I've just done something I'd never done before and something I never thought I would do. Paused your video about a third of the way through and bought a Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite. Enjoyed the rest of the video. Thank you for the way you present and for your honesty and truthfulness
Ordered one. Sale price was $59 usd. I will post impressions when I get it going. First movie will be Godzilla Minus One for the nuclear breath and then a couple episodes fromnthe first season of Demon Slayer anime. (Which is famous for its use of color) UPDATE- Demon Slayer demo is on my channel. Very impressive!
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I love my T1 and will be sticking with it as the T2/T3 can’t be used with mounting beneath the TV (at least not as easily). It’s all linked to my Home Assistant/Hubitat/Homekit environment and the colour accuracy is plenty good enough for me. Plus the T3 doesn’t seem to have 75 inch support yet. Tip: Use the UA-cam calibration video which has the 4 orange squares in the corner to save sticking the physical ones on your screen during setup.
looking at buying a T1, but the ugliness on the top of the tv does my head in, can you actually just put the t1 on the bottom insteaD?
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@@flink6150 yep. The software fully supports it, part of the setup asks you for the orientation. There are a number of UA-cam channels showing some nice ways to totally hide it on your TV stand as well (personally I’ve just stuck it to the bottom of the TV as it is floating on an arm off the wall so no other option).
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@@flink6150 look for MrTek Suggest ditch your T1 camera video.
Watched the video yesterday, bought it and installed it today. Works great. Be sure to pick the "Part" option to get the colors to match the action on the screen. This is a great option for us as we feed our TV with an ethernet cable. The camera sits at a 90 degree angle to the screen and I thought it a bit too obvious, but you quickly don't notice it when you're involved with a show. (I'll add that my wife chuckled at the cockroach/3M joke).
You failed to mention whether this works with all sizes of TVs or not .. the previous ( 1st gen ) only worked with I believe 49 inch TVs or bigger and was not able to be calibrated if you tried to use it with a 43 inch as the camera was not able to see the corners of the smaller TV
Also you can put the camera at the bottom of the tv if you're using the old generation (if it's not wall mounted that is). And the lights are so good with animation movies!
After watching loads (and I mean loads) of your videos over the past few months I finally bit the bullet and bought the govee T1 this last weekend so I could dip my toe in the immersive light ocean - plus it was only £41 on Amazon so....bargain! So after only 2 days I only have 1 thing to say - OH MY GOD, Im never going back to the boring way of watching TV ever again. In fact we love it so much in our house we are looking at "upgrading" all the TV's in the house - might need to look at the T2/T3 options after watching this video though. Thanks for making these videos - fun, entertaining and informative - perfection really 🙂
It'd be nice if TV OSes would build in this functionality, and just output a tiny image (like 16 × 16) of their display contents, over USB or the network.
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Philips have had built in ambient lighting for years!
@ Yes. That could work. Like a "Video Return Channel". Except you'd still need an additional sync-box. And studios would inevitably insist it's heavily DRMed.
thank you, thank you, thank you for always telling me it as it is with any product you review. I will definitely be picking up one of these new govee dreamview backlight 3 tv lighting systems!
Great review - I'm buying one. So true about Axl and such a shame. I saw GNR at Wembleyon the 1991-2 tour and it was the best gig I ever saw. I avoid him now ... makes me cry :(
Probably a silly question but could you put the camera underneath the TV. I would have thought this would be a lot less noticable, especially if your using a stand.
I made my own about a year ago. It was a nightmare getting hold of a Raspberry Pi 4 at the time, but I genuinely wouldn't live without it now. I have more LEDs per meter. Them ones look like 30ppm, I went for 60ppm myself. I use an esp32 connected to the strip with WLED installed, and that interfaces with the Raspberry Pi with HyperHDR installed on it. I then use an HDMI capture box and a spitter to take the signal going into the TV. Yes, I know it's rather technical compared to the Govee solution, and I understand some people just wouldn't be arsed with it. For me, I just love the rewarding feeling I get from knowing I did it myself.
@@paulhibbert I’m tempted by the lytmi fantasy 3. It looks amazing and has ai to work out scenes from audio without hdmi for built in tv apps etc. hdmi 2.1 4k120hz looks great although quite expensive. I do like the Govee but don’t like a camera stuck to the top of the tv lol
Dude! If you could create a video, detailing your setup (kind of idiot proof), and how to get it running, I'd be ready to pay some amount of money. That's the kind of setup I'm looking for. I'm not joking btw! I'm just not smart enough to figure this out on my own from scratch.
