Who told you that's gaffer tape?because what you described & what it appears to be is masking tape for painters and decorators. Gaffer tape contains cotton thread and is very heavy duty which leaves loads of residue
It is blue gaffers tape. I have chroma green gaffers tape. I am been in the lighting industry for 25 plus years. Good gaffers does not leave a ton of residue. Good gaffers tape leaves no residue. That is why you can wrap a cable in it, tour the world with it and be able to peel it off and not leave a bit of residue. That is why it is used in the industry. It l doesn’t bake on like duct tape or get gooey like electrical tape. Enough to show I might actually know what I am talking about. This stuff has grown on trees through out my career and I have so much of it lying around.
Dude, thank you for the response. I hope I didn’t come off rude. Some of my comment was to give some background of what gaffers tape is for people who dont have a clue.
@@CraigsTechTalk i think we call it different in the uk maybe then? Not sure. We call blue/green/red & black electrical tape & tape with cotton weaved thread gaffa tape but i thought you meant masking tape lol 😹 only tape not covered is a cassette tape
Wonderful video, we are redoing our frontroom this weekend. My husband suggested we add led behind the TV. We will for sure be using this style. My husband has installed a led strip in our bedroom thats connected to a backup battery bank that's charged by solar. Last 3 years we have never used the over head lights in the room. He found them at Walmart on clearance for 3 dollars he bought 6 packs. Led strips is the way to go for sure. We will be buying the strips you recommended. Thank you for a great video
I currently have an LED strip along the entire top/back edge of the furniture the TV is sitting on (can’t wall mount) and I cheated and put a smart bulb behind the TV. (Both Gosund, of course! LOL) I’ve never been 100% happy with the bulb part and might try this. I have more LED strip. The TV is only a 32” so it shouldn’t be too difficult. I’ll share my results when completed! Oh, production quality has gotten even better! Congrats!
Have been a huge LIFX fan for years now, and have wanted to do this for my TV, but never understood how to make it work right. This showed me exactly what I need to have the confidence to finally do this on my own. Thank You!!
Great advice, I’ve got to change the way I’ve got my TV set up - the corner LEDs are constantly falling down so this is a great tip to fix it - thanks!
Hi Craig, yes I am using LIFX LED strips on my TV. I actually bought the LIFX Z TV 1 metre strip to start with and added metre extensions, but now realise their is no difference with the regular 2 metre starter pack which are cheaper. Cheers from New Zealand
IMHO soldering short cables for the corners is the best way to do this. No stress on the strips and no hot spots. I know not everyone can do that, but if you have the ability, that's what I would do. Also I know there are 90° clips that can be used instead of soldering. Can't speak to their quality or ease of use though. One final note, 3M VHB tape works way better than most of the double sided tapes included with the various strips, especially for surfaces that are tough to stick to.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think it is a great solution to do connectors if someone is comfortable with it. The only thing I would add, is pay attention to the type of LED your cutting. LIFX has 3 safe cutting points that are not convenient. I think solid strips without zones help too. I haven’t tried it with any strips with my main ones being LIFX. Thanks for the tape suggest and connector suggestion. Good stuff.
I’m with you about the lighting, I hate harsh lighting as well. It is very uncomfortable for the eyes. I also prefer lamps and ambient lighting. Lighting is everything for everything. I have wanted to use these lights myself, but have been a little bit intimidated to install, or rather wasn’t sure how to install. Thank you for showing how to do this. I am more willing to try it now.
Hello Ang, lighting can completely change a mood. That’s great you can appreciate it. Go for it and play with some of these LED projects. They are fun and can really change a room.
Craig, I went with the Govee Immersion (model H6199) that came with flexible corners which I looped to make the corners and it worked great. The Govee Immersion has a 1080p camera to “look” at your TV and mimic the colors on it as the back light. Great product for the money and I installed it on my living room and bedroom TVs. Makes for a wonderful experience and has different modes and is a smart device compatible with Alexa and Google. I would be interested in your opinion of the Govee Immersion H6199.
I had not come across the LIFX strip before as have bought a couple of the Nanoleaf led strip and like those. Put one in the back of a tv and instead of trying to stick directly on the back of the tv I bought some sticky clips that have a loop style clip and ran the strip thru the clips and faced the light out. Seemed to work well and did not have to worry about bending the strip as the clips held it in the back of the tv.
Great video Craig! The addition of a few graphics really made this video stand out from other RUclips content creators work! It is an exceptional how-to video!
