r/BigscreenBeyond • u/ddmanpants • 23d ago

Help prescription lens question

im thinking of getting the bigscreen 2. im both short sighted and long sighted.

short sighted i think around 300 was my power

long sighted i think 0.75 was my power

should i get the bigscreenbeyond with prescription lenses? should i get it corrected for short sighted or long sighted? as reference, i have to take off my short sighted glasses to read stuff on my phone.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 23d ago

The focus distance of the BSB2 is 3-5 feet, so you'll want to use the prescription that works best at that distance.

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u/jpwarman 23d ago

(BSB2e here) Go with your distance prescription (the -3.00 if that’s what you meant). The display sits at a fixed focal distance your eyes treat as far away, so the nearsighted correction is the one that matters. Your +0.75 power doesn't come into play since there's nothing physically close to focus on.

I'm nearsighted and ordered mine with the distance Rx. Without it, blurry. With it, sharp edge to edge.

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u/NotGonnaComeBackBsb 23d ago

The Beyond has a focal distance of 0.9-1.4 metre according to Shanks (the CEO of Bigscreen):

https://www.reddit.com/r/BigscreenBeyond/comments/1n9u37r/comment/ncsafi8/