LED strip lights advice (Philips Hue, Govee, FancyLED)
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I am after some advice on the best option for some LED light solutions...I've been looking at Hue, Govee and FancyLED...but honestly I am not sure which way to go.
We are about to do some work in our living room, the plan is to have one wall with acoustic panels with walnut wood batons. On the wall will be mounted our TV (83" if it matters) and a sound bar below it, there won't be anything else on the wall or furniture up against it. The acoustic panels will be left with a 5cm gap between the edge of the panel and the walls/floor/ceiling.
My plan is to have LED strips around the back of the TV to provide the ambilight synched with the picture on the TV, I was thinking a Hue solution for this but I am put off by it only covering 3 sides (and the price!).
We then also planned some LED lightstrips mounted all around the outside of the acoustic panels to provide colour and light for the room, I wasn't originally planning on having these synched with the TV picture...but the option to switch it on would be nice. Overall length would need to be about 15m, but could be split into 2 x 7.5m runs I guess
Plan A was Hue for TV ambilight with a TV synch box and Govee for the outside of the panels. Downside being Hue only covers 3 out of 4 sides of the TV and Govee wouldn't synch with TV.
Plan B is to use FancyLED's (much higher density of LED's and can cover 4 sides of TV) with a synch box and Hue for the panel lights...the benefit of using Hue for the panel lights is that they have some very cool scene options that the others don;t seem to have.
Plan C is maybe FancyLED for everything
I think I am probably confusing myself now
Anyone looked into this and can offer any advice?
We are about to do some work in our living room, the plan is to have one wall with acoustic panels with walnut wood batons. On the wall will be mounted our TV (83" if it matters) and a sound bar below it, there won't be anything else on the wall or furniture up against it. The acoustic panels will be left with a 5cm gap between the edge of the panel and the walls/floor/ceiling.
My plan is to have LED strips around the back of the TV to provide the ambilight synched with the picture on the TV, I was thinking a Hue solution for this but I am put off by it only covering 3 sides (and the price!).
We then also planned some LED lightstrips mounted all around the outside of the acoustic panels to provide colour and light for the room, I wasn't originally planning on having these synched with the TV picture...but the option to switch it on would be nice. Overall length would need to be about 15m, but could be split into 2 x 7.5m runs I guess
Plan A was Hue for TV ambilight with a TV synch box and Govee for the outside of the panels. Downside being Hue only covers 3 out of 4 sides of the TV and Govee wouldn't synch with TV.
Plan B is to use FancyLED's (much higher density of LED's and can cover 4 sides of TV) with a synch box and Hue for the panel lights...the benefit of using Hue for the panel lights is that they have some very cool scene options that the others don;t seem to have.
Plan C is maybe FancyLED for everything
I think I am probably confusing myself now
Anyone looked into this and can offer any advice?If you have somewhere underneath to put them, Hue do some lights where two or three would be enough and can light under the TV, thus removing the 3 side only problem: https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-...
Also, if you're looking at that, you can add other lights in the room, eg. lamps, downlights etc, to be part of the "TV sync". So not just the TV.
Most of the other solutions I saw last time I looked needed a camera pointed at the TV to do the same (the one I saw had it on the top of the TV on a small arm that stuck out), things may have moved on however.
You can also get hue strips that a) can be extended, and b) come in parts... they may or may not sync with the TV (I've not tried), but do multicolour on and off, (I use these under our stairs)... if you wanted to keep it all under the same app.
Also, if you're looking at that, you can add other lights in the room, eg. lamps, downlights etc, to be part of the "TV sync". So not just the TV.
Most of the other solutions I saw last time I looked needed a camera pointed at the TV to do the same (the one I saw had it on the top of the TV on a small arm that stuck out), things may have moved on however.
You can also get hue strips that a) can be extended, and b) come in parts... they may or may not sync with the TV (I've not tried), but do multicolour on and off, (I use these under our stairs)... if you wanted to keep it all under the same app.
Edited by phil4 on Monday 20th April 13:05
Thanks for the response!
I had seem some YouTube vids talking about the PlayBars...they look cool but I with the TV being mounted flush against the wall and no furniture to put them on I won't have anywhere to place them.
The good news is that it looks like Govee and FancyLED's both do a synch box now, so no weird camera thing hanging over the top of the TV anymore!
I had seem some YouTube vids talking about the PlayBars...they look cool but I with the TV being mounted flush against the wall and no furniture to put them on I won't have anywhere to place them.
The good news is that it looks like Govee and FancyLED's both do a synch box now, so no weird camera thing hanging over the top of the TV anymore!
i have about 80 hue lights and switches of varying types, i also have the new hue pro controller that i need to replace the old ones with
its pretty much infinitly configurable
I have two switches in the living room (15 around the house) one controls the centre lights and one the ambient surround lights, each remote can be set for 5 different combinations / programs so i can cycle colours, in the office a switch cycles different lights and colours, the switches are so much less hassle than using Alexa or opening a device
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-dimmer-swi...
the downside is hue stuff has got expensive (although it lasts) so i buy mine in the sales
its pretty much infinitly configurable
I have two switches in the living room (15 around the house) one controls the centre lights and one the ambient surround lights, each remote can be set for 5 different combinations / programs so i can cycle colours, in the office a switch cycles different lights and colours, the switches are so much less hassle than using Alexa or opening a device
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-dimmer-swi...
the downside is hue stuff has got expensive (although it lasts) so i buy mine in the sales
Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Monday 20th April 15:32
For basic dimmable white LEDs, Ikea do a surprisingly good range, and their LED drivers are Zigbee (possibly now thread) so can be paired with one of their remote switches, or controlled via another Zigbee/Thread hub like an Alexa or Google Home, or if you want more control Home Assistant. I have some as under counter lights which can be controlled by a wall switch or a voice command via Alexa.
geeks said:
How handy are you? It can be done quite cheaply using WLED and Hyperion and some LEDs strips. Its on my project to do list but I havent got around to it yet.
My wife needs to be comfortable, so I think it needs to be off the shelf, easy to use and controllable via alexa (or automated enough it just seems to work to her)...so will probably go with something fairly commercial mathmos said:
geeks said:
How handy are you? It can be done quite cheaply using WLED and Hyperion and some LEDs strips. Its on my project to do list but I havent got around to it yet.
My wife needs to be comfortable, so I think it needs to be off the shelf, easy to use and controllable via alexa (or automated enough it just seems to work to her)...so will probably go with something fairly commercial Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff