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>Objectively
Nah. Besides the Q2, Vive Pro 2 has vastly better colors and screen with slightly wider hFoV as a trade off for narrower vertical, plus 120hz. And its price has dropped like a rock in most places. The OG Vive Pro has the same FoV as the Index when you use a very cheap set of replacement foam, but has OLED colors if you prefer that and less glare, though bit worse SDE due to pentile arrangement. Pimax significantly wider FoV and either higher hz or clarity and colors depending on which model you get, with the lower one being close to Index tier price, but they do have some jank. Reverb G2 has lower FoV and worse tracking, but it's also half the price as has the same audio system, alongside much better colors and sharper clarity. Aside from the Pimax 8k X on that list, almost all those examples are fairly close to the Index in price or cheaper

The Index's greatest strengths right now are its audio, both the headphones and the microphone, which admittedly have not been surpassed and so for youtube shills and streamers that's a big plus. But aside from those the resolution isn't great, the colors are total ass, and its got blinding amounts of glare. Don't misunderstand me, when the Index released in 2019 it was a pretty fucking amazing headset and even for another 1-2 years after that it was a top contender, there weren't too many options which didn't seriously compromise or were a lot more expensive. But in the current year there's more options, things have fallen in price, or we've got some interesting stuff on the horizon at least waiting out the rest of the year for.