Thank you very much Alan. I really appreciate you saying that. I just wish I had the skill set to do it all on my own. I was glad to have someone help me with this one. That’s gonna look horrible when I don’t get help. Thanks for all the support. I am proud of how this one turned out as a how to video. I think it showed what people needed to see without it being too dragged out. Have a great day Alan. Take care
Govee so far surprise me how good their products are. I have like 10 of their RGBIC Led strips all over my house plus their string lights also. Very good product so far
You did a great job! If you run out of work in the lighting Market. Now that you learned how to do loops! You can be a k through 5 teacher. LMAO no seriously your videos are all wonderful and well worth the time.
Thank you very much I appreciate you saying that. It’s good to know I have a career after this crumbles. I had fun with this video and was afraid it was going to be long and not turn out well. I have help with it and it turned out better than I hoped. Thank you for always being here in the comments. Best to you and Patti Cakes.
great guide, detailed and helps those who have never done it before to try it the best way. I know I have installed them the "wrong" way and ended up taping almost every inch of the LED's to keep them down.
When i painted my hang-out room a darker color last year, it didn't cross my mind that it would effect the brightness of the tv led lights. It was nice n bright before i painted. Now it doesn't look as bright. Anyway , great tips.. Sending you out some NorCal love.
Hello, it is great to hear from you. I hope you are doing well in Norcal. Yeah, those dark colors eat up that light. We decided to for with the black out wall and door on that side of the garage. I want people to notice that this is on a black wall. Imagine how much it would pop on anything else. Thank you for checking out the video and saying hi. Sending some SoCal love back. Be well.
All these years, I have toiled as an amateur LED. Someday, if I can catch a break or sleep my way to the top, maybe I, too, can be a Professional LED!!!
Great video and advice - I only use Nanoleaf strips so far and they seem very stiff to even attempt looping. Maybe a different brand but I want them Thread-enabled!
You should cut them and thread on a 90 degree connector. Looks Much better than this method because the loop method will make the light stronger at the corners
I have light stripes all around the place. And Hyperion ambient light behind the tv, one light stripe behind my screen monitor, and other furniture of the house that provided indirect light. Anyway, nice video Craig
So glad you made this. I've been wanting to do this, but haven't found good guidance on this and in particular on corners. Question though: why wouldn't you put the terminal ends at a corner to have one less loop?
You are only supposed cut LIFX strips in certain spots. With some other brands I would attempt it. Plus I don’t think your average consumer is going to even consider cutting strips and putting on corners. No way my wife would do that, but she would do what I did since it does not involve cutting. I would be more open to cutting and do corners on some of the solid color non addressable LEDs strips or an RGB set That can easily be connected. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
Thank you for this video guide. Might give this a go, I'll start on my gaming pc with it's smaller 27 inch monitor and if it works well I'll add another to my 52 inch tv in the lounge room. I only play games and watch movies in dark rooms and have done for 20+ years, But I guess now that I am middle aged, I can't get away with it as much anymore. Start to get migraines from eye strain and I also dislike direct overhead lighting, It's not only too bright but ruins the game or movie from reflections on screen.
Yeah, these may be helpful for you. I am feeling my eyes go a bit. Hopefully this helps with the migraines. Overhead light stinks, lamps and backlighting is the way.
Lifx are fantastic but I wish they’d bloody release products to actually help / aid fitting of their products- esp power extension cables and garden related lights - and that they actually keep their products in stock
Thank you very much. A lamp in the back of the room will help with the overall ambient light level. It will definitely help with eye strain. Anything to increase the surrounding light level helps. Thanks for watching.
nice tips on the tutorial, will definitely use them now if only there were a developer brave enough to bridge lifx and hass and offer some sort of integration to allow image capture and replication on the strip, like ambilight
Just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying it Craig. The family Christmas present this year is a 75" TCL 645 and I'm looking to add a bias light. Your tutorial is great info but there's a couple of things I'm having trouble getting details on. I'm not going full smart home, at least not yet, and to my mind the two things I'd like my bias light to do is..... 1- Resume the last brightness setting the strip was at when it last turned off. And 2- Adjust brightness based on the room's ambient light. 2 is more optional but I really prefer not to have to futz with the light every single time I turn the screen on. Can you fill me in please? Much appreciated.
