i noticed a lot of pics in this forum showed people who had the ambient lights, and now i extremley desire them as well. any ideas? it would make the gaming experience even better. Not to mention watching movies

Why don't you PM or post a reply in that thread?

Personally, I go through a lot of effort to have no light in the room except the TV/display itself (either hiding components or covering up the lights on them with tape), and can't imagine anyone wanting a bunch of ambient light in the room. But that's my opinion.

just get a 16" or so fluorescent light from like lowes.... then get a 6k or 6.5k bulb.

or

LED rope light

or

LED strips..... ikea, costco, etc.

or

cold cathodes for PC, w/ a 12v convertor.










costco has these, they're made by cyron, and the whole kit is around $50
http://lh5.google.com/videocam/R22TnyuQPmI/AAAAAAAAAzE/jSqtPKh_YBU/Photo_122207_001.jpg?imgmax=512

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/Thug541/DSC03430.jpg

You might also be interested in a product called the "Ideal-Lume" from CinemaQuest.

Why don't you PM or post a reply in that thread?

Personally, I go through a lot of effort to have no light in the room except the TV/display itself (either hiding components or covering up the lights on them with tape), and can't imagine anyone wanting a bunch of ambient light in the room. But that's my opinion.

Soft ambient light behind a display reduces eye-strain and improves PQ in a darkened room.

Soft ambient light behind a display reduces eye-strain and improves PQ in a darkened room.

Yea I have an ideal-lume kit behind my tv and it does cut down on eyestrain in a dark room,looks pretty cool too I think.

I got mine from Ikea. DIODER
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50119407

My old DLP TV emits light out of the back. Looks cool.

You can also get rope lights, which is what I wound up doing on my plasma.

http://www.pegasusassociates.com/products/RopeLights/RopeLights.html

I don't use it all the time, only for certain movies and the like.

-JR

You should research first, depending on the room, tv, and viewing distance ambient back lighting might hurt picture quality.

Unless that is you just want to do it because it looks cool.

well now that i see what my options are I am torn between the ikea dioder and the cyrons from costco. now my question is weather they change colors just individually or if the colors blend when they change to create the next color. Oh and I am interested in them because I would like to reduce eye strain at night, and also because they seem to add an extra quality to the whole viewing experience.

I have the Costco lights. You can adjust the brightness and color and lock it on the combo you like. It cycles through the different colors and brightness and you just stop it when you see the color you like. Comes with mounting brackets and double sided stickers to mount the light tubes where you want them. Not bad for the price.

The point of the back light isn't only eye-strain reduction, but also to use the 6k or 6.5k or whatever the "pure" white light standard is to improve PQ through "correct color perception".

Something like that. They go into it pretty deep on the display forums here. Something about it you use a colored backlight then your acclimate to that color and it completely throws off your perceived colors and can make your movies look like arse. I've been wanting to do a backlight on my set as a low priority thing, and if I ever do I'll go with the "pure white" option. Regular off-the-shelf lights aren't spot on, and the videophile ones aren't that much more expensive. Like just a couple of bucks.

The point of the back light isn't only eye-strain reduction, but also to use the 6k or 6.5k or whatever the "pure" white light standard is to improve PQ through "correct color perception".

Something like that. They go into it pretty deep on the display forums here. Something about it you use a colored backlight then your acclimate to that color and it completely throws off your perceived colors and can make your movies look like arse. I've been wanting to do a backlight on my set as a low priority thing, and if I ever do I'll go with the "pure white" option. Regular off-the-shelf lights aren't spot on, and the videophile ones aren't that much more expensive. Like just a couple of bucks.


most "grow light" bulbs are pretty damn close to 6500k