Power Practical USB Bias Lighting, LED TV Backlight Strip, Ambient Home Theater Light, TV Accent Lighting to Reduce Eye Strain, Improve Contrast, White, X-Large (41"-59" TV)

This is the third time I've bought this LED strip. I keep coming back to this one because it's simple to use, reliable, and cheap. I've tried other bias lights with dimming features and color control and they are just complicated for no reason, the remote runs out of battery and the batteries are not standard size. I don't need any of those features for a TV bias light. This one has no on-off switch, no dimmer control, no color control. You plug it into a USB port on the back of the TV and it turns on and off with the TV. Simple and no fuss. In terms of sizing, I've used this on a 65", 85" and now 98" TV. For the 98" TV, I bought the XXL length. As you can see from the picture, I did not run it to the very edge of the TV. It sits about 12" inboard on all sides. That works perfectly in my view. I have tried running the light strip very close to the edge of the TV and it's too bright and distracting. I like my bias lighting to be subtle and plain, D6500 white. For Sony TVs, they will sometimes send power to the USB port when the TV is turned off. To keep the bias light off with TV off, I have installed a USB power switch so I could just shut it off. Not a big deal and much simpler to use than the janky remote controls that comes with the color changing lights that are easy to lose or runs out of battery power after a year or so.

Works great. My only complaint is that the light is more blueish, while I prefer a more reddish (lower, “warmer” temperatures). I knew this going in, and for me, the convenience of the optional RF dimmer switch and the USB power trump this minor complaint. I installed the 118” “Large” Luminoodle kit on a Vizio P55-c1 (55” 4K TV). I installed in on the back where the back was parallel with the wall behind it. Because the rear of my TV is slightly curved around the edges (~5” radius), the “flat” area that I applied it to ended up being about 3” in from the left, right, and top. If you’re unsure what size you need, measure out a piece of string and see how well that would work. Note also the connector length when considering placement. It’s a very thoughtful design, with a flat cable and bi-directional USB connnector. The adhesive is genuine 3M OEM molding tape. This is the stuff they use in the automotive world to e.g. stick the chrome model name of the car onto the car. Trust me, it’s what you want. Once applied (you peel the red tape off from the grey adhesive, which itself is stuck on one side to the back of the flexible Luminoodle circuit board), it’s not going anywhere until you want it to. As long as you have clean hands and a clean surface (dust the back of your TV before applying the Luminoodle), you’ll be able to re-stick it as long as you’re careful if you mess up initially. Again, it’s the best stuff that they could have possibly used. Measure it out and plan where you want to install it before you go to stick it on and you’ll do well. I also went for the optional RF dimmer switch, which is equally great, and shares the flat cable + bidirectional USB connector (you can plug it in “backwards” and it works fine). I control it using a Broadlink RM-Pro, which is another IMO very good product. The RF range is good, there are MANY brightness levels, and the interface is simple. As some of you have been, I was curious about the actual power draw for the large size. I measured using two genuine Apple 110v USB adapters - the 5W iPhone adapter and the 12W iPad adapter. With the dimmer on full bright, the 118” Large Luminoodle drew [email protected] (3.7 watts). On the dimmest setting, it was drawing [email protected] (this was running through a USB 3 extension cable into my TV’s USB 2.0 port -> tester -> dimmer on lowest setting -> Luminoodle). TL;DR a USB 3.0 port should be able to provide 900mA of power at 5v. This draws less than that in all circumstances for the large size, even with the dimmer. If your TV has a USB port that is blue inside, this will work as bright as it can possible go. If you only have USB 2.0, there’s a small chance that your TV will complain about the device drawing too much power for the Large size (not sure if other sizes draw less power, but they *should*) and you’d have to potentiallly use a USB wall adapter or something.