Great step-by-step guide on how to best install LED strip light, I've been looking at installing some onto my work desk/monitor set up and you've certainly given me some valuable pointers on what not to do 🙂🙂
Maybe I'm being a bit thick here, but surely the whole purpose of using the "loop" method around corners is so that you don't have to make any cuts save one? ("Yes it is, but don't call me Shirley!!") 😂😂
I want video game lights around in my study while playing video games but I don't lights flash or flicker because I feel like that would cause motion sickness for me .? Suggestions
Thanks for the video Craig! Looking at throwing some of these on my 55inch. Would you recommend strips on the bottom of the Tv if it was on an entertainment unit rather then wall mounted? I’m wondering if 2m will be enough
One of your best videos buddy (and the bar is set high) I’m looking for led lights but the weird shape of the LG oled TV makes me question if it’s possible
Thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m proud of how it turned out. Thank you for watching and the nice comment.
Are there ANY LED lights that actually save the color you want? Ive bought 2 different ones from Amazon and every time you turn the TV back on it defaults to the flashing through all the lights and you have to manually pick your choice of color
Zakota 90 degree Corners are great if the strip supports cutting in multiple areas. You can only cut and reattach about every 20”. I am all for corners if the product you use supports. But I also want to do an approach that the majority of people will do. 90% of people will never cut their strips. They will do some weird bend corners that won’t lay flat anywhere. That is where this helps. To the other guy, you don’t have a clue. But good to be condescending.
@@CraigsTechTalk You can only cut at about 20" if your strip is BAD for the application. For this particular application, you should buy one with 120 LED/m which will allow cutting every 5cm.
Craig, I want to put LED light around my accent wall but I don’t want to loop them around the corners, do you recommend any lights that I can cut and connected to corner connectors?
I don’t have any particular brands to look for. I would recommend something that has one solid zone and is not multiple zones. The solid strips tend to be easier to cut and join back together. Ideally I would try to get something with white LEDs in it. But the RGB ones tend to be easier to cut in half for 10 connectors for them. When it comes to connectors make sure it is the right width in millimeters next to the strips you have. They have some great connector options I do not require any soldering. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
Ugh, do you got a video where the LED strips change to color of whatever the TV is showing? So if it's grass on the corner of the TV, the LEDs on that corner would also turn green.
Hi Craig. I have leds on my TV but unlike you I used L shaped conctors from amazon. They were very cheap and saved on losing leds on the corners, plus they laid flat to the TV. My late wife loved them Colin from the UK.
Looks like you cut some strips. What did you use to connect peices together? Any other accessory needed, or all included in the box? Does box include any cut connectors?
Not one strip was cut. I never cut strips unless I have to. The are linked together, looped at the corners and stuck on with the double stick on the back. Buy a starter kit and add extensions.
Thanks friend but mine don't even light up for some reason and it gets really frustrating and annoying. I've tried every possible connection with all of them but still nothing works, they did light up though one or two times but that's that. Please share your thoughts if you may 🙏
@@CraigsTechTalk first thanks for your reply, I eventually found what the problem was and now they work just fine 🙂. The problem was that two of them were not connected properly with the right polarity.
Very cool. I can see needing 6 or 7 meters. 6 would probably do it if you slide them in more than I did. I would probably go 7 if it fits. Good luck. I hope you like it. Let us know how it goes.
I am already going for 6 , but I ordered LED corner connect pins to try it rather than the loops, hopefully it works, it is another way let me see how it will go thx for your reply
Hi Craig or anyone in the comments- are you aware of any ecosystem with led strips and the led floor lamps that sync together with a remote available? Thanks
@Craig"s Tech Talk. So I have been looking into getting some backlights for an LG OLED C1 55 inch TV but our TV is on a stand at angle with both sides hitting each wall just to give you an idea of how far the back of TV is from the wall. 2 questions will I get much reflection if I was to use backlighting on the TV in this position, basically it is the only Alcove that suits the layout of our TV Room. I was looking at getting the Hue system but decided against it. Then I was looking at the Lytmi Neo HDMI 2.0 system you may of heard of these systems the LEDs sync almost perfectly with the color on the screen. I really could do with any help the system you put together looks really cool but with the systems I mentioned above you get brackets that have adhesive on them once there on you go around and attach the LEDs. It just looked easier for someone like myself who has never worked with anything like this before. I live in Ireland so there's not a great range of anything here. Basically it's by watching reviews I get to see what others are using and how each system work's. One system is about €400 the other is less than half that's the sync box ect everything you need in the one box now if you tell me in your opinion my TV is to far to get any real benefits from the backlights then I'll just scrap it. But maybe you might have another suggestion. What a great informed video you gave. Thank you for taking the time making this video, it was well made and you covered everything relevant to how this system works 10/10
Is it true these only work with 2.4ghz? I have 1GB internet and my router has both a 2.4 and 5 ghz frequency, but it doesn't have two separate networks - it uses "Client Steering" to determine the best frequency for a device, and I'm worried these strips won't work...
