they improve a lot (but not at the uOLED levels). And also after try with different 3rd party foams, now I could see 124°/110° (H/V) of FoV, a great improve.
So, after using it with the best conditions fore some days, this are my opinions about the differents aspects of the headset.
Image Quality:
- Sharpness: This is the sharpest image I got with any headset, in the MSFS 2024 all the little letter of the cabin are perfeclty defined. But the jump coming from the Crystal OG or the Play For Dream, is not as high as I think it would be.
- Black levels: The new local dimming 2.0 is much much better than the previous version in the Crystal OG, in some conditions you could see a little bloom, but no so much. Still not at uOLED levels, but very very good for an LCD.
- Colors: After the tweak they are good, better than the Crystal but not as good as in the PFD.
- Brightness: Simply the brightest headset I ever used, the jump from the Q3 or Crystal OG is very noticeable, and of course from the PFD (since it’s a uOLED + Pancake headset).
- Contrast: Very good thanks to the local dimming, but not as good as with a uOLED display.
- Lens: A very good improvement from the ones in the Crystal OG. In my case I only have CA at the far edges and I have edge 2 edge clarity similar to the Q3, but with a much high FoV and sharpness.
- FoV: After the modifications, now I could see 124°/110° (H/V), so unless you came from a 8KX/5K or VR1, this will be the highest FoV you could have in a headset.
- Issues: Like all the Supers, my unit has a little mura, but it’s only noticeable if I have an image all with the same color, and I have to look for it. The other issue I found, is that the image have a little blur when I move the head fast, but in my case is not a showstopper.
Tracking: The tracking is very good, in normal use I didn’t find any problem, but sometimes when I put off the headset for some time, it lost the position and I have to recalibrate it.
Comfort: With the extra top strap and with other foam, the headset is more comfortable to wear than the Crystal OG or the Q3 without mods, but I still rather the balanced weight of the Pico 4 or PFD for longer sessions.
Weight: Is noticeable lighter than the Crystal OG, but heavier than the Q3 or the PFD, so I don’t recommend it for games with a lot of movement in long sessions.
Software: Unless the know bugs of the AutoIPD not being 100% accurate and the washed colors by default, the SW was very very good. All plug and play and you could even set the DFR and QuadViews with a simple click, so very happy with it.
To sum up, after all the tests and configurations, now I’m happy with the Super.
After my first impressions I really thought about return it, but now with the correct FoV and Sharpness, I think I’ll enjoy the sims with it very very much.
