I am thinking of adding some bling for my Sammy PLasma and so far there are 2 options:
1) LED Strip Lights - Ikea Dioder
2) LED Rope Light

Has anyone here added some bling to their TVs? Does it really improve PQ and reduce eye strain? One more question, where can I get the LED Rope lights? That's the cheaper option to Ikea's Dioder.

This thread will also be used to post your TV blink-blink and exchange ideas.

This post has been edited by DemonTweakZ: Apr 16 2010, 12:47 PM

see my led backlight...bought at Ikea...can do fade effect between color...



but defineatly cannot improve picture quality as it only added color to back of the tv only....

You're a heavly load lad ..loaded setup there..

another person with all 3 major gaming consoles

....or r u the same person

Got it from Ikea? Still selling ah? I wanna do that as well.

I read around some blogs and forums that having an ambient light will improve the colour because of our eye's perception. Some use LEDs and some use standard tubes (6500K). I should be going for LEDs unless there is a proper reason why we need 6500K light. Any ideas?

I added the LED lights bought from Ikea (the more expensive one which can change colour!). Overall, still prefer to use the white light (so no need for multi colour which costs RM100 more).

Improve viewing condition? IMHO, better and more soothing to the eye. Marginally better in the colour on the LCD. For me, I see slight improvement in dark scenes, looks darker in my crappy LCD TV!

Thanks. Yeah I also plan to get the LED lights but currently they cost RM199 for 4 strips which I think is a little bit too pricy. Was thinking of getting rope lights to save $$$. But so far can't source them online so might have to go to a lighting shop. Any ideas?

go Brothers accessories shop to get the LED strips

they are 12V though

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This post has been edited by ryansia: Mar 3 2010, 12:22 PM

I bought LED Dioder at Ikea last time for RM300++...quite pricey I think...

Wonder how you mount the LED light, have a picture?

don't have picture...but its easy to mount...the led comes with highly sticky double sided tape...so just stick it to back of the tv...

cool. i wanna try la for bling bling purpose

Poor man's Philips Ambilight...

*CABUTS*

haha exactly but hey who cares

Not really. Am using it for bias lighting only. Don't want it to change colours or anything fancy. Just white 6500k bias led back lighting.

The main problem is that it is very difficult to actually find 6500K light. Even when it says 6500K, it is mostly not. I use bias lighting in my setup and use CinemaQuest Ideal Lume. I tested many lights that claimed to be 6500K but they mostly were either 8000K or 4500K. It is also important that the bias lighting be D65 and not only 6500K.

Anyway, it also depends on the wall behind ur display. If the wall is not neutral white or neutral grey, then it is another problem.

If TV is wall mounted, how to do?

My display is wall mounted. No problems.

The purpose I think is to trick our eyes.

With ambient light, our pupil will constrict a bit, as compared with full dilatation in total darkness. In full dilatation, it absorb more light, as a result, the dark LCD will be more 'greyish', so leads to lesser 'black' in a dark scene.

In addition to that, usually bright LCD image in a dilated pupils will give rise to more visual fatique for the viewer.

So ambient light at the back of LCD will not only constrict our pupil, providing more black imagery in dark scene, also it gives less visual fatique for prolonged viewing.

Must be using thin light or you have a space between your display & wall. Not using normal bracket i think.