It looks like the FatShark HDO2's and Orqa's have some new competition coming with the Skyzone SKY04X OLED goggles which features Skyzone's own "fusion" technology receiver (similar to ImmersionRC RapidFire / TBS Fusion) included as part of the package. This seems to be a really good deal for analogue users. We will have to await some reviews from the usual suspects to see how they fair against the competition.


SKYZONE SKY04X OLED 5.8GHz 48CH Diversity FPV Goggles with DVR

https://shop.makerfire.com/products/skyz...s-with-dvr

Introduction:

The SKY04X is first Skyzone goggle with focus adjustment, the 1280*960 high resolution screen have vivid color and high contrast ration, pilot can see more details in the racing. With SKYFUSION receiver, the receiver merge two signal to one, avoid image tearing and rolling, make image more stable and clear in challenging condition. The new designed optics have focus adjustment feature and 46 degree Field of view, gives pilots more immersive FPV experience. The new OS with 10 languages to set select, pilot have no trouble with the menu system, with shuttle wheel and new user interface, pilot can set all the setting just by rolling the wheel without take off the goggles.

• ETA: Early November 2020
  
• Price: $499.99
  

Specifications:

• Model: SKY04X
  
• Screen: OLED
  
• Resolution: 1280*960
  
• FOV (Diagonal): 46°
  
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3 / 16:9
  
• Focus: 0~-6 adjustable
  
• Interpupillary distance (IPD): 58-71mm
  
• Receiver: 5.8Ghz 48CH SKYFUSION Receiver
  
• Language: 10 Language
  
• Power Supply: DC 6.5-25.2V / USB 5V
  
• Power Consumption: 720mA at 12V
  
• DVR: H264, 30fps, MOV6Mbps, SD Card support up to 128Gb
  
• Head Tracker: 3-axis Accelerometer, 3-axisgyroscope
  
• Dimentions: 185*75*67mm
  
• Weight: 267g
  
• Available Colors: White, Black, Red & Gray
  

Manual:

• https://cdn.shopifycdn.net/s/files/1/300...N_V1.2.pdf
  

   

Great specs! 46° FOV is enormous. Finally, the skyzone added module bays. I wonder if Skyzone will support quad diversity with two populated receivers? If they can get the RSSI from both modules, then why not?
IRC RapidFIRE, Eachine RapidMix, Foxeer WildFire, TBS FUSION, Skyzone SKYFUSION. See the pattern?

And somehow I suspect the Skyzone SKYFUSION module is the SAME as Eachine RapidMix.
Here are some pictures of the Eachine RapidMix. Try to find some clues...

Looks great . Big FOV, Focus adjustment ( Orqa ...where are you? ), built in diversity receiver with another bay and probably better DVR than Fatshark HDO2.

If this had come out 8 months ago, i would probably get it instead of HDO2 and Orqa.

Look exactly like the eachine EV300o goggles announced back in August.

https://www.eachine.com/Eachine-EV300O-1...-1997.html

Only spec difference seems to be the screen choice.

There is some talk that eachine has gone to Skyzone to build their goggles now.

power button the side.. awesome!

why do they have to release these so soon after i bought my SKY03O goggles??!?! 

the built in module bay makes these SO tempting instead of having to deal with the bulky add-on module bay. although at this price they're directly competing with FS HDO2, and getting real close to orqa pricing. the included receiver isn't really a factor to me since i have a rapidfire module already. 

(15-Oct-2020, 06:58 PM)fakts13 Wrote: why do they have to release these so soon after i bought my SKY03O goggles??!?! 

the built in module bay makes these SO tempting instead of having to deal with the bulky add-on module bay. although at this price they're directly competing with FS HDO2, and getting real close to orqa pricing. the included receiver isn't really a factor to me since i have a rapidfire module already. 

Skyzone SKY03O is still awesome pair of goggle dude. I should't be pissed off for that. Just enjoy your time with your goggles.

(14-Oct-2020, 01:27 PM)montis Wrote: Great specs! 46° FOV is enormous. Finally, the skyzone added module bays. I wonder if Skyzone will support quad diversity with two populated receivers? If they can get the RSSI from both modules, then why not?
IRC RapidFIRE, Eachine RapidMix, Foxeer WildFire, TBS FUSION, Skyzone SKYFUSION. See the pattern?

Fun fact: Skyzone changed their module name from SKYFUSION to SteadyView. Probably was too similar to TBS FUSION.

Everyone was saying the Orqa's were going to be the FatShark killers but that didn't turn out to be the case because even with all the features that the Orqa's offer, you still always see most of the prominent people in FPV using FatSharks. However, I think SKyzone may actually end up taking the FatShark killer crown their SKY04X goggle release. The review of the Eachine EV300O that JB posted yesterday shows that the Eachine's are better than the HDO2's other than raw screen resolution and FOV, but the SKY04X goggles fix that.