Why compare this T3 lite vs the T1 and not the T2?, could be because the T2 is pricier (67€ vs 99€), have double leds and 2 lens in 1 camera to cover better the tv, althought it does not have the automatic turn off functionality, for me this product, remember it has Lite in it's name, seems as the entry level and the t2 and I suppose next iterations for more advance users as in Govees light strips, they have the BT only 30 leds/m, the wifi and BT 30 leds/m, the wifi 60 leds/m with protection, all this for interior, I think this is the same for the tv lights, they make two categories
That was far too easy create. I put the family guy footage in and it immediately sync’s up almost every word I had it finished in about 2 minutes 🤣 xxx
I have a similar backlight and I recommend adding an additional cheap white backlight strip to the tv. I find that when the backlight turns off during a dark scene it is distracting. The effects are certainly more subtle with the extra light but it makes everyday usage so much better and you can always turn off the extra light strip when you want the full immersion.
Great Video as always, love your reviews, I have a question can the camera be put at the bottom? why does it have to be the top? it would be more out of sight at the bottom
So if I buy a govee backlight, I can put it around things and will make things look bigger? Is there a risk of electric shock? Great video - good to know the good and the bad!
Another pretty big CON of the Camera vs HDMI sync is aspect ratio. If you watch nothing but 16:9 on your 16:9 screen it's all good. But if you watch some movies that have a much wider aspect ratio, you end up with black bars on your screen and the camera doesn't know how to handle that because it sees black on the top and bottom. HDMI sync analyzes the video signal before it's ever output to a screen so you won't have that issue.
The Govee 3 covered in this video has “black bar elimination for precise color extraction from screen edges” according to the press release - most of the reviews coming out mention it. Although it’s not mentioned on the Govee product pages.
Thanks Paul, hope you've had a great Christmas. I got this as a present and came to install it but didn't have enough clearance between the front of the TV (I have a Samsung QLED from 2017 with the slim Samsung wall mount) and the wall to fit the camera. I will try to buy a right angled USB-C adapter to see if this will allow it to fit and post the result here in a couple of days. For reference you need 75mm from the front of your screen to the wall to fit the camera in.
Can the camera be mounted or positioned at the bottom of the TV? If there was several inches of clearance between the TV and the cabinet it's sitting on?
Checked the link and am I getting the right thing, it looks like it's £149 reduced to £89. Am i looking for something less than £75? Sorry if i am being daft.
We have a Philips Ambilight TV in one room, Mrs loves it I turn it off. Thing that bugged me about it was that its just 3 sides, they did do 4 sides for a year on their top end TVs but have dumped that idea now and gone back to 3. Cost em at least 1 sale 🤦
We've got a 4 sided Ambilight Philips OLED and like you, I turn it off. I just find the whole thing distracting and struggle to see the point of it for 95% of the time.
Awesome review! One question I have is….When applying the light strips to the back of the tv, how do they stick seamlessly specifically at the corners?
Loved the musical accompaniment to the on/off segment. I usually don't laugh at musical accompaniment, but I did this time. I do like that it works with a whole slew of smart-home platforms, including Home Assistant(!) The only problem is that I'm just not in the demographic for this product, though my daughter might be for those times when she has friends over for video games. It clearly adds some zing to the normal presentation. Once again, Govee shows that you shouldn't have to spend huge amounts of cash to get excellent results. Thanks once again for the "what's wrong with it section." It's really helpful and it's also what sets your reviews ahead of the others. Thanks also for a great and entertaining review. Keep up the good work.
I've got a Philips TV in the kitchen with built in Ambilight which is fine, then I bought the Philips add-on lights with HDMI Syns Box for my main Samsung TV which works great except when using Samsungs Smart Hub to watch BBC iPlayer or other apps like Netflix or Amazon Prime, the lights still react to whatever is playing through the Sync Box. My next tellybox is going to be the ginormous TCL 98" and I'll try the Govee solution as using camera detection will also control the lights when using the apps. Just hope the Govee 85" kit will be enough as I can't see they make a 95" - 100" rig.
