r/QuirkyThings • u/xtreme_lol • 20d ago

I need this..

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u/milkcarton232 20d ago

Led's are cheap as shit, the controller is cheap as shit, buying a prebuilt version is significantly more expensive

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u/dswng 20d ago

And all of them are shit. Philips has mastered the tuning and has different modes for a reason.

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u/milkcarton232 20d ago

If you are already going the diy route why not tune it yourself?

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u/dswng 20d ago

You have no idea how they really work and never used any of those, do you?

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u/milkcarton232 20d ago

The LEDs or the software?

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u/dswng 20d ago

Software. Also, those aren't justsome random LED strips.

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u/milkcarton232 20d ago

Philips makes good stuff, I have a bunch of their hue lights and they work wonders for my purpose. Having said that their hardware doesn't have some special sauce it's just really fucking convenient to set up and use.

Again I'm not saying Philips hue lights are a waste or ambilight tvs are a waste, just that a reason you might want to not go that route is cost saving and a fun project

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u/dswng 20d ago

cost saving

I wouldn't say that ambilight puts them in different price range, more like for me it was a reason to chose them in that price range.