Ambient Lighting for behind TV / PC Setup - Hardware & Software

Been seeing a lot of stuff like the picture below recently where people are using strips of LED's and attaching them to their TV's to create a nice effect behind them. I'd love to do something similar but I want to be able to change the colours. Is there a simplified method I could use or one product out there that would be suitable? I saw Philips now sell those "Hue" LED bulbs that you can change the colour of with an app. Something like that would be great but obviously it's a little excessive. [t]http://www.avsforum.com/content/type/61/id/291978/flags/LL[/t] (I need something a bit brighter than this ^)

i know you said it seems excessive to have color changing lights, but take a look at lightpack. [url]http://lightpack.tv/[/url]

[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;45876889]i know you said it seems excessive to have color changing lights, but take a look at lightpack. [url]http://lightpack.tv/[/url][/QUOTE] I was looking into lightpack before, and i really wanted to use my xbox or any other deviece with it. my idea was to use a hdcp removing splitter to send signal to the tv, then to the computer with a fullscreened capture card or something. tada, ambient interactive light with some delay.

Seems like a cool idea for my PC setup, might look a little weird though having 2 monitors. That and my TV is across the room so I wouldn't be able to connect it up to that.

If you are up for the challenge, there are plenty of guides and information on how to control Ikea's Dioder RGB leds for backlighting. I've already got the pwm channels on mine hooked up, just deciding on which software package I want to use for controlling it.

[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;45876889]i know you said it seems excessive to have color changing lights, but take a look at lightpack. [url]http://lightpack.tv/[/url][/QUOTE] This honestly looks quite gimmicky with most of the features you won't ever care about in reality. You can save a lot of money just by taping your own RBG LED strips instead to create back illumination.

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;45911486]This honestly looks quite gimmicky with most of the features you won't ever care about in reality. You can save a lot of money just by taping your own RBG LED strips instead to create back illumination.[/QUOTE] If you just taped your own behind it, then it's going to be the same colors every time. lightpack is designed to change the brightness of each LED to match the bordering picture color.

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;45911486]This honestly looks quite gimmicky with most of the features you won't ever care about in reality. You can save a lot of money just by taping your own RBG LED strips instead to create back illumination.[/QUOTE] They give you wiring diagrams and the API so you can build your own to exactly your specifications, if you don't want the full package.

[url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0023Y9EQC/[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IJFAMW/[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LW2NJM/[/url] Those yield this result: [t]http://i.imgur.com/b26hYt6.jpg[/t] They are a TON brighter at night, but not as obnoxious as the Note 3 camera makes it seem. Cheap as fuck, too.

[QUOTE=TroyIrving;45928880][url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0023Y9EQC/[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IJFAMW/[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LW2NJM/[/url] Those yield this result: [t]http://i.imgur.com/b26hYt6.jpg[/t] They are a TON brighter at night, but not as obnoxious as the Note 3 camera makes it seem. Cheap as fuck, too.[/QUOTE] This is pretty much what I'm looking for. Gona see if I can find it on UK amazon.

[QUOTE=Friendly;45928951]This is pretty much what I'm looking for. Gona see if I can find it on UK amazon.[/QUOTE] You can also find it on eBay form HK/Chinese sellers for less.

The ideal backlighting colour is 6500K, as this is the white point used by both sRGB monitors and HD TVs. The problem I face is that most LED lights with a correlated temperature of 6500K have horrible colour rendering indexes. I am looking for something that can evenly illuminate the wall with a decent CRI. A viewing environment that strongly deviates from white will have an impact on the fidelity, and a dark room, while neutral, will cause eye strain due to the extreme difference of lighting intensity in the peripheral vision and the central vision that covers the screen.