[Amazon.com] Windows mixed reality (AR/VR) headsets

Jan 18th, 2018 5:22 pm

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sobig [OP]: Sr. Member; Jun 10, 2011; 610 posts; 560 upvotes

Jan 18th, 2018 5:22 pm

[Amazon.com] Windows mixed reality (AR/VR) headsets

Price:: 200.00
Savings:: 50%
Retailer:: Amazon

Price goes from $199.99 to $246 + about $40 for Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Canada.

HP: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077MF8TQ7 ($199.00/50%)
Lenovo Explorer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0764GKZ15/ ($246/ ~45%)
ACER AH101: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075PVLN2P ($219/~45%)

Credit goes to Win2Xbox for findind/posting this deal on build a pc sales canada

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Jan 18th, 2018 5:25 pm

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dough4you: Sr. Member; Dec 29, 2003; 653 posts; 313 upvotes; Montreal

Jan 18th, 2018 5:25 pm

Price is in US dollars

"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." Benjamin Franklin

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Jan 18th, 2018 5:28 pm

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Real_GM: Deal Addict; Mar 26, 2008; 1243 posts; 453 upvotes; Toronto

Jan 18th, 2018 5:28 pm

Must be headsets that sold off from that Microsoft Laptop deal

Jan 18th, 2018 5:32 pm

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ExplodingFist: Member; Dec 28, 2011; 493 posts; 412 upvotes; MISSISSAUGA

Jan 18th, 2018 5:32 pm

If it was a Samsung HMD for that price this might be a steal, but not for these.

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Jan 18th, 2018 6:20 pm

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Devony: Member; May 24, 2007; 323 posts; 96 upvotes; British Columbia

Jan 18th, 2018 6:20 pm

ExplodingFist wrote: ↑ If it was a Samsung HMD for that price this might be a steal, but not for these.

I have the Acer one and it's pretty damn good. I also have a Vive.

Jan 18th, 2018 6:32 pm

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dvdvideo: Deal Addict; Sep 10, 2001; 3086 posts; 719 upvotes

Jan 18th, 2018 6:32 pm

For me it's no screen door or bust.....it shatters the whole illusion

References:
http://www.heatware.com/eval.php4?id=3866

http://cgi2.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dl ... d=dvdvideo

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Jan 18th, 2018 6:45 pm

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X-Nemesis: Deal Addict; Dec 9, 2002; 1865 posts; 345 upvotes; Kitchener

Jan 18th, 2018 6:45 pm

dvdvideo wrote: ↑ For me it's no screen door or bust.....it shatters the whole illusion

Screen door meaning you can see the pixels?

Jan 18th, 2018 7:04 pm

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jamex: Sr. Member; Jan 8, 2006; 833 posts; 170 upvotes

Jan 18th, 2018 7:04 pm

X-Nemesis wrote: ↑ Screen door meaning you can see the pixels?

sorta. google "screen door effect". its being able to see the lines in between pixel, similar to if you were looking outside through a screen door. Even monitors can suffer from this but some people may be more sensitive to it than others.

Jan 18th, 2018 7:25 pm

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survsteve: Member; Oct 22, 2011; 217 posts; 296 upvotes

Jan 18th, 2018 7:25 pm

Yup. Don't bother with these. The Samsung has better screens. I can barely notice the screen door on that. But these lower ones and the vive I can definitely tell. I have the Odyssey and am happy.. waiting on vive pro. Downside of Odyssey is that it's cables are too short.. it's sensitive to extensions too. Best used seated

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Jan 18th, 2018 7:26 pm

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Tibbs: Deal Addict; Mar 21, 2006; 2656 posts; 853 upvotes; Chatham

Jan 18th, 2018 7:26 pm

Screendoor link

What IS the Screen-Door Effect (SDE)?

Put simply, the Screen-Door Effect describes how visible the gaps between individual pixels appear to be when viewing a display at a close proximity. At regular TV viewing distances, SDE isn’t a concern at all. Most of the discussion comes down to image resolution, or how many pixels can fit on the display in total. This is why 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 4k are prominent terms in our everyday vocabulary now.

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Jan 18th, 2018 8:10 pm

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markj: Deal Fanatic; Oct 13, 2002; 6016 posts; 434 upvotes; Calgary

Jan 18th, 2018 8:10 pm

survsteve wrote: ↑ Yup. Don't bother with these. The Samsung has better screens. I can barely notice the screen door on that. But these lower ones and the vive I can definitely tell. I have the Odyssey and am happy.. waiting on vive pro. Downside of Odyssey is that it's cables are too short.. it's sensitive to extensions too. Best used seated

ya the Odyssey is really nice, i like it better than the vive after using both. tracking on the vive is better but since I'm using these for 3d visualization projects that's not an issue for me.

Jan 18th, 2018 10:08 pm

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X-Nemesis: Deal Addict; Dec 9, 2002; 1865 posts; 345 upvotes; Kitchener

Jan 18th, 2018 10:08 pm

jamex wrote: ↑ sorta. google "screen door effect". its being able to see the lines in between pixel, similar to if you were looking outside through a screen door. Even monitors can suffer from this but some people may be more sensitive to it than others.

Well that, as you said, would definitely defeat the purpose of a VR headset, in regards to believable immersion.