Why do you need a TV backlight strip? When you look at something, whether it's a phone screen, a picture on the wall, or the view from your bedroom window, your pupils dilate to adjust the amount of light entering your eyes. The degree to which your eyes dilate is caused by the average amount of light your eyes can absorb at one time; not by the brightest spot of light. For example, when you are watching TV or using a computer in a dark room, your eyes will be fixed on this window of light surrounded by darkness. Your eyes will perceive the screen as very bright compared to the rest of the room, but they will not adjust to the average brightness level displayed on the screen. In other words, your eyes will get tired from dealing with bright light in a dark room, leading to eye strain. Symptoms of eye strain include tension headaches, tearing, and discomfort.
Installing a light source directly behind your TV or monitor not only relieves eye strain, but also dramatically improves image quality. The technique of placing the light source behind the screen is often referred to as bias lighting.
Benefits of Having a Tv Backlight
Reduces Eye Strain and Headaches
Frequent exposure to a bright TV screen or monitor, especially if the rest of the room is dark, can quickly strain your eyes. This is because our eyes cannot adjust to the level of light emitted by the brightest point in the room. Instead, they try to adjust to the average brightness of our entire line of sight. As a result, dealing with the high contrast between the bright light of the screen and the surrounding darkness can overwork your eyes, making them feel dry, tired or strained.
TV backlight strips relieve eye strain by increasing the amount of general illumination in the room. They also tend to emit light that is soft or diffuse rather than harsh, which should make it easier for your eyes to adjust.
Reduce Glare
If the contrast between a bright screen and a dark room is the culprit of eye strain, can't you simply turn on all the lights? Interestingly, many of the common lighting configurations used in the home can also impede clear and comfortable screen viewing.
In your typical living room or home office, you typically have ceiling lights, floor lamps and table lamps. These light sources may be located above, in front of, or to the side of the screen. So, while they do illuminate the room, they also cast light onto the viewing surface. This reflected light can create glare and haze on the screen, making the projected image more difficult to see.
Meanwhile, bias lighting is placed behind the viewing surface. This illuminates your surroundings without shining any light directly into your eyes or onto the screen. You get all the benefits of a brighter room without having to deal with problematic glare or other visual distortions.
Improved Visual Quality
In addition to saving your eyes from fatigue and discomfort, illuminating your screen from the back can make your photos look better. This is because indirect light enhances the contrast of the screen image, which makes it look richer and clearer to the viewer. More specifically, when you set black and gray shades on the screen against a light background (such as a glowing wall), they naturally appear richer. In contrast, these same shades will appear more faded against a darker background.
Reducing Tv Wear and Tear
Related to the above, most people will increase the brightness and contrast of their TVs and monitors to achieve pleasing levels of color intensity. However, changing these settings too often or turning them up for too long can shorten the life of the screen's internal backlighting mechanism. High brightness and contrast settings can also increase the power consumption of your devices, which can increase your electricity bill.
If your viewing environment already helps to increase contrast and improve image quality on the screen, then you can easily turn down the brightness. In the long run, this will protect your device from daily wear and tear and save you a lot of power.
Easy to Buy and Install
If you've been thoroughly acquainted with bias lighting and want to start taking advantage of its many benefits as soon as possible, then you're in luck. Functional bias lighting systems are not only easy to set up, they're also very inexpensive.
If your TV or monitor is at arm's length from the wall, a conventional light assembly placed behind the screen should work well for your purposes.
Using a TV backlight strip is a simple, effective and affordable solution to headaches, dry eyes and eye strain caused by viewing a bright screen in a dark room. With just a little installation work, you can give yourself and your family a completely comfortable, high-quality viewing experience for even the longest binge-watching marathon.
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