@@CraigsTechTalk that I would update and say the problems I was encountering were the result of not updating my iPhone to IOS 15 - once I did that, functionally with the LIFX app was restored and I didn't have any issues setting up the lights - thanks for your video!
@@CraigsTechTalk I buy a Philips TV in 2016 and the main reason is ambilight leds. Unfortunately it has only lateral leds but for the position in my house they're good enough.
Bias lighting: The goldfish-stocked platform shoes of the 2010s. It is designed to sell you crap and nothing more. The eyestrain myth is particularly ludicrous. Eventually you'll get sick of living in a carnival ride at night and move on to wearing bell-bottoms and wide ties.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you concerning the eye strain "myth", Bob. I have experienced a good amount of eye strain when trying to watch a television in a dark room. I, myself, have always experienced this. Even if I don't go the route of colored background lights, I always have a lamp on elsewhere in the room. That's the nice thing about opinions, right or wrong; everybody has one. Hope to see you on Saturday on Craig's RUclips stream!
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Who told you that's gaffer tape?because what you described & what it appears to be is masking tape for painters and decorators. Gaffer tape contains cotton thread and is very heavy duty which leaves loads of residue
It is blue gaffers tape. I have chroma green gaffers tape. I am been in the lighting industry for 25 plus years. Good gaffers does not leave a ton of residue. Good gaffers tape leaves no residue. That is why you can wrap a cable in it, tour the world with it and be able to peel it off and not leave a bit of residue. That is why it is used in the industry. It l doesn’t bake on like duct tape or get gooey like electrical tape. Enough to show I might actually know what I am talking about. This stuff has grown on trees through out my career and I have so much of it lying around.
@@CraigsTechTalk ah my bad i thought it was masking tape. Sorry
Dude, thank you for the response. I hope I didn’t come off rude. Some of my comment was to give some background of what gaffers tape is for people who dont have a clue.
@@CraigsTechTalk i think we call it different in the uk maybe then? Not sure. We call blue/green/red & black electrical tape & tape with cotton weaved thread gaffa tape but i thought you meant masking tape lol 😹 only tape not covered is a cassette tape
Wonderful video, we are redoing our frontroom this weekend. My husband suggested we add led behind the TV. We will for sure be using this style.
My husband has installed a led strip in our bedroom thats connected to a backup battery bank that's charged by solar. Last 3 years we have never used the over head lights in the room. He found them at Walmart on clearance for 3 dollars he bought 6 packs. Led strips is the way to go for sure. We will be buying the strips you recommended. Thank you for a great video
I currently have an LED strip along the entire top/back edge of the furniture the TV is sitting on (can’t wall mount) and I cheated and put a smart bulb behind the TV. (Both Gosund, of course! LOL) I’ve never been 100% happy with the bulb part and might try this. I have more LED strip. The TV is only a 32” so it shouldn’t be too difficult. I’ll share my results when completed! Oh, production quality has gotten even better! Congrats!
I have led’s behind the tv, on the floating unit below it, all the way up my stairs and we have a glass sky pod with them and they look fabulous.
That sounds very cool. I like the different uses. Thanks for sharing and for watching.
Mint video thanks for the info on corners and heating them up. Cheers!
Have been a huge LIFX fan for years now, and have wanted to do this for my TV, but never understood how to make it work right. This showed me exactly what I need to have the confidence to finally do this on my own. Thank You!!
Great video Craig, good advice for new viewers wanting led’s on back on tv!
Great advice, I’ve got to change the way I’ve got my TV set up - the corner LEDs are constantly falling down so this is a great tip to fix it - thanks!
Hi Craig, yes I am using LIFX LED strips on my TV. I actually bought the LIFX Z TV 1 metre strip to start with and added metre extensions, but now realise their is no difference with the regular 2 metre starter pack which are cheaper. Cheers from New Zealand
Cheers to you too Ross. I hope the LIFX strips are working well. They have great color.
Great vid and I've been using LED strips behind my TV for a lil over a year now and it makes a huge difference.
Thank you very much. That's great it has been worth it for you.
Craig, absolutely excellent job of what to consider, and logistically what to be concerned about, and how you recommend folks proceed. Love it.
Thank you very much Peter. That is great to hear. I was worried about missing something or rushing it. Thanks for watching and the nice comment.
