I'm resurrecting this thread in hopes of more data
I've been flying FPV for just about a year, using my Bixler, with 1.2g tx/rx and IBCrazy clover's. My camera is the SecuityCam2000.
For my ground station viewing, I started with an Easycap and my trusty laptop, but found that I could only fly late in the evening when the sun was low (and I would fly with the sun in my face to limit the glare). Bottom line, I couldn't get a clear/consistent view of my screen as I was always fighting glare, even from inside of a giant cardboard box.
Next, I moved to a 7" Haier TV inside a shadow box built from PVC and Depron. This has worked well, and has been my "go to" for the last several months.
The original Flitetest video from Chad's Twinstar flying through the clouds is what got me sunk into this segment of our hobby... and I am still craving that "immersive" feel of flying. SO I hinted excessively and my wife/kids pooled their resources to buy me my first goggles for my bday this last Sunday. The got the Fatshark Predators!
Hoooo-boy I was so excited. Skipped church and went out to my "big" flying area to try them out for the first time. The wind was up a little, but I didn't care. Set everything up just as easy as could be and as soon as the goggles were in place....
Slightly disappointed. The image from my Haier was significantly better. The field of view in the Predators seemed overly small, as if I was looking at a 4 or 5" screen... at a slightly greater distance than the depth of my shadow box for the Haier. On top of that, I had to adjust to goggles to create a little distance from my right eye from the screen, otherwise the upper right corner of the display would be blurry (couldn't read any of the osd output on that side). The colors weren't as true, and there seemed to be excessive white wash of the geographic features.
So... poop. I flew the remaining flight looking at the Haier instead, thinking that it must be something I wasn't doing right and that I'd trouble shoot when I got home.
Yesterday I read 200+ pages of forum notes on goggles, and frankly I'm still just as confused.
Should I scrap these for Dominators? Go with the HK/Turnigy set and fly with a bag over my head? Try to find Headplays somewhere? Every episode of Flitetest has the Josh's and Chad strapping on their "cool guy" goggles... I want to be cool too!
Let me know your thoughts.
Orcoz (Greg)