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I received my Uneekor QED on Friday and have only had a brief amount of time to play with, but here are my first impressions:
- Doug Bybee at Uneekor is great to work with. Very responsive to emails and followed up quickly to any questions I had.
- Austin Lee at Uneekor is great as well. Any technical questions I had were answered quickly, and Austin connected remotely into my Sim PC on Saturday to look at a resolution issue.
- Speaking of resolution, the QED software does not like a 4:3 aspect ratio. I run my PC at 1280 x 960 and mirror that resolution to my projector. QED_IGNITE (the fitting software) has 1280 x 960 as a resolution option, but will not run at this resolution and always switches to a lower resolution in a non fullscreen window. QED_REFINE (the practice and course software) only offers 1024 x 768 and 1920 x 1080 as available resolution options. While the 1024 x 768 is a 4:3 aspect, it does not scale correctly and merely takes the normal 1920 x 1080 widescreen image and squishes it down to 1024 x 768. Not a huge deal, except when you look at the ball analysis screen the golf ball is no longer round and its obvious the image is being squeezed. This is disappointing, as all other sim software I have run (FR1, FSX, TGC, TGC 2019, E6, JNPG) have worked at a 4:3 aspect ratio without issue. According to Austin, "It looks like the system runs best at 1920x1080 resolution and 16:9 ratio. I confirmed with our team and this is recommended. I did this for Refine software as well."
- Protee wants $95 for a 'Hardware Platform Transfer' to allow TGC 2019 to work with the Uneekor QED, as my current TGC 2019 license is configured for my GC2. I'm trying to get Protee to let me use TGC with both launch monitors, at least for a short period of time, so I can do some gameplay testing.
- My initial testing with both the QED and GC2 running have the QED with shorter carry distances. Ball speed, spin and launch angles are all very similar, but carry is off, sometimes by as much as 10%. I'll do some real testing when I have some time and follow up with actual numbers. I am also curious if this discrepancy will carry over to TCG, or if TCG only uses ball speed, spin and launch angle from the launch monitor and calculates its own distances.
- The short game practice with QED_REFINE is great and the ball physics seem to be pretty close to real life.
- The course play with QED_REFINE leaves a lot to be desired compared to the other course play software that is available in the sim market. There is no hole flyover, so you're hitting shots just relying on the small minimap for navigation. There is no yardage indicator on the minimap. Aiming is very difficult, as it has to be done with the arrow keys (no mouse aiming) and moves 5-10% each time you press a key. If you change your aim while putting, it's nearly impossible to move your aim back to dead center. Putting distance is in yards, no matter how close you are to the hole. The only play mode is stroke play. I've only played 3 holes so I will comment more once I have played a couple of rounds.
- The QED is ceiling mounted. It has a physical switch to turn the unit on and off. As my outlets are in the ceiling, I don't have a power cord running down to a surge protector or anything that I could use as a reachable on/off switch. I'm currently using a golf club to turn the unit on and off but I'll need to come up with a long term solution.
- The power supply for the QED is large external power adapter. I realize that this is a native Korean piece of hardware, but it would be nice if there wasn't a 3 piece power cord (cable that plugs into the QED, adapter that plugs into the cable, adapter that plugs into the power supply). Again, unit on ceiling, outlet on ceiling, makes cable management a bit of a challenge.
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