in this video i'm going to show you guys how to elevate your rgb backlight game
so that you can transfer your tv backlight from this
to this with even richer colors and a significant increase in the overall light spread that will
even light up nearby objects to the sides of your tv whether you simply use your backlight for
biased lighting to reduce eye strain or you are full on tv color sync fanatic like me this simple
little add-on is effective it looks great and best of all it's very very affordable stay tuned
so one of the major reasons i've been such a big fan of an rgbic backlight system that merges a
light strip with a pair of light bars is because of the added coverage that i get across my media
stand my entertainment center measures eight feet in length but my tv is 65 inches so when running
a traditional led backlight all by itself the corners of my media stand can feel a bit
neglected so a few days following a video where i talk about merging the new neon tv backlight model
861b2 with a pair of p1 light bars to accommodate tvs below 55 inches i started to wonder how would
the neon tv backlight perform alongside the t1 and t1 pro tv light kits well that experiment is what
you guys are looking at a hybrid solution with traditional exposed leds merged with
a diffused neon rope light and the results speak for themselves if you've ever wanted richer colors
around your display and an increase in light spread this is a great way to do it really quick
let's take a look at what you get in the box for the neon tv backlight and then we'll get into how
i set everything up on the back end at a glance here's what's included inside we have six straight
mounting clips three corner mounting clips the ac wall adapter two positioning card kits and
finally the star of the show the neon tv backlight itself which measures roughly 9.8 feet in length
so unlike the dream dreamview g1 gaming model the neon tv backlight uses a total of eight individual
positioning cards for installation each card is clearly numbered and even provides an illustration
of where each respective card should be placed but of course things didn't line up perfectly on my
first try because my light strips were actually installed about two inches away from the edge
so that the gaps between each section were less noticeable so naturally i tried installing the
neon on the outside of the light strip to avoid a larger project but this wasn't the best method
because it limit the perceived brightness of the strip being that the neon extends further outward
the primary goal was to install the neon in such a way that it enhances the light strip
not take away from it so i then performed the install in reverse you can see that with the
neon installed on the inside of the light strip there's no interference to the light strip at
all nor is there any interference to the neon rope because of its angle and protrusion and as for the
increased gap created by the repositioning of the light strips the curved bracket of the neon slots
right into that dead zone area and the result is that the colors are much richer at the top
corners of the tv and the bottom corners as well actually because installing the neon more inward
provided additional length at the end points now obviously depending on your tv size and your model
your install may not come out looking exactly like mine did so this is aimed to illustrate the
overall concept but don't be afraid to deviate from the mounting positioning cards if needed
to make this work for your particular tv shape i can say that if you have an lg model such as the
lg c10 c1 etc and your tv is between 65 and 75 inches this install should be a breeze because
the neon doesn't provide bottom coverage for the sizes anyway so you don't have to worry about
mounting brackets across the hump at the bottom of the tv on the flip side if your tv is between 77
and 85 inches and you want more light spread a crazy idea is to use two separate neon tv
backlights one placed at the top and one at the bottom and then set your area settings accordingly
inside the sync center i don't have a tv this big to try this out but the theory seems pretty
good moreover if your tv is below 55 inches the current dreamview strip models aren't intended
to support those sizes anyway but the advantage is that you'll get full coverage at the bottom of the
tv with the neon tv rope now because the neon tv backlight cannot sync tv colors on its own
you'll have to set up the dreamview feature in order to make this happen all you need to do is
set up the t1 as the sync center and the command center and then add the neon tv rope light as a
control device i found that the best area settings for the neon is as follows from left to right
10 1 2 3 4 5. most tvs positioned at sitting eye level will generally have more real estate above
the tv versus below so the fact that the neon doesn't cover off on the bottom section of the tv
is honestly pretty negligible being that the light strip thankfully does cover off on this area
my biggest gripe where the neon is concerned is that it doesn't provide bottom coverage
for displays over 55 inches and while the clip system works really well i really wish that the
clips were made of one solid piece you see one of the lips is made of rubber and is attached to the
plastic portion with adhesive i've noticed that if the rope tension is too tight between the brackets
this can cause that rubber piece to slip some so a single solid piece or an even stronger adhesive
will be preferable other than that the neon rope itself seems very well built the colors are rich
and the light spread unmatched compared to exposed leds which makes this little hack the perfect
pairing for the best of both worlds if you guys have any specific follow-ups you know what to do
as always thanks for watching and supporting the channel and i will see you guys in the next one
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