Ambilight, Govee... Worth it?
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For a number of years I had a standard Hue light strip for TV backlighting but a month or so ago I replaced it with the Lytmi Fantasy 3 setup. It uses a HDMI passthrough box opposed to a camera setup like Gove, personally I think it's brilliant.
It can handle up to 8K@60Hz or 4K@120Hz and the responsiveness is lightning fast; for both movies and gaming it really helps with immersion and is not distracting in the slightest.
My daughter has a Hue Ambilight TV and I'd say the Lytmi far out performs it. Can highly recommend it.
It can handle up to 8K@60Hz or 4K@120Hz and the responsiveness is lightning fast; for both movies and gaming it really helps with immersion and is not distracting in the slightest.
My daughter has a Hue Ambilight TV and I'd say the Lytmi far out performs it. Can highly recommend it.
That looks pretty good, don't think that was available when I was looking
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Yeah its fairly new, I placed a pre-order and had to wait a couple of months for it to be released/dispatched.
I got the Govee T2 about a month ago on a whim. My experience:
- It's VERY dependent on what you're watching, and it mostly doesn't enhance the viewing experience a huge amount.
- It is nice on bright/colourful movies, in particular animated movies like Into the Spider-Verse, Akira are nice, and Blade Runner 2049 and similar films it's decent with. I don't go overboard though - my brightness is usually at like 20% and the saturation I've set really low (<5%)
- The T2 is reactive using a small camera you place on top of the TV (though you can mount it underneath as I have). There is a small but noticeable lag when it changes colour, which might drive you insane if you focus too hard on it.
- When watching something that doesn't need it, it can be somewhat distracting e.g. a person shows up on screen, there'll be an isolated patch of reddish/orangey light following their skin/head.