IMHO soldering short cables for the corners is the best way to do this. No stress on the strips and no hot spots. I know not everyone can do that, but if you have the ability, that's what I would do. Also I know there are 90° clips that can be used instead of soldering. Can't speak to their quality or ease of use though.
One final note, 3M VHB tape works way better than most of the double sided tapes included with the various strips, especially for surfaces that are tough to stick to.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think it is a great solution to do connectors if someone is comfortable with it. The only thing I would add, is pay attention to the type of LED your cutting. LIFX has 3 safe cutting points that are not convenient. I think solid strips without zones help too. I haven’t tried it with any strips with my main ones being LIFX. Thanks for the tape suggest and connector suggestion. Good stuff.
I’m with you about the lighting, I hate harsh lighting as well. It is very uncomfortable for the eyes. I also prefer lamps and ambient lighting. Lighting is everything for everything. I have wanted to use these lights myself, but have been a little bit intimidated to install, or rather wasn’t sure how to install. Thank you for showing how to do this. I am more willing to try it now.
Hello Ang, lighting can completely change a mood. That’s great you can appreciate it. Go for it and play with some of these LED projects. They are fun and can really change a room.
@@CraigsTechTalk I binged a few of your vids yesterday…I’ll be shopping this weekend 😆. Thanks.
Craig, I went with the Govee Immersion (model H6199) that came with flexible corners which I looped to make the corners and it worked great. The Govee Immersion has a 1080p camera to “look” at your TV and mimic the colors on it as the back light. Great product for the money and I installed it on my living room and bedroom TVs. Makes for a wonderful experience and has different modes and is a smart device compatible with Alexa and Google.
I would be interested in your opinion of the Govee Immersion H6199.
I had not come across the LIFX strip before as have bought a couple of the Nanoleaf led strip and like those. Put one in the back of a tv and instead of trying to stick directly on the back of the tv I bought some sticky clips that have a loop style clip and ran the strip thru the clips and faced the light out. Seemed to work well and did not have to worry about bending the strip as the clips held it in the back of the tv.
Great video Craig! The addition of a few graphics really made this video stand out from other RUclips content creators work! It is an exceptional how-to video!
Thank you very much Alan. I really appreciate you saying that. I just wish I had the skill set to do it all on my own. I was glad to have someone help me with this one. That’s gonna look horrible when I don’t get help. Thanks for all the support. I am proud of how this one turned out as a how to video. I think it showed what people needed to see without it being too dragged out. Have a great day Alan. Take care
I put some behind my TV and they look awesome!
Very cool. I love that you did it.
I was one of the testers of the Govee Immersion, and it's pretty awesome. I'm excited to see this video!
Great video! Is that a 75" or 85" TV? I'm still enjoying my 39" TV. 🤣
Govee so far surprise me how good their products are. I have like 10 of their RGBIC Led strips all over my house plus their string lights also. Very good product so far
You did a great job! If you run out of work in the lighting Market. Now that you learned how to do loops! You can be a k through 5 teacher. LMAO no seriously your videos are all wonderful and well worth the time.
Thank you very much I appreciate you saying that. It’s good to know I have a career after this crumbles. I had fun with this video and was afraid it was going to be long and not turn out well. I have help with it and it turned out better than I hoped. Thank you for always being here in the comments. Best to you and Patti Cakes.
Thanks for showing how to attach these without cutting it! Now I am not so intimidated and will try it.
That is great to hear. I hope it goes well for you and you enjoy them. Thanks for watching.
great guide, detailed and helps those who have never done it before to try it the best way. I know I have installed them the "wrong" way and ended up taping almost every inch of the LED's to keep them down.
Your video was really usefull for the installation of my TV LIFX lightstrips. Thank you so much!
Glad it helped. Thank you
The last time I worked with LED strips I had a Terrible time making connections. Do you have a video referencing connecting 1 meter strips? Thanks!
Bias lighting..... wow ..this could help my eyes
When i painted my hang-out room a darker color last year, it didn't cross my mind that it would effect the brightness of the tv led lights. It was nice n bright before i painted. Now it doesn't look as bright. Anyway , great tips.. Sending you out some NorCal love.
Hello, it is great to hear from you. I hope you are doing well in Norcal. Yeah, those dark colors eat up that light. We decided to for with the black out wall and door on that side of the garage. I want people to notice that this is on a black wall. Imagine how much it would pop on anything else. Thank you for checking out the video and saying hi. Sending some SoCal love back. Be well.
