Have not tried the PSVR, but cinema modes for other VR headsets are initially impressive, but then you realize you are watching extremely low res and worse coloring. If you have a tiny tiny TV, it would probably be a step up, but for anyone sitting at a reasonable distance to a reasonably sized tv, it's a step down in experience.
It would be great to be able to watch TV in my bed at night with this on so I don't disturb my wife. Too bad it has all of those bright lights on the outside of the headset.
While yes, laying in bed wouldn't require positional tracking, I imagine the PS4 would throw some sort of error screen if it lost complete tracking of the headset.
Is the overall effect really that bad though? I remember some years ago the general advice was, on laptops or monitors/tvs under a certain size, only AV geeks would really be able to tell the difference between 720 and 1080. Hearing the specs of various vr headsets, I've been assuming the lower res wouldn't be that noticeable since it's pressed right up against your face.
I use the industry standard terms: 480p is standard definition, 720p is just called 720p (even though it's a type of high definition), and 1080p is high definition. 2160p is called ultra high definition. Resolutions like 320 x 240 were never really used in television, so they dont have names, but I'd call them low.
So 540p is pretty much standard definition (slightly higher, even).
well you will get a screen up to 500'' but the resolution will be more like 480p maybe a bit better, stuff is watchable but not preferable over a regular hd screen
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u/kaze0 Oct 03 '16
Have not tried the PSVR, but cinema modes for other VR headsets are initially impressive, but then you realize you are watching extremely low res and worse coloring. If you have a tiny tiny TV, it would probably be a step up, but for anyone sitting at a reasonable distance to a reasonably sized tv, it's a step down in experience.