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I've been eyeing the Pimax Crystal Light for a while, but I can't quite make up my mind... Which ones do you have? The Pimax 8K X?

I currently use a Pimax8KX. The added immersion you get when you can actually see (and feel) the other girls at your side, in your periphery... it's a total game changer. And it's just less claustrophobic overall (even in 1on1 scenes).

I also have perfect vision (well, I don't need glasses at least), so when the video is recorded/lit/encoded properly, I swear the clarity is indistinguishable from real life. I don't see any advantage in more pixels/better screens.

I don't care that it's not OLED (there are rarely any 'true blacks' in porn). I also don't care that it's not inside out tracking (I have base stations, but I don't use them, since VR porn doesn't benefit from positional tracking).

My only real complaint about the 8KX is maybe the comfort. It's bulky compared to other headsets, and requires some DIY face/nose padding to get the fit just right. These are solvable problems though (especially if you watch porn in a stationary/laying down position, as I suspect most of us do).

Like I said, it's hands down the best way to experience VR porn.

Now here's the bad news. The people running Pimax are complete idiots. They had a total monopoly on the wide FOV market, and squandered it. If they just pressed their advantage, it would have forced Meta/Valve/etc to also adopt wide FOV. Instead, Pimax decided to focus on stuff nobody asked for.

I don't think you can even get a Pimax8KX anymore. The 'Crystal' is your next best option I guess. The FOV is less than the 8KX, but still better than the alternatives.

*and just to clarify, I'm not saying VR porn sucks without a wide FOV. In fact, I would probably recommend a Quest3 to anyone who is new to VR porn (for the simplicity/convenience factor). I'm just saying... damn I wish the HMD manufacturer's cared more about VR porn, so they would care more about FOV.
 
Right now, for me, the 4K vs. 2K resolution per eye is more important than the greater FOV width
My point is that it's basically the same resolution, it only crops the width. They're both 4k(2160p) if you look at the height.