All these years, I have toiled as an amateur LED. Someday, if I can catch a break or sleep my way to the top, maybe I, too, can be a Professional LED!!!
Great video and advice - I only use Nanoleaf strips so far and they seem very stiff to even attempt looping. Maybe a different brand but I want them Thread-enabled!
You should cut them and thread on a 90 degree connector. Looks Much better than this method because the loop method will make the light stronger at the corners
Just put in my first set of LED's... Im hooked. Lol. Put them on the back of my amps half stack. Next up is the TV.
Very cool. Hope you enjoyed expanding your new LEDs.
Wow that is beautifull..like it
I have light stripes all around the place. And Hyperion ambient light behind the tv, one light stripe behind my screen monitor, and other furniture of the house that provided indirect light. Anyway, nice video Craig
Very good as always, thanks for your dedication!!!
So glad you made this. I've been wanting to do this, but haven't found good guidance on this and in particular on corners. Question though: why wouldn't you put the terminal ends at a corner to have one less loop?
You are only supposed cut LIFX strips in certain spots. With some other brands I would attempt it. Plus I don’t think your average consumer is going to even consider cutting strips and putting on corners. No way my wife would do that, but she would do what I did since it does not involve cutting. I would be more open to cutting and do corners on some of the solid color non addressable LEDs strips or an RGB set That can easily be connected. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
What size is your tv ? Great vids btw .. subscribed instantly , lifx is a melbourne based company, great quality cant go wrong!
Thank you for this video guide.
Might give this a go, I'll start on my gaming pc with it's smaller 27 inch monitor and if it works well I'll add another to my 52 inch tv in the lounge room.
I only play games and watch movies in dark rooms and have done for 20+ years, But I guess now that I am middle aged, I can't get away with it as much anymore.
Start to get migraines from eye strain and I also dislike direct overhead lighting, It's not only too bright but ruins the game or movie from reflections on screen.
Yeah, these may be helpful for you. I am feeling my eyes go a bit. Hopefully this helps with the migraines. Overhead light stinks, lamps and backlighting is the way.
Lifx are fantastic but I wish they’d bloody release products to actually help / aid fitting of their products- esp power extension cables and garden related lights - and that they actually keep their products in stock
Thanks Craig! Another awesome video once again. I am doing this to all of my TV’s and my office desk! Thanks for the tips with the loops. Big help! 👍🏼
Congratulations on 100k Craig!
Great Video Craig! I Learnt Heaps!
Thank you Ross. Glad to help
Enjoyed the video, but I wonder if turning a lamp on at the back of the room work as well?
Thank you very much. A lamp in the back of the room will help with the overall ambient light level. It will definitely help with eye strain. Anything to increase the surrounding light level helps. Thanks for watching.
nice tips on the tutorial, will definitely use them
now if only there were a developer brave enough to bridge lifx and hass and offer some sort of integration to allow image capture and replication on the strip, like ambilight
dang dude! great info. didnt know about bias lighting
Just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying it Craig. The family Christmas present this year is a 75" TCL 645 and I'm looking to add a bias light. Your tutorial is great info but there's a couple of things I'm having trouble getting details on. I'm not going full smart home, at least not yet, and to my mind the two things I'd like my bias light to do is.....
1- Resume the last brightness setting the strip was at when it last turned off. And
2- Adjust brightness based on the room's ambient light. 2 is more optional but I really prefer not to have to futz with the light every single time I turn the screen on.
Can you fill me in please? Much appreciated.
I’m late to the party, simple question would this look good on a TV that’s in a corner? Thanks.
Great step-by-step guide on how to best install LED strip light, I've been looking at installing some onto my work desk/monitor set up and you've certainly given me some valuable pointers on what not to do 🙂🙂
Thanks gone do it zaterday on my new 55inch tv just buy the LEDs this morning 5 meter 😎
Very cool. I hope it goes well for you and you like it.
@@CraigsTechTalk thanks
My Roku stream stick already uses the USB port on my TV. What do I do now?
Maybe I'm being a bit thick here, but surely the whole purpose of using the "loop" method around corners is so that you don't have to make any cuts save one?
("Yes it is, but don't call me Shirley!!") 😂😂
Very helpful .. thank you !
Thank you very much. That is great to hear.
Good job on these, I used the corners that you cut and that seemed bootleg
Sweet! Thanks for the detailed video.
Thank you for watching it.
