Govee Immersion in Part/ Movie mode can fall back on content with fast cut edits. All/ Movie or Part/ Game modes can enhance performance.
Preferably, the standing Lyra light would sync colors with the Immersion cam for dynamic scenes like these.
Setting Up the Govee Immersion light set on the back of my TV took about an hour, mostly because care is advised when gluing over 12 feet of LED lights to a thin and pricey LG OLED TV. The Immersion light strip is a single strand of RGBIC LEDs that sit atop a layer of strong 3M adhesive. I used masking tape to stage my installation prior to getting rid of the back of the 3M tape to completely attach the LEDs around the whole boundary of the TV.
Even then, I still needed to move the left and right LED sections. It was just after switching on the lights that I understood the strips were too near to the left- and right-hand edges making them noticeable from the front. The strips peeled away quickly enough, permitting me to reattach them closer to the center without needing to reheat the 3M tape with a hairdryer.
Govee says the Immersion package is ideal for TVs between 55 and 65 inches, with the single LED light strip divided into areas measuring 70cm for the sides and 120cm along the top and bottom. For my 55-inch TV, I had to do plenty of twisting and cajoling of the LED strip to make sure the slack looped at the corners wasnt noticeable from the front.
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The Govee Immersion TELEVISION Backlight trusts an external camera to integrate the LEDs with any colors it discovers on the screen. Conversely, the Hue Play Box only deals with content fed to it via HDMI. Thats offered Govee the advantage for anybody who relies heavily on content sourced straight from apps installed on their clever TELEVISION.
Placement of the cam is crucial to the operation as it sees the edges of the screen and then maps the colors back to each LED on the strip. All Govee marketing materials recommend that the camera has to sit on top of the TV. Its only when you open the buddy phone app that you discover it can likewise be placed at the bottom, which looks far better in my setup. My TV is sitting on a cabinet with a soundbar in front that completely hides the electronic camera mounted below. Unfortunately, the soundbar likewise obstructs the majority of the bottom strip of LEDs so I dont get the complete 360-degree Ambilight experience.
In the image slider below, you can see how the light output of the Govee Lyra impacts the Immersion backlight when turned on. Mounting the camera on top of the TV would have mostly avoided this.
Works with any material on screen unlike the Hue Play Box
Added immersion is real
Excellent value for cash
Camera can be installed on the top or bottom of TV
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Immersion backlight set to All/ Movie mode makes The Handmaids Tale much more alarming.
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Fast-moving animation looks fantastic with the brightness and saturation cranked up (Part/ Movie mode).
For television shows like The Handmaids Tale, I chose things in All/ Movie mode and let Govee choose the uniform backlight colors. Generally, it selected a deep angry red. How apropos.
Ive been typically pleased with the precision of the color mapping though it does periodically get puzzled. However, I never ever wish to see TELEVISION without an immersive vibrant backlight again.
Soccer looked fantastic in these settings, where long single-camera shots show excellent swaths of green lawn and consistently attired viewers. The adaptive backlighting added significantly to the immersive feel, particularly in the night hours when the Govee Immersion wasnt competing with the sun.
Calibrating the cam is not for the faint of heart as it requires adhering 7 orange obstructs to the TV display screen. Adjusting the fish-eye cam is then a matter of using the Govee Home app to align a video camera guide with the blocks. Your diligence will be rewarded with an accurate color map that can be enjoyed long into the future.
A take a look at the most helpful settings for Video mode, including Part or All, Game or Movie, and Brightness and Saturation.
The video camera when placed at the bottom of the TELEVISION can get light disturbance as shown by the Lyra shifting colors along the left edge of the TELEVISION.
The Part/ Movie settings were less than best for seeing films with quick-cut action shots. The split-second delay between a display change and the predisposition lighting discovering it proved sidetracking in some scenes, pulling the audience out of the action, especially when the colors were incorrect.
Soccer looks fantastic in Part/ Movie mode, thanks to broad shots with couple of electronic camera modifications.
Ive been intrigued by Philips Ambilight tvs for almost twenty years. Enjoying those display screens bleed onto the wall in radiant synchronicity is something to see. I simply could not validate the rate premium, despite the guarantee of a more immersive viewing experience. Philips Hue presented an external Hue Play Box that includes Ambilight to any TV. However at $229 and requiring you to purchase lights to utilize with it, it was still too expensive for my inexpensive ass.
A couple of months back, I found the Immersion TV backlight while examining out Govees brand-new Lyra free-standing lamp. At $80 (and sometimes less if you discover it on sale), including all of the components you require to make it work, brief of a TELEVISION itself, the Govee Immersion package offers a much better value proposition than Philips.
Theres also a devoted control module that sits in line with the LED strip on the back of the TELEVISION (using more 3M tape). I plugged my own into a smart plug (the TELEVISIONs USB port isnt a choice) that automatically turns the LEDs on and off along with the TELEVISION.
The Govee Home app is where youre presented to an overwhelming set of options. There are interactive modes that make the strips respond to music and video, and static modes built around your preferred color scheme and scenes. It was within the Video mode that I satisfied my Ambilight ambitions.
Part makes each RGBIC LED respond locally to whats happening on the display next to it, whereas All creates an uniform backlight of color based upon some average of what the video camera sees on the display screen. Game mode causes the colors to alter more abruptly, while Movie results in smoother but slower color shifts.
After a couple of weeks of screening, I ultimately chose Part/ Movie video modes with brightness set to 75 percent and saturation set to about 15 percent. These settings offer the finest balance of immersion versus distraction for the material I viewed the most: films, television series, some animation, and great deals of soccer throughout the UEFA Champions League competition.
Anime, too (Part/ Movie mode).
Preferably, the Govee Lyra would sync with the Govee Immersion to further improve the Ambilight-like experience. While you can develop Smart links within the Govee app to sync some features of the Lyra and Immersion lights, its restricted to on/ off or color syncing. They can not sync information collected by the Immersions camera. Thats a pity due to the fact that I d like to change the TV area into a makeshift Microsoft IllumiRoom.
On its own, the Govee Lyra is neat however gimmicky. It does not have a Video mode, however otherwise includes all of the very same light modes as the Immersion backlight. However none of those are really engaging unless your task is to DJ dance parties for kids. Its difficult to justify a free-standing vertical LED lightstrip that costs $149.99, when the $79.99 Immersion is such an engaging item for a lot less.
Soccer looks fantastic in Part/ Movie modes, specifically when England ratings.
Including sticker labels to your pricey TELEVISION is no enjoyable
Light disrupts electronic camera when installed on bottom of TELEVISION
Backlighting sidetracking for some content
Setup can be fiddly, needing patience
Photography by Thomas Ricker/ The Verge
A few months back, I discovered the Immersion TV backlight while checking out Govees new Lyra free-standing lamp. Installing the Govee Immersion light kit on the back of my TELEVISION took about an hour, mostly because care is encouraged when gluing over 12 feet of LED lights to a thin and costly LG OLED TV. Govee says the Immersion package is appropriate for TVs between 55 and 65 inches, with the single LED light strip divided into areas measuring 70cm for the sides and 120cm along the top and bottom. The Govee Immersion TELEVISION Backlight relies upon an external video camera to synchronize the LEDs with any colors it detects on the display. I plugged my own into a clever plug (the TELEVISIONs USB port isnt an alternative) that immediately turns the LEDs on and off along with the TELEVISION.