Do you prefer this over the Govee hdmi sync box? I would be using with Nividia shield . Also can you mix hue and Govee lights together with Alexa? Any help would be much appreciated
Hi Paul, Great video. As well as providing great straight forward information it was funny. I purchased the Govee 3 Lite after seeing it.. I just want to ask you one quick question . I'm just about to fit the Light strip to my 55 inch Lg Oled and my question is how far in from the edge of the TV should I fit the Light Strip ? Thanks
In honesty, you’d have to ask Govee that. I I haven’t looked at their backlight kits for a while so didn’t know the T2 existed, they asked for a comparison to the T1, and it wasn’t until the comments started coming in that I realised there was a T2 🤷🏻♂️
needs to be on the bottom pointing up, being on top of the screen is in eye sight and is a black spot in the ambilight. TV manufacturers need to implement a HDMI clone output of what is on the screen, first one that comes up with that will take a share of the TV market.
Nice. So tempted. The camera really bugs me though. Maybe one day there will be a software upgradable hdmi box which delays both audio and video output to the tv thus enabling a 100% exact match of signal light/colour intensity to the led as it appears on the tv. One day. Soon.
In the mean time Philips Ambilight TV's are your best option. I just bought 2 on Black Friday deals, one for the dining room and one for the living room
The issue with your idea is that it won't work for streaming video directly in the TV, like I do for everything. I literally never use HDMI. I either stream from the net or from my NAS.
@@paulhibbert Fifty and more years ago, when I was growing up, my mother did not allow television viewing during meals. Now, the misses and I plop ourselves on the couch, dinner plates in hand almost every night. A part of me wants to invoke my mother's rules and go back to eating at the table with no television allowed. Just appropriate background music. 🙂
I thought the camera would really annoy me (I have the T1 version, but I stuck it at the bottom instead of the top and I barely notice it now (the soundbar hides it anyway) The trouble with V1 is that when there is a dark image on screen it decided I want bright blue around the edges. which is annoying.
Excellent video as always clicked on link to buy but its for 55 inch up tv am i being stupid as cant find any for smaller tv do you just cut them down or is there different kit that i need to buy tried looking on there shop but cant seem to find one
Hi there, can you share your app settings please? I must be doing something wrong cause the colors are not that close to what they should. Only thing I can think of is when doing the calibration I could barely see the top left and right orange dots (even after moving the camera). So here I am thinking if I mirror your app settings I may get better results. Thanks in advance
Paul, what settings (brightness saturation etc). did you use please? I have upgraded from the T1 and I can't seem to get the black scenes to not show red. :-(
Great Video as usual... Just a quick question...is this the "Govee TV 3 Lite"? That appears to be the only thing that pops up if I search on Amazon in Germany for a 3rd Generation and it confused me a bit since "Lite" seems to indicate some kind of entry level budget thingy...
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It is indeed the 3 Lite. I’m assuming there will soon be a 3 “full fat” bringing the 3rd gen features of the lite and the extras the T2 has (dual lens, double the LED density etc).
@ Thanks. I read up on it, and sadly it's only for TVs up to 65" so not for me unfortunately.
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@@rolandrohde I think they will add a larger TV version to the Lite soon. But if you wait a bit longer you will be able to get the 3 Pro or whatever they call it. They are clearly creating 2 tiers of this product line for entry level and high end users.
First time watching your videos and first 2 minutes made me subscribe and also because I am too frustrated with UA-camrs who don’t specify the things the device is not good at. They are just advertising at the end of the day.
I have the first version, and I'm looking to replace it. When I got it, I had a 60-inch TV, but now I have a 70-inch, so the camera just doesn't work as well. Because the version I got was designed for the smaller screen, when it was put on the larger screen it's not picking up all the edges. It works, but not as well as it did on the smaller screen. I like Govee and trust their products, and I wish they offered an HDMI box because I'd like to move to that technology to get rid of the camera setup. Also, it looks like the two camera models they have are 55-65 and 75-85, which puts my 70-inch TV right in the middle of not being well suited to either of them. When my wife saw the 70-inch I brought home about a year ago, she said it was too big, but now that she's gotten used to the size she wants a bigger one. Women. Looks like 75-inch TVs are around $1K and 85-inch TVs are around $2K, so maybe it's time to upgrade that and then get the Govee camera for the larger size TV.
@5:02 Being taken thru a wizard sounds a bit messy tbh Paul Also as a fellow midlander, @7:12 "Dunt it?" made me homesick lol I have a DIY sync box based on hyperion, but this vid is making me seriously consider buying this!