I want video game lights around in my study while playing video games but I don't lights flash or flicker because I feel like that would cause motion sickness for me .? Suggestions
Thanks for the video Craig! Looking at throwing some of these on my 55inch. Would you recommend strips on the bottom of the Tv if it was on an entertainment unit rather then wall mounted? I’m wondering if 2m will be enough
What can I place on the floor so I can lay my tv on the ground?I heard if you lay it flat for more than a few minutes it damages the QLED screen?
Did this a year ago. I dont like how the light on the corners kind of cut out. Get L Shape connectors ,definitely better.
The corner connectors are definitely the best option for even light coverage. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@@CraigsTechTalk looked decent but the hotspots drove me nuts
One of your best videos buddy (and the bar is set high)
I’m looking for led lights but the weird shape of the LG oled TV makes me question if it’s possible
Thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m proud of how it turned out. Thank you for watching and the nice comment.
Thanks best video on this for sure.
Thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say. Thank you for watching.
Are there ANY LED lights that actually save the color you want? Ive bought 2 different ones from Amazon and every time you turn the TV back on it defaults to the flashing through all the lights and you have to manually pick your choice of color
90° LED elbows are superior. All you have to do is cut the LED strip and attach the elbow. Perfect corners.
Zakota 90 degree Corners are great if the strip supports cutting in multiple areas. You can only cut and reattach about every 20”. I am all for corners if the product you use supports.
But I also want to do an approach that the majority of people will do. 90% of people will never cut their strips. They will do some weird bend corners that won’t lay flat anywhere. That is where this helps.
To the other guy, you don’t have a clue. But good to be condescending.
@@CraigsTechTalk You can only cut at about 20" if your strip is BAD for the application. For this particular application, you should buy one with 120 LED/m which will allow cutting every 5cm.
How are they powered? Are they plugged into the USB port?
Excellent! Great tips!
Thank you very much. That is very nice of you to say. I appreciate you watch in and that’s nice comment.
Great review!!!!!
Thank you Curtis 🙏
I didnt know it has health benefits. Now im going to buy one
Craig, I want to put LED light around my accent wall but I don’t want to loop them around the corners, do you recommend any lights that I can cut and connected to corner connectors?
I don’t have any particular brands to look for. I would recommend something that has one solid zone and is not multiple zones. The solid strips tend to be easier to cut and join back together. Ideally I would try to get something with white LEDs in it. But the RGB ones tend to be easier to cut in half for 10 connectors for them. When it comes to connectors make sure it is the right width in millimeters next to the strips you have. They have some great connector options I do not require any soldering. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
Sorry if I missed it but, how do you connect one strip to another? Anyone?
one end is a 4 pin male connector with the end of the first strip being the female 4pin connector
Ugh, do you got a video where the LED strips change to color of whatever the TV is showing? So if it's grass on the corner of the TV, the LEDs on that corner would also turn green.
Hi Cody
Hi Craig. I have leds on my TV but unlike you I used L shaped conctors from amazon. They were very cheap and saved on losing leds on the corners, plus they laid flat to the TV. My late wife loved them Colin from the UK.
got a link to these?
Looks like you cut some strips. What did you use to connect peices together? Any other accessory needed, or all included in the box? Does box include any cut connectors?
Not one strip was cut. I never cut strips unless I have to. The are linked together, looped at the corners and stuck on with the double stick on the back. Buy a starter kit and add extensions.
@@CraigsTechTalk I wonder if it is possible to blackout portion of the strip not to let it lit at all.
Thanks friend but mine don't even light up for some reason and it gets really frustrating and annoying. I've tried every possible connection with all of them but still nothing works, they did light up though one or two times but that's that. Please share your thoughts if you may 🙏
Have you tried pressing the reset button to have it check the strip. When you press that, it send a white light down the strip, identifying the strip.
@@CraigsTechTalk first thanks for your reply, I eventually found what the problem was and now they work just fine 🙂. The problem was that two of them were not connected properly with the right polarity.
Hello, Great job looks gorgeous, a quick one, what is the size of your TV?
Thank you very much. It is a 75” tv. Thanks for watching.
@@CraigsTechTalk Thank you, I will do it on my 82 soon and keep you posted with the result.
Very cool. I can see needing 6 or 7 meters. 6 would probably do it if you slide them in more than I did. I would probably go 7 if it fits. Good luck. I hope you like it. Let us know how it goes.
I am already going for 6 , but I ordered LED corner connect pins to try it rather than the loops, hopefully it works, it is another way let me see how it will go thx for your reply
Hi Craig or anyone in the comments- are you aware of any ecosystem with led strips and the led floor lamps that sync together with a remote available? Thanks
I don’t know about the remote function. I would look at Goovee. They have a large variety of products. Some use just remotes.
