LED light for Media Wall - Sync with TV?

mast3r · 27 Oct 2022 at 11:59

Folks, we are in the final stages of our extension project and another thing i need to sort out is the LED lighting for the media wall, we have 6 niches of 1100W x 350D x400H.
We have an LG C1 77" to go in and a Sonos Arc.
I need some inspiration on what to do about lights.
1) Standard GU10 spot in each one?
2) Hue or equivalent LED spot?
3) Hue or equivalent led strips?

I know we can get light sync boxes for the TV but the lighting is usually behind the TV etc, i was wondering if we can do this for the niches and have them colour change in line with the content n TV?

mast3r · 27 Oct 2022 at 12:01

Semple · 27 Oct 2022 at 12:02

I think you can mimic the sync box with also the normal hue strips. I've seen a few people demo this kind of setup.

jpaul · 27 Oct 2022 at 16:59

mast3r said:
I know we can get light sync boxes for the TV but the lighting is usually behind the TV etc

doesn't the bias lighting need to be behind the TV so that it's haloeing and indirect ..
I have a much simpler setup but had ordered some 6400K daylight bulbs in high 90% + CRI specification (so they are really daylight) which afaik hue does not meet,
that seems recommended with the HD rec709 video (don't know about rec2020)
you can get purpose strips medialight, but I was trying a cheaper option first.

jamief · 28 Oct 2022 at 09:21

Govee T1 and some additional strips/lights can do this

jpaul · 28 Oct 2022 at 10:05

saw a relevant (subjective) reddit discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/BiasLights...anyone_used_the_govee_white_6500k_led_strips/

When I first installed the Govee, I had no idea what accurate 6500 K, (or a high CRI) has to look like. I am, however, extremely sensitive to lighting in general and spend a lot of time and thoughts about what lights I use in my apartment, where I use it and how it makes me feel. And I knew upon turning it on for the first time, that the Govee strip won't make me happy as I could sense the green tint (the vendor on Amazon Germany has answered questions about the CRI with >80 by the way). Honestly, the difference between the two does not look as drastic in reality as it looks in the pictures, but it "feels" very different. Hard to explain. The Govee strip made me feel uncomfortable, it gave me those basement vibes and even when turned all the way up, it still feels very dull.

This isn't the case with the LX1. I admit when I first unboxed it and plugged it in, I thought: Um, well great, was that really worth the 20$ int. shipping? But now I can say yes, absolutely. The Govee strip isn't terrible, it's very well built and doesn't feel cheap at all. I managed to get it off my TV in one piece and will be using it for some other projects. But yeah. Now you know haha.

Haggisman · 28 Oct 2022 at 13:47

mast3r said:
Folks, we are in the final stages of our extension project and another thing i need to sort out is the LED lighting for the media wall, we have 6 niches of 1100W x 350D x400H.
We have an LG C1 77" to go in and a Sonos Arc.
I need some inspiration on what to do about lights.
1) Standard GU10 spot in each one?
2) Hue or equivalent LED spot?
3) Hue or equivalent led strips?

I know we can get light sync boxes for the TV but the lighting is usually behind the TV etc, i was wondering if we can do this for the niches and have them colour change in line with the content n TV?

Hue play bars can go wherever you want in the room* and will sync with the HDMI sync box (or PC app), in the app you can choose their position in relation to the TV

* assuming you have power obviously

hornetstinger · 28 Oct 2022 at 21:14

Don't have colour changing, stick with 6500k white bias light

lucid · 29 Oct 2022 at 05:10

Have you looked into the way these things work? It makes a difference if you plan to do most of your viewing from the TV tuner or its built-in apps.

There are three options:
* buy a Philips Ambilight TV and the appropriate Hue accessories. Now the TV will drive the lighting from anything displayed onscreen, and that's regardless of whether its an external source or internal to the TV

* buy a Hue Sync box. This will drive the lights, but the source has to be external.to the TV (some higher-end gaming features may not be supported such as higher refresh rate)

* buy the Govee solution. The little selfie-stick camera 'reads' the TV picture, so the system works with any source. However, you only get the best result in dimmed ambient lighting,and the Govee lights lack the colour saturation of the Philips Hue ones