It looks like the performance of the Eachine RapidMix / Skyzone SteadyView module is also on par with the ImmersionRC RapidFIRE and TBS Fusion modules which is amazing for a module that comes bundled with the Eachine EV300O / Skyzone SKY04X goggles.

(15-Oct-2020, 06:58 PM), fakts13 Wrote: why do they have to release these so soon after i bought my SKY03O goggles??!?! 

the built in module bay makes these SO tempting instead of having to deal with the bulky add-on module bay. although at this price they're directly competing with FS HDO2, and getting real close to orqa pricing. the included receiver isn't really a factor to me since i have a rapidfire module already. 

Newer isn't always better. Breath a sigh of relief, because you still have the best goggles from Skyzone. Thankfully I have the 03Os too, to fall back on. Id have lost my mind if these 04x were my only goggles... Anyway, below are my initial thoughts on the 04X goggles (which I copied here, with minor edits, from the blog comment where I first wrote them.)

After a great year with the SKY03O, I just received my black 04X. The goggles are super bulky/chunky, awkwardly big at module areas, and the fit is not good. The wide face plate on the 03O feels like a tailored fit, while on the 04X it is sloppy, and too wide at the edges, the narrow plate too small. Wide plate fit is okay at center of face, outward, until the area just outside both eyes, where it quits hugging, the contact pressure fades away, and the fit just loses contact out off the side of my face, making them feel insecure when worn. The receiver module I received is not usable, suffering from a massive color and frame glitch, then progressing to a downshifted, continuous right to left rolling frame. This happens after a minute or so of clear video, the glitch lasts about 30 seconds, then returns to clear video for a minute or so before repeating the cycle. Switch to 03O goggles and everything is great. I got a fusion module to try to make the 04X usable and there is not a chance it will fit (this was not mentioned anywhere prior to purchasing.) The bay is too small top to bottom, and the pins are at least 3-4mm out of alignment. The relocated 04X power button is small, and has been made flush with the goggle housing, so finding it by feel is difficult, making it fiddly to operate (at least for now.) The plastic housin lots of rough/not clean edges, and a lower quality overall fit and finish compared to 03O, and there’s a small, random Philips screw sticking out slightly, installed at a crooked angle, upward into the “ceiling” of the 3rd party module bay.. With the focus adjust, you lose the ability to put a flat/zero diopter over the lenses for protection. The flat diopter in the 03O is easy to wipe clean, and can be replaced if they get worn, where the 04X has nearly half spherical lenses that are difficult to completely clean, and seem to be much softer plastic than the diopters in the 03O. The IPD and the focus adjustments shift/get bumped/or jiggled slightly out of position during regular use/handling of the goggles, often requiring small readjustments each time I pull them down onto my face. These seriously are not good in their current form, mine in particular are literally unusable since the module doesn't work right. I can’t even comment on the bigger field of view because i haven’t gotten to use them properly. I can’t believe Skyzone had Eachine build the 04X for them. Seriously though, the wide, sloppy fit, and cheap finish of the 04X feels very much like my Eachine EV200D which were meh (and cost $300 and lasted 35 days before a screen failed.) I struggle to understand how these are the new “gold standard,” in goggles, unless mine are just an outlier. So far, I 've seen more to suggest they are basically public beta. I didn't' know Skyzone did that, or Id have waited. Maybe I got a particularly bad pair.

Note: This review was originally a comment I made on a blog post. I just copied it to here to get the discussion going, start/add to public record of first hand experience (that can potentially balance out the biased reviews done by paid to praise influencers,) and so that people considering spending $500 like I did, can be a little more informed before they make a decision. In their current form, I wouldn't pay more than $100, actually, I just wouldn't by them at all. With the buggy unusable receiver module, they aren't worth more than the materials which comprise them.

I have reached out to Skyzone about the receiver module a couple days ago. The bulk of my oberservations have been made since then,as I wait for a reply, so they weren't included in the initial request for support.

That's disappointing to hear after some of the glowing reviews we've read online. I was also under the impression the the module bay was a standard size. Surely after releasing that clunky add-on bay for the Skyzone SKY03O goggles to take a standard module they would have made the module bay on the new SKY04X standard as well? If they didn't then Skyzone have made a grave design error with their new goggles if they are now effectively making it so you are forced to use only their modules.

The fit on the face is unfortunate but we seem to be seeing that on some goggles these days. Is the narrow faceplate still not narrow enough? I also have a narrow face and have similar issues with goggles, but thicker foam or some 3D-printed shims can usually fix that.

Please report back and let us know how Skyzone customer support treat you because if they are worth anything they should swiftly address all of your issues without question and either replace the goggles entirely or replace the module, becasse clearly one or both of those have manufacturing flaws on your particular set of goggles.

@Santiago, I ordered the sky04x's and you just scared the poop out of me. Maybe you got a dud because I see all the reviewers online with great pairs and their receivers seem to be working great...