Can I suggest you move those Atmos speakers to "front height", to the very top of the wall? The result is way better than "upfiring", if the ceiling placent is not an option.
Is that the 65” kit on a 75” tv? I don’t see a larger kit in my marketplace? And given how many products I end up buying, maybe consider more Amazon markets 😀
Do they have a hdmi sync box option? I couldn’t put up with that camera arm. Don’t really think the future hdmi capability is a big deal, after all the TV itself has the same problem?
@@paulhibbert Govee does have an HDMI sync box but it's not meant for TV and somehow only monitors? I never understood that. Paul, with your connection to Govee, that might be a good question to ask them.
About 7 years ago i got a dreamscreen (and then the 4k version later) which is a sync box thru hdmi. Unfortunately due to lack of demand and some other issues, the creater decided to ditch dreamscreen. (Apparently they sold their design to phillips which is now the over priced but not as good hue sync box) it still cost around 300 something and i got 4 sidekicks with that (side kicks were finicky tho) So dreamscreen is no more. Its an amazing product that is still going strong. However because my receiver is not 4k i had to add a 4k splitter into the mix and run 2 seperate 4k lines (one to tv, other to sync box) and it was a tedious setup process. I do have other govee lights that i love as well (floor lamp, 2 glides, and some 64 footers) i also have a bunch of hue bulbs. My house is pretty chaotic haha I just got the t3 lite today in the mail because i want to compound the tv backlighting and sync the other govee liights in the room with the tv lol. Going to be fun
Good review Paul, and I would buy one today but unfortunately I don't have a 55" TV so I'm out. Maybe that's prejudice towards smaller TV's, that's it I'm complaining to the prime minister to get a new law added. Seriously though, it's a shame they don't have a version for say 48/50" TV's. Keep up the great reviews.
Badly. This is just T1.5. It can't match the T2 dual camera system. The strip on the T2 have double the led amount, and that alone makes huge difference.
I've had two govee kits and both were rubbish. I got the Lytmi Fantasy kit and it's a lot better. I will never go back to the nacklight kit that relies on a camera to match the screen colours. I bought a Philips Ambilight TV a few months ago and the lytmi kit is still better than the TV backlight.
How does this compare to the T1? I have it and been struggling to get it to accurately show the colours on every area of the bottom corners. I've also messed around with the colour balance and saturation settings a lot but constantly feel it's not quite right
Wow this looks awesome- but the one MAJOR downside with Govee. Why the hell don’t they make there stuff for the rest of the world 🤬 EXTREMELY short sighted. And more to the point why is this not available for bigger TV’S ?? Eg 75-85” 🤷🏻♂️
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Am I correct in thinking this camera can't be mounted under the TV? I'm looking at this product or the T2 and leaning more for the T2 as the camera can be located at the bottom of the TV
@@traceymalonedid you find the color matching/coverage to be better at the bottom than the top? Sometimes it matches the scene of a video game or movie very well and other times not? I’m not super sure what this is due to. I feel like my calibration was pretty good. It’s currently mounted at the top
I had the previous edition of the govee ambilights but i ended my adventure by selling the tv with the govee camera and ledstrips still on it and buying a philips tv with ambilights built in from the factory. No more dissapointments, better then an hdmi box and the tv itself also has ambilight when watching. Maybe this new version 3 of govee could have made me happy for a cheaper price lol
Went to start this video and my TV said it was in restricted mode(because can't log into the TV on UA-cam Chrome for some reason). So I had to go in and turn off restrict mode(witch I have to do cause it turns itself on 🤷♀️) to watch this video. What's up with this vid being restricted homie? ETA: I HAVE YET TO BE BAITED, WHY WAS THIS VIDEO RESTRICTED...(not really mad was just kinda hopeful. 😭) ETA again: Okay, I'm going to say that unedited clip of G&R is probably what caused the content warning... PS: And more bloopers at the end.. love the bloopers... 🥰
Warning for those with a 65" TV the govee strips are 122cm by 59cm .. a 55" TV has side lengths approx 121 cm by 69 cm a 65" TV is approx 145 cm by 82 cm So its clear that it is designed for a 55" TV only and using the strip on a 65" tv would be totally inappropriate. the gaps in the corners where there are no LEDs are painfully visible. 😞
Ahhhh your conclusion omg. 1. Some higher end tvs do have tv out. 2. If the tech moves on guess what you going to need a new tv so when you sell the old one are you peeling of the ambilight leds? NO your selling the tv with them attached. So might as well give them the sync box too. If you don't want too, guess what these are just normal addressable led strings you can mix and match. 3. There is a good chance that 3rd parties are going to open up more options on these units. Seriously I cannot understand why the camera units still exist unless there is a patent issue.
