How to ensure I get new stock HP Reverb

[nickhod 425]

I'm seriously considering getting a HP Reverb. There are some reasonable deals here in the UK which are around £80 / $100 cheaper than buying direct from HP.

How do I know whether I'm getting a fixed / v1.5  version though? Were all the first batch recalled? Can you tell from the serial number?

 

[Quasimodo 505]

Interesting question. I'd like to know the answer to that one too. But I am in Canada

[nickhod 425]

I emailed HP directly. I'll post any response I get here.

[blueshark747 1,843]

I would not order from Amazon at this point

[nickhod 425]

Did some digging and serial numbers after 931, 932 or 933 are apparently the new batch (depending on who you believe).

 

[mwilk 1,106]

Buy it directly from HP. That way you're sure not to be getting the 1st gen Reverb that someone may have had in a warehouse. There's a HP employee on the Reverb reddit site that confirms the serial number check. That number is 2019 week 32. I think anything past week thirty is 2nd generation Reverb.

[Quasimodo 505]

I wonder if they will have a Black Friday sale. I am thinking that's when I will buy.

[SKEWR 364]

2 hours ago, Avidean said:

I wonder if they will have a Black Friday sale. I am thinking that's when I will buy.

I was just planning that myself. After the research I did, I decided on this headset. I'm ready to push the buy button, but hopefully, they have a sale. Can't wait to see how immersive this experience will be. 

[Quasimodo 505]

I bought the Odyssey+ on Black Friday last year for US$299. I just did a live chat with someone at HP Canada Website where they only have the Reverb Pro available for CAD$844 and no known plans to offer the consumer version. I'll look at going to Seattle for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend if there are going to be High Street deals to be had. But if Its going to cost me CAD$844 plus tax (that'll be a thousand) I'll pass. I do anticipate that its very good but not so much better than the Odyssey+ to be, for me, worth more than double what I paid for the Odyssey+. I'll keep my fingers crossed for about CAD$600. I'd pay that. Perhaps Samsung will release something before then. We'll see. 😁

[Quasimodo 505]

It looks like Samsung are busying themselves with AR so I don't hold out much hope for a new higher resolution Odyssey any time soon:

https://next.reality.news/news/samsung-doubles-down-ar-hardware-plans-with-smartglasses-patent-facebook-partnership-0209955/

[blueshark747 1,843]

omg they are gonna take over the corn game with this😂