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I already ordered some replacement foam before I posted this. I haven’t received it yet but another forum user recommended them after trying with their OD+.
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I have a feeling that is the main reason they used such obnoxiously thick foam.
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You may be waiting a long time. Also, I don’t think Pimax would want to go with Amazon because their return policy is so lax.
EDIT: Also, the IPD only goes down to 63mm and mine is 61.2
I’ve managed to get one method working at least to have the Pimax and Ody+ connected simultaneously and switch via software rather than pulling cables.
The problem is whenever I run steamvr it launches WMR and turns on and detects the Ody+.
I found I can disable the Samsung WMR device in device manager and stop this. So went looking for command line methods on that. Am aware of a devcon.exe util from ms, but a bit of a faff to get it installing WDK and other bits.
Great first impressions. I usually think that especially this headset needs some routine to like it, great to hear you even like it out of the box. I really like the OD+ more and more but even when managing to get the headphones right over my ears I must say the sound is ok but not close to the DAS sound. When listening to vr concerts I’d wish they would sound better or i could use my own headphones. But it’s just whining on a high level. The pimax headphones will be better though.
My understanding on Amazon is that the manuf. does not pay for returns. Amazon puts them in return pallets and auctions the pallets of misc items off. I also think if you get too many returns in a certain period amazon may remove you from the store. Something like that
You are pretty much mirroring what I said in my review (as expected). However, I wonder how you would feel if you owned an 8K instead of the 5K+. Maybe the 8K is similar/closer to the O+? Anyone here owns both to compare?
Yes I did (sold the 8k though). The 8k had similar clarity to the od+ and of course wider fov but still had worse colors and blacks (better than the 5k though) and framerate, especially because pimax doesn’t have motion smoothing reprojection yet.
I am not sure about all the specifics but they do auction off the returns. When I said they were lax about the returns I was referring to how they basically don’t check the stuff that gets returned. You will frequently find that items returned to Amazon (especially expensive tech) are either:
The customer’s old broken product (aka they ordered a replacement, give back their broken one, and get a refund).
A cheaper product (aka they order a $300 motherboard, return a $50 motherboard, and get a $300 refund).
Very interesting. This makes me think the 8K was a bust seeing as how they don’t have that on Amazon. I think they believe the 5K+ was the Most Viable Product
It can all be done on current tech, but developers would have to adopt everything in the toolbox like foveated rendering (even if fixed), SMP, space warp etc. So it’s a toss up between the panels not being available at an affordable price vs developers not making use of tech that is out there which can dramatically accelerate performance on existing GPUs.
Hah, I was the one that created the listing on amazon for the 5k+ back when I was selling my extras. Doesn’t have anything to do with whether or not pimax will sell them on amazon in the future or if they’ll only sell the 5k and not the 8k.
After using it a couple weeks, your pictures are smack on the money. I’ve been opting for comfort over sharpest graphics and more sweet spot, really cranking the back of that strap down on the back of my head. Definitely going to try a different pad though.
Comfort is an issue to balance with the visuals, but overall the Odyssey+ is so good in most ways that it’s totally worth dealing with the bad ergonomics.