I've just done something I'd never done before and something I never thought I would do.
Paused your video about a third of the way through and bought a Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite. Enjoyed the rest of the video.
Thank you for the way you present and for your honesty and truthfulness
❤️ thanks mate, you’ll love it!
So how was it! Curious to hear the results
@@jettsaustrup4740 4 months and we still in suspense
Ordered one. Sale price was $59 usd. I will post impressions when I get it going. First movie will be Godzilla Minus One for the nuclear breath and then a couple episodes fromnthe first season of Demon Slayer anime. (Which is famous for its use of color) UPDATE- Demon Slayer demo is on my channel. Very impressive!
I love my T1 and will be sticking with it as the T2/T3 can’t be used with mounting beneath the TV (at least not as easily). It’s all linked to my Home Assistant/Hubitat/Homekit environment and the colour accuracy is plenty good enough for me. Plus the T3 doesn’t seem to have 75 inch support yet.
Tip: Use the UA-cam calibration video which has the 4 orange squares in the corner to save sticking the physical ones on your screen during setup.
looking at buying a T1, but the ugliness on the top of the tv does my head in, can you actually just put the t1 on the bottom insteaD?
@@flink6150 yep. The software fully supports it, part of the setup asks you for the orientation. There are a number of UA-cam channels showing some nice ways to totally hide it on your TV stand as well (personally I’ve just stuck it to the bottom of the TV as it is floating on an arm off the wall so no other option).
@@flink6150 look for MrTek Suggest ditch your T1 camera video.
You can put the t2 camera on the bottom. DIY and reverse the calibration.
They make it in a 75” and up now
Watched the video yesterday, bought it and installed it today. Works great. Be sure to pick the "Part" option to get the colors to match the action on the screen. This is a great option for us as we feed our TV with an ethernet cable. The camera sits at a 90 degree angle to the screen and I thought it a bit too obvious, but you quickly don't notice it when you're involved with a show. (I'll add that my wife chuckled at the cockroach/3M joke).
What is "part" option?
You failed to mention whether this works with all sizes of TVs or not .. the previous ( 1st gen ) only worked with I believe 49 inch TVs or bigger and was not able to be calibrated if you tried to use it with a 43 inch as the camera was not able to see the corners of the smaller TV
Look for Nano tape instead of cellotape and Blue-tac. Its a non permanent tape. Also great for sensors when you are testing for optimum location.
Well done! You just scared the shit out of the cat with that Axl Rose /Family Guy sketch, I laughed so hard! 😂
Also you can put the camera at the bottom of the tv if you're using the old generation (if it's not wall mounted that is).
And the lights are so good with animation movies!
After watching loads (and I mean loads) of your videos over the past few months I finally bit the bullet and bought the govee T1 this last weekend so I could dip my toe in the immersive light ocean - plus it was only £41 on Amazon so....bargain! So after only 2 days I only have 1 thing to say - OH MY GOD, Im never going back to the boring way of watching TV ever again. In fact we love it so much in our house we are looking at "upgrading" all the TV's in the house - might need to look at the T2/T3 options after watching this video though. Thanks for making these videos - fun, entertaining and informative - perfection really 🙂
I love everything about this comment ❤️ thanks for telling me man
If you could hint strongly to Govee that there are customers with smaller TVs would love this too, that would be great.
And LARGER as well, mine is 75"
They have different sizes on their website
Would it be possible to mount the camera from the bottom of a TV?
It'd be nice if TV OSes would build in this functionality, and just output a tiny image (like 16 × 16) of their display contents, over USB or the network.
Philips have had built in ambient lighting for years!
@ Yeah, but I want the raw data!
@@andybrice2711 the answer is for TVs to start adding an HDMI “monitor out”. Then any existing HDMI sync box can make use of the standardised signal.