I wasn't sold on the idea of bias lighting at first but I figured after reading many positive comments on the A/V forums for my Samsung KS8500 I decided I would give it a shot. This kit isn't expensive at all so the risk level was pretty low. Well, I got it in, unrolled it, and stuck on the back of my curved screen. It made it all the way up one side, across the top, and all the way down the other side with no problems just like they stated in their description. If you plug these into the USB plug on the back of you TV then they will even turn on and off with your TV, at least on the KS8500 they do. It took maybe 5 minutes from start to finish. I was very impressed with the light output of these lights even though my TV sits in the corner of the room and is a few feet out from the wall too. It allows us to comfortably watch TV in the dark while still being able to see and it also creates a nice "aura" around the screen. I will say they also seem to make the bright colors in animated movies like Finding Dory pop even more than normal, so much so that even my son says he likes the TV better with the bias lights on it. Bias lights are also supposed to reduce eye strain and I'll take all the help I can get there during my late-night Horizon: Zero Dawn sessions. Overall I am very pleased with the look and function of these lights and highly recommend them. *****There is one important thing to keep in mind when purchasing/installing these lights if you have a KS8500 or KS8000, the light strip will make it all the way around 3/4 of the TV screen but there is not enough slack left to make it to the USB plug on the back of the TV. To remedy this I just spent another $3-$4 on a 1-meter USB extension. The length was much longer than needed but I figured better safe than sorry.*****

I recently installed the Luminoodle behind my monitor and have been using it for several weeks now. In general, I’m very pleased with the results, but there are a couple of caveats worth noting. What I like: • Setup was extremely straightforward: peel-and-stick adhesive, plug into USB and go. The installation hardly took any time. • The ambient backlight makes a noticeable difference in how my screen looks in a dim room. It improved the perceived contrast and I personally feel less eye fatigue when working late at night. • The USB power input is a big plus (no dedicated adapter needed), so it fits nicely behind my monitor desk-setup.

By far the best backlight. I’ve tried others but none are as good. Changed my tv and bought these again for the new one. A nice bonus was the leds came off perfectly from the old tv with no sticky residue. The light strip is very well designed with cutouts every few cm which allows it to bend around corners - very clever! The light it gives is a lovely clear white which boosts the image on the tv. Can’t fault them. There’s no fancy colours or dimming etc but there Shouldn’t be for bias lighting.

Livraison rapide, bien emballé, installation facile, colle très bien. Pas de télécommande, s'allume quand on allume la télé puisque branché par clé USB. Lumière blanc froid, très belle lumière, n'ébloui pas, très beau rendu lorsque votre télé se trouve dans un coin, met le coin en valeur

This product lives up to what it claims. Installation is easy and all you do is plug it into one of the USB ports on the TV. Every time you turn the TV on it automatically comes on and turns itself off about 15 seconds after the TV is off. I was looking for a bias light as I have an LCD TV and the this helps both with perceived contrast and overall lighting so the bright scenes don't bother your eyes as much, especially during HDR viewing. I may still get a remote control for this product in the future. They do sell a similar one with colored led and remote for a little more but I have no use for color. I strictly wanted it for its white light output(supposedly 6000K) Edit Sep 2023. The company is very responsive and answers any queries very quickly. After I changed the TV from Samsung to Sony, I had trouble with this because Sony never turned the USB power off. It comes on every now and then and the light would come on and go off, so much so that it was driving everyone in the house crazy. So, I bought a power strip with master and slave setting and everything is back to normal now. Edit Nov 2023. I changed the TV to a Samsung and bought another unit. The way Samsung implements the USB power scheme, I don't need an external power source. I use the built-in USB on the TV and everything is great.

Mit etwas Fingerfertigkeit leicht anzubringen. Kürzbar! Klebt stabil am Gerät. USB Anschluss am TV funktioniert tadellos. Tolle Farben. Fernbedienung ohne Probleme.

Bin begeistert. Tolles Produkt. Das Anbringen war sehr einfach. TV gucken mit Beleuchtung ist viel besser für die Augen. Schönes kaltweiss. Vielleicht ein bisschen teuer mit 30 Euro aber Funktion ist super. Hoffe dass die Lichterkette lange hält da sie auch tagsüber leuchtet. Eine Fernbedienung gibt es bei der Version für 30 Euro nicht. Die Lichterkette geht mit dem TV automatisch an und aus. Ist zum empfehlen 👍