Mine is still on preorder and won't even ship for a week or two so I have time to think (to cancel or not) although I can't bring myself to believe that those goggles could be so bad. From the pictures at least, I see that the finish quality on the grey one looks good. The face fitting is different for everyone so not too worried about that one. I could see how they might be bulkier on the sides but coming from box goggles will I see an improvement regardless? Please correct me on anything.

Perhaps you just got a bad pair but I am curious if I should be alarmed at any possible problems that may come on my pair. And like snow said, tell us the aftermath of your situation.

(30-Nov-2020, 04:50 AM)HiThere Wrote: @Santiago, I ordered the sky04x's and you just scared the poop out of me. Maybe you got a dud because I see all the reviewers online with great pairs and their receivers seem to be working great...

Mine is still on preorder and won't even ship for a week or two so I have time to think (to cancel or not) although I can't bring myself to believe that those goggles could be so bad. From the pictures at least, I see that the finish quality on the grey one looks good. The face fitting is different for everyone so not too worried about that one. I could see how they might be bulkier on the sides but coming from box goggles will I see an improvement regardless? Please correct me on anything.

Perhaps you just got a bad pair but I am curious if I should be alarmed at any possible problems that may come on my pair. And like snow said, tell us the aftermath of your situation.

Scaring you is definitely not my goal. And while I am dissappointed, and definitely feel absolutely burned for $500, I am striving to stay objective with how I communicate my observations. No doubt my personal experience has given me a slight bias, but with concious effort, I hope to limit the effect. 

With that said, I've provided here (in the sum of my posts,) the additional information that I would have liked to have, prior to purchase. I would have definitely held off. I have to guess that for sure I just received a 'bad pair,' but this is only in regard to the module. The remaining items in my critique, they first of all begin with the premise of $500, the precedent set by what I received for ~$500 previously (from the same manufacturer, Skyzone,) and how what I received most recently (04x,) compares to that precedent. This is the basic formula that has informed my expectations. The new need not by any means, technically be an iteration on the previous, but it absolutely must be on par in terms of general, overall value and function.

Regarding, "reviewers," my opinion I've shared already in one of the two 04x threads here. Suffice to say in most cases they are faced with a severe conflict of interest when it comes to presenting product information to potential buyers. Now, are these goggles 'so bad?' As mentioned, this is based on what you expect for the price you must pay. Read my posts in both threads. It will take you 10 minutes, and you'll get the clarity (on my observations, and opinions,) you want, for the decision you face. Fitment, quality of life aspects (as in whats required from the user, to use them, and maintain them,) etc.

Interesting you mention box goggles. Here is how I feel about box goggles: I have the FXT Viper 2's and flying with them is an absolute joy. I find the viewing experience superior to any compact goggle I've owned. The diversity receivers are excellent, and deliver an excellent video feed. There is nothing bad to say about them; they are truly phenomenal. The only thing left to discuss is the form factor; they are box goggles, and they are boxy af, in fact they are some of the boxiest out there, ime.. The form factor is not good, or bad, it simply is what it has to be, to deliver the experience it delivers. Okay, I seriously set out on this paragraph with the intention of making this short and sweet, something I am clearly, utterly incapable of doing, so let me just say this (based on my personal experience.) If you've never owned, or "daily drove" compact goggles, prepare yourself for the very real possibility you may be truly underwhelmed coming from box goggles. This of course depends on which BGs you come from, but remember, 'box,' does not equate to cheap/bad/poor/inferior; it simply means, 'roughly box shaped,' and also remember, compact goggles are a compromise. This is what compact *means*, always, in everything; it means you're giving something up, so that you can enjoy whatever unique benefits, some thing's compactness can bring you.

No need to remain "curious," about maybe being, "alarmed." Go read my short posts. I wrote them for me, and I wrote them for you. I think it's safe to assume there are at least a couple few people that were gonna write your same post, but they read mine first, and so were spared the effort.

(30-Nov-2020, 04:50 AM)HiThere Wrote: @Santiago, I ordered the sky04x's and you just scared the poop out of me. Maybe you got a dud because I see all the reviewers online with great pairs and their receivers seem to be working great...

Mine is still on preorder and won't even ship for a week or two so I have time to think (to cancel or not) although I can't bring myself to believe that those goggles could be so bad. From the pictures at least, I see that the finish quality on the grey one looks good. The face fitting is different for everyone so not too worried about that one. I could see how they might be bulkier on the sides but coming from box goggles will I see an improvement regardless? Please correct me on anything.

Perhaps you just got a bad pair but I am curious if I should be alarmed at any possible problems that may come on my pair. And like snow said, tell us the aftermath of your situation.

I suggest you to not cancel your order. I think he got a bad pair. I haven't seen any bad review on Youtube about the goggle. They are really good.