@ Yes. That could work. Like a "Video Return Channel". Except you'd still need an additional sync-box. And studios would inevitably insist it's heavily DRMed.
thank you, thank you, thank you for always telling me it as it is with any product you review. I will definitely be picking up one of these new govee dreamview backlight 3 tv lighting systems!
I work in a callcenter. - It cracks me up every time you say that 🙂
I don't miss it
Great review - I'm buying one. So true about Axl and such a shame. I saw GNR at Wembleyon the 1991-2 tour and it was the best gig I ever saw. I avoid him now ... makes me cry :(
Probably a silly question but could you put the camera underneath the TV. I would have thought this would be a lot less noticable, especially if your using a stand.
Yeah it works better but then flip the pic in the settings
@@dmo848how do you actually flip the pic in the setting?
I made my own about a year ago. It was a nightmare getting hold of a Raspberry Pi 4 at the time, but I genuinely wouldn't live without it now.
I have more LEDs per meter. Them ones look like 30ppm, I went for 60ppm myself.
I use an esp32 connected to the strip with WLED installed, and that interfaces with the Raspberry Pi with HyperHDR installed on it.
I then use an HDMI capture box and a spitter to take the signal going into the TV.
Yes, I know it's rather technical compared to the Govee solution, and I understand some people just wouldn't be arsed with it. For me, I just love the rewarding feeling I get from knowing I did it myself.
Like a really good hand shandy
Nice! I had a Lytmi sync box which was kind of an off the shelf equivalent. It was ace!
Do you have plans or could you point me to to a self build link please? It's going to be a long winter and I need a project! 🫤
@@paulhibbert I’m tempted by the lytmi fantasy 3. It looks amazing and has ai to work out scenes from audio without hdmi for built in tv apps etc. hdmi 2.1 4k120hz looks great although quite expensive. I do like the Govee but don’t like a camera stuck to the top of the tv lol
Dude!
If you could create a video, detailing your setup (kind of idiot proof), and how to get it running, I'd be ready to pay some amount of money.
That's the kind of setup I'm looking for.
I'm not joking btw!
I'm just not smart enough to figure this out on my own from scratch.
Why compare this T3 lite vs the T1 and not the T2?, could be because the T2 is pricier (67€ vs 99€), have double leds and 2 lens in 1 camera to cover better the tv, althought it does not have the automatic turn off functionality, for me this product, remember it has Lite in it's name, seems as the entry level and the t2 and I suppose next iterations for more advance users as in Govees light strips, they have the BT only 30 leds/m, the wifi and BT 30 leds/m, the wifi 60 leds/m with protection, all this for interior, I think this is the same for the tv lights, they make two categories
That Gun’s N Roses bit has got me howling 🤣🤣🤣
That was far too easy create. I put the family guy footage in and it immediately sync’s up almost every word I had it finished in about 2 minutes 🤣 xxx
@@paulhibbert Best 2mins work since I last had relations with a lady xxx
What's it like compared to the Envisual T2?
Just bought this on the back of this review. It better be good Paul!
You won’t be disappointed! 😁👍🏻
I have a similar backlight and I recommend adding an additional cheap white backlight strip to the tv. I find that when the backlight turns off during a dark scene it is distracting. The effects are certainly more subtle with the extra light but it makes everyday usage so much better and you can always turn off the extra light strip when you want the full immersion.
Great Video as always, love your reviews, I have a question can the camera be put at the bottom? why does it have to be the top? it would be more out of sight at the bottom
Is it possible to put on the bottom?
Sony A95L TV has Bravia Cam on top of the TV. Would that make this incompatible with the this product?
So if I buy a govee backlight, I can put it around things and will make things look bigger?
Is there a risk of electric shock?
Great video - good to know the good and the bad!
Another pretty big CON of the Camera vs HDMI sync is aspect ratio. If you watch nothing but 16:9 on your 16:9 screen it's all good. But if you watch some movies that have a much wider aspect ratio, you end up with black bars on your screen and the camera doesn't know how to handle that because it sees black on the top and bottom. HDMI sync analyzes the video signal before it's ever output to a screen so you won't have that issue.
So the justice league Snyder cut is out of the question 🤣
@@stwlaidler correct
The Govee 3 covered in this video has “black bar elimination for precise color extraction from screen edges” according to the press release - most of the reviews coming out mention it. Although it’s not mentioned on the Govee product pages.
@ Oh wow that's great! Solves 1 of my biggest restraints from trying it.
