Reminds me of a facebook post
“I do fpv so i get hot chick then i look at video of me with goggles moving like stevie wonder and i still look for woman”
Cheers Steve. That is a good to know and very nice of you to offer 
I may take you up on it 
Since posting my question, there is a shed load of info in this thread that I need to read … and then spend some time doing some research.
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“fpv goggles for blind fat men with big heads”
No problem Chris just let me know if you want to 
Just put some of them up in the for sale section 
Since yesterday PM, I have read and watched a shed load of info on FPV goggles. It has been like an FPV ‘Matrix Style’ download 
… starting with the great info provided in this thread, thank you Joshua Bardwell and Mad’s Tech have been very helpful too.
I must have decided on a set several times now, only to talk myself out of it, due to one reason or another. I have also realised that if I am seriously considering FPV, rather than choose the right pair of goggles for my new analogue quad, now is the right time to decide whether analogue is the right option for me - or whether digital is the way to go.
From what I can tell (forgetting my naïve £200 budget for a minute), is that a decent set of OLEDs will cost upwards of £400. Many of which don’t include the receiver, and all will need antennae replacement. And to get a decent analogue picture, HD Zero is available. But even that doesn’t come close to the DJI digital setup - which I did have briefly a year ago, and can recall the amazing picture quality.
This video shows a great comparison between the options …
Basically, I am unsure whether investing £500+ in analogue is the right move for me. Although not ruling it out. I know the Shark Byte HD upgrade is available for some of the newer analogue goggles. But I am not that impressed with the footage that I’ve seen, yes it’s better, but not amazing. That said, investing in the DJI setup would cost just shy of £1K, including the v2 goggles, controller and caddx system.
Being new to FPV, now is the best time for me to decide analogue or digital, a choice that would no doubt save money in the long run 
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Yeah, myself I went… I’m not buying DJI… I don’t like the company and I don’t like all sorts of things about the DJI system… I fly with my son and two sets of DJI goggles would be a pain, cost… no good sharing of signal etc. I use tinywhoops, so having to use them with analog… etc… etc… I have a load of quads, upgrading them all will be expensive.
So I decided to get a decent set of analog goggles with good HDMI input so I can use sharkbyte/hd zero or whatever digital system orqua comes up with… No way was I investing in digital when it’s so in flux.
I know what you mean about HDZero… It is better than analog, but nowhere near as good as DJI… but don’t want almost every other thing about DJI… I just don’t like it. So I’m sticking with analog for now… To be fair HDZero will have to produce a cheap VRX and/or improve in some way before I buy into it.
Analog is fine for me… I stick an HD camera on for nice video. I do miss not being able to go into what Bardwell calls “scraggle”, but I can live with that.
I don’t feel like I’ve invested my money in analog goggles… they’re just goggles. They have HDMI… they can’t do DJI, but I doubt any other VRX will not support HDMI.
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So I’ve travelled this path recently.
I toyed with the hd zero vs DJI route for a few months and have also had a couple of analogue goggles sets along the way.
Any route you take in fpv is always gonna cost more.
I decided to go for the DJI fpv - my reasoning was that I then had a great set of goggles that I could enable me to migrate my analogue fleet to digital and an fpv drone that I’ve enjoyed flying and has a significant range advantage vs my freestyle set up.
I also bought this on 12 months interest free which is something that isn’t available on many hd set ups.
I still have a few analogue drones that I can fly using a digi adapter with my DJI goggles so kind of have the best of both worlds tbh.
One thing I will say is that digital is better in most circumstances but still can have drawbacks such as latency issues and screen freezing.
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Missing OSD elements for me… I like my GPS on-screen, etc…
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I opted to use tbs crossfire and bought a tango 2 that I use on all of my drones.
I’m not sure on the cost vs DJI controller but gave me more options and can be used with both digital and analogue quads.
You do have betaflight osd on DJI.
I have satellites, range, speed, home direction, battery and LQ in my goggles.
Just can’t see it on recordings.
A good point… controller does make a difference…
Being a bit of a hacker I decided to go with the current latest fad, which is rather inexpensive as well.
ExpressLRS, Jumper T-Lite and cheap and tiny HappyModel RXes
(Note I would not buy the Jumper T-Pro… what were they thinking? Radiomaster Zorro would be my current choice)
So what’s all this guff about canvas mode… etc.
Oh and GPS on recordings is kind of part of the point…
So most things carry over but some have had to be hacked or require some work arounds like the LQ fix.
It’s not ideal but it works well.
I believe canvas mode will allow it to work exactly as in analogue goggles and will be visible on recordings too
Lovely… Did I mention I didn’t like DJI as a company?
Recently hackers have managed to get root access on the goggles. This potentially opens up a whole world of possibilities (although nothing useful yet) but developers now can basically apply any new features they want once they get their heads around the coding. Exciting times for DJI goggle users 
I’m indifferent.
Their tech has always worked well for me and I’ve had no bad experiences so far…
Their camera drones are market leaders and I’ve had several.
In the fpv world my experience has been good so far and like all alternatives could be improved.
Personally I feel some further development and improvements like canvas would be welcome but they are the market leader in terms of sales so most others are playing catch up.
DJI have already released a firmware to block the root access to the goggles so advice at the moment is not to upgrade goggle firmware. The new firmware blocks access and prevents rollback to previous versions
Why? Have I made a mistake? 
I am torn. As I don’t like the way DJI is going. They have just done similar on the camera drones; Mini 2, Air 2S and M3. And it would appear they are at it again with the FPV kit too. If I buy something, it’s mine, and as such, I should be able to do what I want to it - and not be dictated to by the seller.