The Pimax Crystal Light really Surprised me.

This is the Pimax Crystal Light, arguably the best value PCVR headset on the market right now, with crazy high resolution and amazing clarity for all under $1000 dollars. I've been very critical in the past about pimax, but this time they really surprised me! let's discover this headset in this video !
Let's get into it!

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[exponentialbet]

I ❤ my Crystal Light, and I'm definitely not a Pimax fanboy. It's just a superb PC VR headset for sim racing. Solid review. 👊

[tdhitchins]

The studioform kit really helps with the comfort, it's comfortable. It could still do with being smaller but this helps a lot!

[kevinbrook]

Great review Tyriel. I feel a bit stuck regarding hardware right now. I'm still rocking a Quest Pro, purchased for £1500 at launch. It has some annoyances, the lack of display port connectivity and a resolution per eye from 2020-21 being the most notable for me. I did buy the Quest 3, but as a PCVR users primarily, I preferred the Pro for colours, contrast and blacks, the open design and tracking and controllers. I don't play mobile games so returned that headset.

I really want an upgraded experience for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 but nothing in the current line up has me wanting to open my wallet.

I'd love the Crystal Light's displays inside my Pro, but I want nothing else about that headset at all, the bulky design, inferior optics, worse controllers and tracking etc. The same with the Big Screen Beyond. If it has a small sweet spot and glare it's a no go.

I'm so gutted Meta pulled the plug on a Quest Pro 2, I feel in a no man's land right now where there is nothing that justifies spending a thousand dollars or more on.

[vendabenda]

Thank you for the video. I had a lot of issues with my Pimax 5k+, but I will probably consider Crystal Super with micro-OLED screens. Pimax is trying hard, but nothing is truly finished on their product.

[dtz]

The original cable on the Crystal was fibre optic. This is one of the few YouTubers who noticed that they downgraded it to a heavier and cheaper cable.

[WunderbarVR]

Can't wait for the Pimax Crystal Super. To have a VR headset with display port, 3840 res per eye, pancake lenses (which are much bigger than the Crystal Light) and OLED is going to be insane!

[edgarsi]

waiting for index 2 my boy; thanks for great vid!

[blenderalien]

2:33 What do you mean the lenses make the image dimmer? Aspheric optics are very light efficient and especially the glass ones on the Crystal let about 200 nits to your eyes, more than double of the beyond for example

[TeabagParty]

The Super with 4k per eye sounds heavenly. Over kill for now but I'm glad to see someone making that an option

[nejihiashi]

you are through the lens king where is the thing :(

[PlayJasch]

Hope they keep at it. 2030-35 should be the year VR becomes very good.

[Nago]

The midget thing. I experienced this on every PSVR1 headset I've tried, even at home with perfectly calibrated IPD. My firend's experience was the same. I found it strange no one ever talked about this totally immersion breaking issue with no fix. I never thought it was because of the lenses.

[jackr.]

Hi Tyriel, great review.
As for your PC screaming, try adding a exception to Windows security pointing to the Pimax Play "Folder", this seems to help the high CPU use when just sitting there not using the PCL but having Pimax Play running.
Mine seems to behave with this exception.
PC only screams now when in MSFS 2020! LOL 🤪
Also, the new software version has 90hz upscalling mode which seems to be working very well, I use this all the time now, great in MSFS and for sim racing, as far as I'm concerned, works better than DLSS.
I'm no fan of Pimax, they have strange ways of doing things but this Crystal Light is impressive for it's price point and yes, I do like the local dimming part, blackest blacks I've seen since older OLED HMDs like the OG Vive, Rift CV1 and the Samsung Odyssey. The colors are also vibrant and beautiful, many people have complained about getting faulty lenses, maybe it's a matter of their eyes just not being able to get use to the aspheric lenses. Luckily, mine has good lenses. 🙂

[DimakSerpg]

Why PC VR cost more than Standalone VR? PC VR doesn't have built in smartphone. So why? I don't get it.

[thomasuniat]

Patiently waiting for a 3S vs 3 vs 2 through the lens comparison. No one else does them as well. :)

[tomoprime]

Always feel like Pimax goes half the distance with every iteration. 😂 The next index will be way better by the time they figure this out

[mihaighita]

Very useful video. I am curious how it compares to Reverb G2 since there are some folks who search for a decent priced replacement without losing on quality and convenience.

[PaulieK]

I use my Quest 3 about 60% for PCVR and 40% standalone and have been in the market for a dedicated PCVR headset, but unfortunately they almost all come with several flaws that put me off. Pimax just seems so bulky, doesn't use pancake lens, somewhat janky software from the many reviews I've watched, and grayscale passthrough to name a few. I'm hoping Valve can come out with a must-buy PCVR headset soon.

[Entheo_Wolf]

Strange, other reviewers have also recommended forgoing the local dimming. I'm guessing the Quest Pro got it down right, as it was a much requested feature when the quest 3 was rumored.

[rayviljoen]

Waiting for replacement lenses for mine.. so disappointed. It's like looking through a fish bowl atm and completely unusable!! Fingers crossed the replacement lenses work.