Thanks Paul, hope you've had a great Christmas. I got this as a present and came to install it but didn't have enough clearance between the front of the TV (I have a Samsung QLED from 2017 with the slim Samsung wall mount) and the wall to fit the camera. I will try to buy a right angled USB-C adapter to see if this will allow it to fit and post the result here in a couple of days. For reference you need 75mm from the front of your screen to the wall to fit the camera in.
Can the camera be mounted or positioned at the bottom of the TV? If there was several inches of clearance between the TV and the cabinet it's sitting on?
Sadly not 😔
They really should do this. It must be fairly easy just to rotate the image in software. And many people's TVs are on a table.
Checked the link and am I getting the right thing, it looks like it's £149 reduced to £89. Am i looking for something less than £75? Sorry if i am being daft.
Question... T2 or t3 lite ?.. whats the main differences??... please 😊
I believe I can answer this. More LEDS bulbs in the T2 600 vs 200 or so I believe.
We have a Philips Ambilight TV in one room, Mrs loves it I turn it off. Thing that bugged me about it was that its just 3 sides, they did do 4 sides for a year on their top end TVs but have dumped that idea now and gone back to 3. Cost em at least 1 sale 🤦
We've got a 4 sided Ambilight Philips OLED and like you, I turn it off. I just find the whole thing distracting and struggle to see the point of it for 95% of the time.
Awesome review!
One question I have is….When applying the light strips to the back of the tv, how do they stick seamlessly specifically at the corners?
Loved the musical accompaniment to the on/off segment. I usually don't laugh at musical accompaniment, but I did this time.
I do like that it works with a whole slew of smart-home platforms, including Home Assistant(!)
The only problem is that I'm just not in the demographic for this product, though my daughter might be for those times when she has friends over for video games. It clearly adds some zing to the normal presentation.
Once again, Govee shows that you shouldn't have to spend huge amounts of cash to get excellent results.
Thanks once again for the "what's wrong with it section." It's really helpful and it's also what sets your reviews ahead of the others.
Thanks also for a great and entertaining review. Keep up the good work.
Thanks as always Russell!
I've got a Philips TV in the kitchen with built in Ambilight which is fine, then I bought the Philips add-on lights with HDMI Syns Box for my main Samsung TV which works great except when using Samsungs Smart Hub to watch BBC iPlayer or other apps like Netflix or Amazon Prime, the lights still react to whatever is playing through the Sync Box.
My next tellybox is going to be the ginormous TCL 98" and I'll try the Govee solution as using camera detection will also control the lights when using the apps.
Just hope the Govee 85" kit will be enough as I can't see they make a 95" - 100" rig.
What I learned is my HTPC needs a sync box. I would go crazy seeing that camera stick on top of the TV.
Do you prefer this over the Govee hdmi sync box? I would be using with Nividia shield . Also can you mix hue and Govee lights together with Alexa? Any help would be much appreciated
End of the video he talks about it
how does this work if your tv is mounted on an accent wall thats blue? also if your tv in mounter very close to the wall?
Hi Paul, Great video. As well as providing great straight forward information it was funny. I purchased the Govee 3 Lite after seeing it.. I just want to ask you one quick question . I'm just about to fit the Light strip to my 55 inch Lg Oled and my question is how far in from the edge of the TV should I fit the Light Strip ? Thanks
Great video, very informative and funny, thanks I'm now going to purchase this kit with more confidence and all while it's on sale. Thanks mate 😎👍
but how does this compare to the T2 model which has a dual camera setup and more LEDs per meter than this model. both are about the same price
I'm thinking the same.. why all the T1 talk. What about the T2??
In honesty, you’d have to ask Govee that. I I haven’t looked at their backlight kits for a while so didn’t know the T2 existed, they asked for a comparison to the T1, and it wasn’t until the comments started coming in that I realised there was a T2 🤷🏻♂️
ok that's a little weird and a bit of a red flag. guess I'll wait until there are more independent reviews are out. Keep up the good work, Paul
Which option is better. The T2 or this the 3 Lite? Confused to which one to go with.
needs to be on the bottom pointing up, being on top of the screen is in eye sight and is a black spot in the ambilight.
TV manufacturers need to implement a HDMI clone output of what is on the screen, first one that comes up with that will take a share of the TV market.
That hoverboard from Back To The Future. Spotted that. 😎👍🏾
can we test the camera from the bottom position of the tv
Happy Saturday Paul. These lights look great. Thanks.
