G2 Arrived today. Won’t bore you with a gushing review.
As compared to my 3yo Odyssey Plus (O+), in DCS, my usual settings and conditions; let SteamVR set the rez to ‘auto’, didn’t touch WMR settings.
Pluses
- Much more comfortable (not hard to improve on the O+)
- Sweet spot better than I expected, though I needed to snug in on pretty good - seemingly to get it a tad closer to my eyes.
- Performance: maybe slightly slower? Maybe. No large, negative, delta here though.
- Clarity: Kinda like the day I walked out of the Lasik office - I could see the antenna’s on top of the mountains 10 miles away, again (been many years since that was possible). World feels ‘bigger’ (again same settings). Can read my gauges now without zoom. I CAN SEE THE BALL on approach behind the boat. Nice!
- FOV: Eh, about same as the O+, and maybe even a touch smaller. Think this has to do with the gasket; your eyes are kinda far away (see above). In practice I don’t, right now, notice it anymore than with the O+; when I’m doing nothing I notice it.
- The Box: Best tasting box I’ve ever had. Note though that I had a colonoscopy yesterday and was STARVING! So, there’s that.
Minuses
- Installation: The plug - I swear it was all the way in! But it wasn’t. Had to go online to check. There’s a spot where it ‘catches’ and you have to go beyond that. Google it if you ever need help here.
- Cable bracket (on back of HMD). Useless. Waste of plastic. I double zip-tied the cable to the back. Should be fine.
[EDIT] Forgot sound: Was fine. The ‘drop down’ speakers on my O+ didn’t drop down far enough (I have a large head it seems) so I’ve always used quality Sony headphones. On the G2 they drop down just enough and do the job, but I’m not an audiophile.
[EDIT 2] Colors. Need to try a night scene as in the O+ it was ugly. However, the colors so far seem as good as the O+ (OLED screen); Nothing stands out as being washed out or over-saturated, etc.