Soldato
How much of an upgrade is the resolution ? Is it fairly small or is it something that is quite noticeable ?
Rift CV1 to Rift s ?
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For me the difference is huge. So much so that I knew two minutes after putting on the Rift S that I could never go back to the Rift.
don't let the paper specs fool you, the clarity on the Rift S is night and day compared to the Rift. No Godrays with barely any SDE are massive improvements by themselves.
don't let the paper specs fool you, the clarity on the Rift S is night and day compared to the Rift. No Godrays with barely any SDE are massive improvements by themselves.
massive
"I can tell you want to say its an upgrade but on paper it really feels like there are too many compromises. The Rift S is a really weird device. I read the specs and thought it was a side grade at best but when you put it on and use it, everything just feels that little bit more right. No more sensors, comfortably halo design which I thought I would hate, a huge sweet spot, absolutely beautifully clear lenses, hugely reduced god rays. Everything ambitous the CV1 and Vive tried to do, they've either consolidated or discarded. For example everyones stopped chasing deep OLED blacks now because of expense, response time and god rays just destroying certain elements. Similarly having loads of USB wires around your room is just horrible for anyone that cares about decor and can't afford or doesn't want to dedicate a room to VR. I've pretty much ruined my home theatre room with a tonne of wires ontop of my speaker wires. The only real let down with this device is the audio. Its just really inexcusable that Oculus didn't do something better. Given how thick the halo strap is, I thought they'd actually pack some really strong and loud sound out of it but they haven't. The fact that the Go and Quest's straps are so thin but emit such a huge sound shows just how little effort they put into this headset. It takes a huge step back from the ease of use of the CV1. When you use and put on the Rift S, permitting your IPD is in range, its really is that upgrade we needed without pushing the us to have to buy RTX 2080tis."
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I feel the screen is smaller but its more crispy and you dont see them dots like on the CV1.
Soldato
I dont think that is right.
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Its an extra £19 and 15 minutes of time to mod it with the Koss KSC75 headphones. Makes a huge difference
Glad to hear you are happy with the change.
I think a lot of people are put off by the specs, like I was. Until I actually bought one and tried it out.
cant find an easy video. wish someone was selling this pre-modded kit. i'd easily pay £30 for it.
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I just followed this :
https://imgur.com/gallery/V7zKoN9
Oculus should make their own kit. They would sell shedloads of them.
That defeats the issue of spending absolutely zero and continuing with my current CV1 with superior audio quality, if I'm gonna make an upgrade, I'm reluctant to have to make effort on my own part when you're talking about £400 odd.
lol.. man these CV1 lovers are crazy.
I do think for £400, its not worth it. luckily i was able to switch my cv1 for a rift S. if u could shift ur CV1 for £200 then i'd say the Rift S hits the spot.
The clarity upgrade is just too huge and tbh, dark scenes which take advantage of the OLED blacks are to an extend marred by the awful god rays which CV1 has, not to mention out of every OLED headset, CV1's blacks are by far the worst.
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Think I am going to put my CV1 up for sale and grab one of these, was there not a firmware flash that fixed the poor audio on the S.?
Where are the original headphones at the moment on the S?
Where are the original headphones at the moment on the S?