GOOVIS Pro VR Headset

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part 1

So I received this awhile ago and just held off on writing a review.
I bought this after trying out the Royole Moon 3D, and had to return that because it wouldn't update to latest version to enable 3D frame packing over the HDMI cable.
That being said, I had hopes for the Goovis considering how expensive it was. With Goovis touting it's SONY OLED screens. But I should have been suspicious of the lil to no reviews regarding the blu-ray 3D capabilities it supposedly possessed.

In short, the fact that they spell blu-ray like this says it all

【Blue -ray 3D 4K High Resolution】: Blue -ray 3D movies

I messaged GOOVIS on amazon several times prior to purchasing inquiring if they did indeed support 3D blu-ray frame packing over HDMI and they ensured me they did BUT only with the D3 controller that costs more. I even double checked on that information, so I have 3 replies from them stating ONLY WITH THE D3 controller. Well guess what? The D3 controller does not work with the HDMI in any configuration I tried. The tiny minimalistic manual it came with offered no solution.

The good news is, that it does support Blu-ray 3D frame packing with just the headset itself, but you don't need the D3 Controller. Which I find very very dishonest on GOOVIS's part.
And I could only get the headset to work AFTER I went online and saw the recommended configuration. Because there was nothing in the manual about it.
Although the top positive review from JJ Zhaung on amazon states this...

Power: The headset is powered through the HDMI cable.

...i'm gonna have to call complete utter BS on that. It does not power solely through the HDMI cable, it powers through a USB/HDMI splitter. The USB port being it's only power source. Hilariously enough, it states in the manual "USB/HDMI dong (FREE GIFT)"! When it simply does not work without it, so... it's a required accessory in order to work, not a gift (another red flag)

I had bought a HDMI 10ft extender in hopes I could test whatever new mobile theater headset I ended up getting in the comfort of my own chair, but I found myself uncomfortably slouching 3 feet away from my blu-ray player on the floor because the 10ft cable was rendered moot.

I tried every configuration I could think of with the D3 player in order for it to work with the HDMI input, but no dice.
If the HDMI does infact work with the D3 controller, it'll be great if someone showed me a graph or something. Because when I messaged Goovis about it, they ASKED ME to send them a picture of how I set it up. NO thx an eff off. It shouldn't be this difficult. You get an hour of my time.
The D3 controller is a media player with more picture settings (unfairly) exclusively to it. That's it.
But since I couldn't get the D3 controller to work with the HDMI cable, the only picture options I end up with are the ability to lower backlight on the headset alone.

Getting that headache out of the way, and unto the VR headset 3D blu-ray quality itself. I'm gonna have to say it's underwhelming. The picture quality is slightly better than the Moon headset. But considering that the Moon was initially only priced like $200 less at retail value than the Goovis, I am not surprised.
To be fair, the Royole Moon picture quality wasn't that bad IMO. The Goovis is brighter, but the color temp is way too warm/yellow. There are also digital artifacts present on the screen's I did not see on the Royole Moon.
Some banding/posterization/gradient issues, whatever you wanna call it. And another artifact I can't find the words to describe atm, but I saw a similar effect on my old LCD DLP tv. It'll probably come to me later.
But honestly, the digital artifacts are not as distracting as you would think, and only happen in certain types of scenes when watching a movie.
Surprisingly, this is the least offensive part about the image quality.

Along with that much too warm tone I can't adjust. Those earlier warner bros blu-ray 3D titles that they brightened up for the 3D conversion counterpart (edge of tomorrow/jupiter ascending/batman vs superman), or any movie with a intentional mild black level grade (star wars solo, Suicide Squad), goes to shit on the image processor for this headset. I don't know what it is. It's makes the blacks levels worse. And lowering the backlight merely tames it abit.
no shadow details, no contrast, no impactful 3D depth.

And I know it's the VR headset that is the problem, because the black levels of other movies that I was able to test like Resident Evil: Retribution/How To Train Your Dragon/Valerian/Avatar/The Martian etc look just fine. Although another mystery title that wreaks havoc on this set is Beowulf. It was always a dark grade on the blu-ray but it's the opposite of highlighted blacks, just black levels crushed to shit on this set. Daytime shots look fine though.

Would I say it's worth the 1k price tag though? No
Maybe If it dropped by $400-300. Naturally I returned it because I didn't appreciate being lied to by Goovis about the D3 Controller.