U rekon these lights could dame the tv screen over time
@Craig"s Tech Talk. So I have been looking into getting some backlights for an LG OLED C1 55 inch TV but our TV is on a stand at angle with both sides hitting each wall just to give you an idea of how far the back of TV is from the wall. 2 questions will I get much reflection if I was to use backlighting on the TV in this position, basically it is the only Alcove that suits the layout of our TV Room. I was looking at getting the Hue system but decided against it. Then I was looking at the Lytmi Neo HDMI 2.0 system you may of heard of these systems the LEDs sync almost perfectly with the color on the screen. I really could do with any help the system you put together looks really cool but with the systems I mentioned above you get brackets that have adhesive on them once there on you go around and attach the LEDs. It just looked easier for someone like myself who has never worked with anything like this before. I live in Ireland so there's not a great range of anything here. Basically it's by watching reviews I get to see what others are using and how each system work's. One system is about €400 the other is less than half that's the sync box ect everything you need in the one box now if you tell me in your opinion my TV is to far to get any real benefits from the backlights then I'll just scrap it. But maybe you might have another suggestion. What a great informed video you gave. Thank you for taking the time making this video, it was well made and you covered everything relevant to how this system works 10/10
Does it look good on a TV which is placed on a stand and not wall mounted?
It would look just as good. You wouldn’t have any hardware to deal with on the back of the TV. Same effect you would just have the stand block a bit.
I’m just not understanding how they plug in the back for power. Seems like most of these videos don’t show that.
where do you get 108 and 64 ?? Please explain . Thansk
The top an bottom measurements added together was 108 same for the sides.
What’s the point in doing the loop technique yet still cutting the led into 1 m lengths
Nobody cut LEDs into 1 meter lengths and used the loop. These are sold in 1 m lengths. You have no choice.
Is it true these only work with 2.4ghz? I have 1GB internet and my router has both a 2.4 and 5 ghz frequency, but it doesn't have two separate networks - it uses "Client Steering"
to determine the best frequency for a device, and I'm worried these strips won't work...
Yes, they are 2.4ghz. I am going to estimate 90% of them will be.
@@CraigsTechTalk that I would update and say the problems I was encountering were the result of not updating my iPhone to IOS 15 - once I did that, functionally with the LIFX app was restored and I didn't have any issues setting up the lights - thanks for your video!
That is great to hear that the update fix it. Thanks for the update.
Its better to use corner adapters then roll the strip. Rolling the strip will cause heat and damage the strips.
Only problem is that most people would never cut them and make corner adapters. It is definitely cleaner. This is the manufacturers recommendations.
Where can I buy 12mm 4 pin L corner connectors for LIFX light strip!? Amazon doesn’t have them.
Thank you
Thanks for watching.
What can I use in replace of the wipes?
Alcohol pads.
Where is the cable of leds ?
the loop method creates hotspots :/
If you lose about 4-5” inches there’s not gonna be much left man. 😂
That’s awesome 👏
Govee RGBIC strips all day the best strips out there.
Do LED backlight hurts your TV in the long run
I thought you can cut them
Just use corner adapters. 🙄most kits come with it
No they don’t. You are making things up. You have to cut and add corners.
EXCEPT: LOOKING DIRECTLY AT LEDS IS REALLY BAD FOR YOUR EYES.
Always use a shade or something to block LEDS from direct light to the eyes.
Im gassy rn
nobody here heard of a soldering iron?
LIFX lights suck. Always have to reset them.
or.... buy a philips tv with integrated led
That is definitely an option. I am more of Samsung guy myself. 😀👍 thanks for watching.
@@CraigsTechTalk I buy a Philips TV in 2016 and the main reason is ambilight leds. Unfortunately it has only lateral leds but for the position in my house they're good enough.
Bias lighting: The goldfish-stocked platform shoes of the 2010s. It is designed to sell you crap and nothing more. The eyestrain myth is particularly ludicrous. Eventually you'll get sick of living in a carnival ride at night and move on to wearing bell-bottoms and wide ties.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you concerning the eye strain "myth", Bob. I have experienced a good amount of eye strain when trying to watch a television in a dark room. I, myself, have always experienced this. Even if I don't go the route of colored background lights, I always have a lamp on elsewhere in the room. That's the nice thing about opinions, right or wrong; everybody has one. Hope to see you on Saturday on Craig's RUclips stream!