idratherbe
Skid Plates
- Location
- North Shore, MA
Added some LED'S to my house. They can be any color I want not just RGB.
LED'S, they're not just for your X
- Thread starter idratherbe
- Start date
- Location
- Gulfport, MS
^^hahahaha, for his wife's sake, I hope he doesn't either!
slantyshanty
Bought an X
- Location
- 'Merica (DFW)
Had to double take your pics in... About 15+ years ago my room looked remarkably similar to yours. Plants with funny lights and all...
idratherbe
Skid Plates
- Location
- North Shore, MA
Lol, ya all those Yucca plants started from one that I bought many years ago.
Jack Stilts
Skid Plates
- Location
- Michigan
Prime, as the resident LED nutjob, I expect updated pictures of your house after this project is finished.
thecoalition
Call me Daddy
- Location
- Richmond, Va
The problem with leds being a single color behind a tv is that the point of ambient lighting is to match the dominant color on your screens so it splashes against the back wall. This takes your eye's focus off of the singular point of light (the screen) and reduces strain. That said, if you are going to do behind tv or monitor leds, you should really go with a smarter led system than one you would have to manually change each time.
Last year or the year before someone was marketing a TV that did exactly what you're talking about. LED's on the back of the TV would project ambient light onto the wall behind the TV that would dynamically match the screen edge colors for any given screen picture. I think it may have been a SHARP Aquos. It was a cool effect, but ultimately a gimmick that no one really needed.
EDIT: I was worng. It wasn't a TV itself that did it, but an add-on called Lightpack. I saw it on Kickstarter. It is available HERE for anyone who is interested. I might look into it myself, since I am about to get a new TV.
Cruecible
Titan Swapped / SAS'd
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
I'm pretty sure you're right about the TV having it built in though... I remember a couple of years ago there were at least two brands that had the feature, I thought it was kinda corny when I saw it at best buy. I can't find anything on it through google, however.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
Hah! Of course you realize that I have already done this in certain places in my house. I'll grab some pics when I get home.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
LG marketed a TV a few years ago that did that. Nobody bought it.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
That looks freaking awesome. Well done.Added some LED'S to my house. They can be any color I want not just RGB.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
The bed.
It kinda floats. So it needed some LEDs.
These are some LED bars that are RGB and can be any color I want. I have bunches of RGB strip in the garage that I have yet to purpose.
Except this.... Which is actually in the garage
Also an RGB strip. But it wasn't quite long enough to make it all the way around the tv. Whatever. Garage.
It kinda floats. So it needed some LEDs.
These are some LED bars that are RGB and can be any color I want. I have bunches of RGB strip in the garage that I have yet to purpose.
Except this.... Which is actually in the garage
Also an RGB strip. But it wasn't quite long enough to make it all the way around the tv. Whatever. Garage.
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metzican
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Lafaytte, la
The bed.
It kinda floats. So it needed some LEDs.
These are some LED bars that are RGB and can be any color I want. I have bunches of RGB strip in the garage that I have yet to purpose.
Mood Light for the Lady, LED's to turn on Prime. Two for the price of one.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
No comment.
thecoalition
Call me Daddy
- Location
- Richmond, Va
Lightpack is not meant for regular TV. It needs an OS to install the software on. So unless you have a media center pc, no dice. On the other hand, I saw light pack when it first hit kick starter and it is pretty awesome. I just haven't bought one yet...surprisingly.
metzican
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Lafaytte, la