LucaBrazi80

Yea I won't be getting rid of the OG Vive, perhaps I should do the lens mod for it. Overall I might think that contrast and deeper blacks are even more important than pure resolution in darker games. It's still a bit of a mystery to me how it can vary so much. For example the default SteamVR background that pops up sometimes during loading isn't that bright but the blacks are a lot better there than in actual games with similar darkness level. Perhaps it's about how the game is tuned like you said.

Thanks for the comment. I was a bit confused as some reviewers praised the VP2 blacks, but perhaps those were in comparison to some other headsets, not to OG Vive. The resolution is indeed good and even the glare is not that big of an issue as I can only really see it in high contrast areas like bright text over a dark background. But the black level is disappointing in titles like theBlu, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe) where deep black is important. What is strange that it feels like black is deeper in loading screens and for example the black wall in StreamVR Home, but going into a game it gets worse. I'm not sure if it just feels that way or if there's something going on that it's even more washed out after loading into a game. I went and look at a through-the-lens video of VP2 on youtube and blacks look OK to me in that, but I'm not sure how accurate it is or if there's some white balance adjustment done by youtube or the video author. Is there any way to find out if I'm really getting the black level I should?

I upgraded from original Vive to Vive Pro 2. The black level is much worse on the Pro 2, it's like 50% grey actually, not black by a any stretch. There's not real black in any scene and everything is washed out. SteamVR Home looks the best but all games are horribly grey. Is this a configuration issue or just a feature of the Vive Pro 2? God rays are also much worse on the Pro 2, so if these aren't fixable it's actually a much worse HDM than the original. Anything that could be done?