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HP Reverb First Impressions Thread (Gen 1)

Shadowmask72
Honored Visionary
Some very quick first impressions and that's without experimenting with Super-sampling.

Ok, well I have that horrible vertical line in my headset which hopefully I'll get fixed or replaced but despite that. Wow, just wow. One word..."clarity".

More words.

Very nice headset all-round. Reasonably comfy but that cable is awful. I mean really bad and terribly distracting. Needs to be fixed to something to not become a hindrance. Headphones feel cheap  and the red smear is not very good when you abnormally move your head from side to side all fast like. In normal situations you won't notice it so much. SDE is so minimal it's the finest mesh like silk. Mura is there for sure such as looking at the sky you will notice it quite a bit.

Fallout 4 VR - Holy crap. Now this is how it's meant to be seen. Mindblowing, and I rarely use such hyperbolic phrases. Up close detail you'll see the textures as you would playing on a monitor. Distance details are just perfect now. NO MORE BLUR you can easily define medium range and long range objects which gives the game a complete overhaul on the visuals. Wonderful and if you're a FO4VR fan then nothing beats this crisp display.  Period. 

PCARS 2 - Ok I struggled a little to find the right sweetspot and keep it there. But once there this is it guys. The game just looks like it's meant to be on this headset. Nice details on the track and close up cars. Distant cars also look much better, they still can get fuzzy but none of that blur you might be used to. This is pretty awesome now and just looks great.

SLR APP/Movie viewing - Nice sharp visuals but you are restricted to the quality of the source material. The SLR thumbnails look fantastically crisp and the videos great. I ran a 4K gameplay video from one of my recordings and it looks really nice, so much clearer than any other VR headset. So if you have 4K movies then they are going to shine on this headset. I tried some older 1080p 3D movies but they didn't look much different to other headsets.

Desktop - wow now this is really nice. You can actually work with this now. Comfortably. See all the text and no shimmer or SDE to mess up your view. Really workable as an alternative to a monitor now. Nice vibrant colours and good contrast. I do notice what seems to be a fixed foveted rendering technique though where the center focus is incredibly sharp and when you move your eyes and head to another part of the screen it seems to catch up and then focus really sharp.I think HP talked about this with the way the screens are calibrated. 

Elite Dangerous: OK you're still getting these LCD blacks but the text readability is fantastic now without a shadow of a doubt. No distorted letters even in the info pane which has the smallest text it's easy to read, no leaning in. I just docked with one of the space stations and whilst there is still some shimmer on some finer lines/edges (there's a technical name for that which escapes me) it's nice a crisp and looks like a space station rather than a blurry mess of lights and protracting parts. Really clean. Upon entering the opening into the docking area...mind-blown! I really loved the extended FOV of the Pimax 8K in Elite D, made it feel more real, but I think I would sacrifice that for this wonderful clarity. I'll say it again if Pimax 8K X delivers the FOV and the same clarity then wowsers. I'm not holding my breath though, focusing on the here and now.

Even with the negatives, I can see this being a really great headset for the VR connoisseur. I am wondering how close the Pimax 8KX can match this as its increased FOV will stretch the pixel density. Either way, £600 well spent thus far and I will no doubt get lots of use from this headset and sadly the Pimax 8K will get boxed. Quest/Reverb combo for the win here for anyone serious about VR.



System Specs: MSI NVIDIA RTX 4090 , i5 13700K CPU, 32GB DDR 4 RAM, Win 11 64 Bit OS.
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RedRizla
Honored Visionary
Well I'll be getting the HTC Cosmos or Valve index now or I might just say bollox to VR altogether if these company's keep putting out crap that's not exactly cheap.

Techy111
MVP
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Well I'll give HP credit, they called me back just now and apologised and said they are not sending out any replacements now and are waiting for the new model. As the poster above, I got 50 quid off the new reverb and bumped to first offer when released. Can't argue with that.
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Techy111
MVP
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You must be still in the return window for the TI mate ?
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Shadowmask72
Honored Visionary
Any news when this new model will be available guys?

Does this mean you're back in team HP Techy or you out for good now.


System Specs: MSI NVIDIA RTX 4090 , i5 13700K CPU, 32GB DDR 4 RAM, Win 11 64 Bit OS.

Techy111
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Nah I'll wait for the new model 100 percent mate, my rep said a couple months but no firm date.
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RedRizla
Honored Visionary
@Shadowmask72 - The guy told me new models are normally done in November. In a way I'm glad their doing a new model because it looked like the old one had a fair few problems.
@Techy - I sold my other graphics card though and it's just a rumor at the moment from Nvidia. I think this is the super thing Nvidia are talking about though. I may as well just keep the Geforce 2080ti because it does 4k at 60Hz and it will be good for another 5 years for what I need it for.

Shadowmask72
Honored Visionary
November is too long a wait for me. I think it's possible Pimax will have the 8KX out by then and the Vive Cosmos might be worth looking at if the price is right.

<insert Robocop I'd buy that for a dollar gif>


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kevinw729
Honored Visionary


November is too long a wait for me. I think it's possible Pimax will have the 8KX out by then and the Vive Cosmos might be worth looking at if the price is right.

<insert Robocop I'd buy that for a dollar gif>




Done!

Seriously - I have heard some issues with the current structure of Pimax - trying to get a bead on their financials and the internal operation. Seems after CES they have gone dark, with lots of restructuring reported - another OSVR?
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FX2K
Heroic Explorer
A new model.. interesting.  The current model didn't really "release" properly, seems only a handful got to have a physical unit.  Guess it will be a revision, different display panels & possibly cable, since those two things seem to be the most problematic.  Nobody mentioned new model to me, but to be fair, I didn't exactly ask, but just have :wink:

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Techy111
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FX2K said:

A new model.. interesting.  The current model didn't really "release" properly, seems only a handful got to have a physical unit.  Guess it will be a revision, different display panels & possibly cable, since those two things seem to be the most problematic.  Nobody mentioned new model to me, but to be fair, I didn't exactly ask.


I never asked mate, they told me which I found refreshingly honest and up front. I'll wait til the next reiteration and purchase as soon as 🙂
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