okay guys so this one comes by popular request in this video i'm going to show you how to install
the govi immersion color sinking light strips on tvs that are larger than the 65 inches recommended
so for this tutorial the goal is to install the immersion light sections
so you get accurate color tracking in both the video full screen and the video part
mode we're going to dive in head first on this one so let's not waste any more time here we go
step 1 unroll the immersion light strip and locate the section that's designed to be installed across
the top portion of your tv now the top and bottom sections are a good deal longer than the sides
and you'll be able to identify the top section because it connects directly to the section
that has the usbc cord step two lay that top section down horizontally across your media stand
as perfectly centered as possible with your tv and then place a piece of painters tape on each
side to hold it into place temporarily then lay each corresponding side section onto the media
stand as well but in the vertical position as you would when installing them on the back of your tv
and then add a little bit of tape there as well the point of this exercise
is to gauge how far away from the edges you'll need to install the side sections behind your tv
take a ruler start at the corner of your tv and measure that distance between the edge of your tv
and the side section on each side the distance for my 75 inch tv is roughly eight inches on
each side so now we know how far inward we'll need to install the side sections on the back of the tv
now when it comes to the top and bottom sections if you divide that number by 3.2
this will give you the approximate measurement for how far from the edges you'll need to
install the top and bottom sections so for my 75 inch tv the ideal distance on top and bottom
would be about 2.5 inches for a total of 5 inches combined but because of the position of the
vents on the upper portion of my tv i couldn't install the top section precisely at 2.5 inches
so i ended up installing the top section about 3 inches away from the edge and about 2 inches
away from the edge on the very bottom which still comes out to be a combined 5 inches now clearly
because the immersion light strip is significantly further inward on the sides of the tv versus the
top and the bottom brightness dimming is going to be most apparent in those areas this is where the
govi flow pro light bars come in which i actually theorized in a review all the way back in march
of this year i installed the light bars on each side of the tv using the calibration video shown
to obtain the precise center points and i even used the very same camera hack as i did back
in my office for a clean and seamless look if you haven't already seen this awesome video on
concealing your camera already i'll drop a link in the description definitely check that out
if you have seen this video already and you're wondering why i'm not using polished stones
that's because the height of this media stand in this room is only 23 inches versus 36 inches
back in my office and on top of that i've got a one-year-old and a three-year-old that spend a
ton of time in this room so the last thing i want is them chucking them at each other or even worse
putting the stones inside their mouth now if the lower brightness on the sides of the tv doesn't
really bother you all that much then don't even worry about pairing up the bars with the immersion
but i will say if you're planning on installing the immersion on an 80 inch tv or anything
beyond that you'll definitely want to consider getting the immersion light strip some help
while this immersion hack does work and will allow you to enjoy the govi immersion experience
for tvs larger than 65 inches the fact of the matter is that we really shouldn't have
to go through such lengths govi should be offering larger kit sizes for 80 inch tvs at the very least
but if we keep that conversation going and enough people show interest it'll
only be a matter of time before that becomes a reality getting back to our little work around
here you can see the immersion is accurately tracking the colors around the entire screen
be it a dimmer version of what you can expect for 65 inch screens and below
but the flowpro light bars really do help i mean the proof is in the pudding here i'm just powering
them on and off a few times as the immersion runs uninterrupted and now i'm just toggling the left
bar on and off a few times independently to give a better side-by-side comparison naturally there
is a bit of a gap in brightness at the corners of the tv but it's really not too bad and it's
also worth noting that there will be rare cases where the bars break a bit of the immersion
because the bars are only able to produce a single color at a time for video mode whereas the
immersion light strip can leverage multiple icy areas this honestly doesn't bother me a good deal
and of course my kids could care less they enjoy the heck out of this vibrant light show either way
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