TV Backlight Strip Taking Its Cues From a Camera

An ordinary LED strip behind a TV glows whatever color you pick and ignores the picture. This one comes with a camera on a hinged arm that hangs on the TV and watches the screen, so 11.8 feet of strip follows the colors of whatever is playing, streamed film or game alike, because it reads the picture rather than the source. For movie night there is a setting that ignores the black bars on a widescreen film, it can sync up to seven other Govee lights with it, and it all runs from the app or by voice through Alexa or Google Assistant.

The catch every product here has oneCalibration is the hard part of setup, and the colors do not track the screen consistently for everyone. The lights can stop working, and the adhesive may not keep the strip on the TV. Not every buyer finds it worth what it costs. This one is sized for 55 to 65 inch TVs. Anyone with a 75 to 85 inch screen wants the 16.4 foot version instead.

Buyers report

Buyers report the strip is easy to install, the app is simple to use, and they like what it does for the room they watch in. The recurring complaint is calibration, which buyers call a nightmare; beyond that, color consistency, reliability, adhesive and value all draw mixed feedback, with some saying the lights stopped working.

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