£62.49 direct from Govee...... I'm going to give this a go!! (What will the better half say about the overing camera above the telly?.....)
Nice. So tempted.
The camera really bugs me though.
Maybe one day there will be a software upgradable hdmi box which delays both audio and video output to the tv thus enabling a 100% exact match of signal light/colour intensity to the led as it appears on the tv. One day. Soon.
In the mean time Philips Ambilight TV's are your best option. I just bought 2 on Black Friday deals, one for the dining room and one for the living room
@@paulhibberthang on.... You bought something from "ph, ph, pH Phil, Phillips"?
The issue with your idea is that it won't work for streaming video directly in the TV, like I do for everything. I literally never use HDMI. I either stream from the net or from my NAS.
@@paulhibbert
Fifty and more years ago, when I was growing up, my mother did not allow television viewing during meals. Now, the misses and I plop ourselves on the couch, dinner plates in hand almost every night.
A part of me wants to invoke my mother's rules and go back to eating at the table with no television allowed. Just appropriate background music. 🙂
I thought the camera would really annoy me (I have the T1 version, but I stuck it at the bottom instead of the top and I barely notice it now (the soundbar hides it anyway) The trouble with V1 is that when there is a dark image on screen it decided I want bright blue around the edges. which is annoying.
Am I missing something?
I can’t see this model available for 75” TV. But was installed on one in the video? Does the 55-65” still work?
Excellent video as always clicked on link to buy but its for 55 inch up tv am i being stupid as cant find any for smaller tv do you just cut them down or is there different kit that i need to buy tried looking on there shop but cant seem to find one
Hi there, can you share your app settings please? I must be doing something wrong cause the colors are not that close to what they should. Only thing I can think of is when doing the calibration I could barely see the top left and right orange dots (even after moving the camera). So here I am thinking if I mirror your app settings I may get better results. Thanks in advance
Great video Shane!! Still no matter for me. We (my wife) use Alexa and Apple Home
Paul, what settings (brightness saturation etc). did you use please? I have upgraded from the T1 and I can't seem to get the black scenes to not show red. :-(
Great Video as usual...
Just a quick question...is this the "Govee TV 3 Lite"? That appears to be the only thing that pops up if I search on Amazon in Germany for a 3rd Generation and it confused me a bit since "Lite" seems to indicate some kind of entry level budget thingy...
It is indeed the 3 Lite. I’m assuming there will soon be a 3 “full fat” bringing the 3rd gen features of the lite and the extras the T2 has (dual lens, double the LED density etc).
@ Thanks.
I read up on it, and sadly it's only for TVs up to 65" so not for me unfortunately.
@@rolandrohde I think they will add a larger TV version to the Lite soon. But if you wait a bit longer you will be able to get the 3 Pro or whatever they call it. They are clearly creating 2 tiers of this product line for entry level and high end users.
First time watching your videos and first 2 minutes made me subscribe and also because I am too frustrated with UA-camrs who don’t specify the things the device is not good at. They are just advertising at the end of the day.
Is the t2 better though?
I have the first version, and I'm looking to replace it. When I got it, I had a 60-inch TV, but now I have a 70-inch, so the camera just doesn't work as well. Because the version I got was designed for the smaller screen, when it was put on the larger screen it's not picking up all the edges. It works, but not as well as it did on the smaller screen.
I like Govee and trust their products, and I wish they offered an HDMI box because I'd like to move to that technology to get rid of the camera setup. Also, it looks like the two camera models they have are 55-65 and 75-85, which puts my 70-inch TV right in the middle of not being well suited to either of them.
When my wife saw the 70-inch I brought home about a year ago, she said it was too big, but now that she's gotten used to the size she wants a bigger one. Women. Looks like 75-inch TVs are around $1K and 85-inch TVs are around $2K, so maybe it's time to upgrade that and then get the Govee camera for the larger size TV.
The color accuracy thing, it seems blue sky is an issue and always displays as purple. Have you found this to be the case?
@5:02 Being taken thru a wizard sounds a bit messy tbh Paul
Also as a fellow midlander, @7:12 "Dunt it?" made me homesick lol
I have a DIY sync box based on hyperion, but this vid is making me seriously consider buying this!
Thanks for the great video Paul! Do these kind of things also work for a coloured wall? I have a green wall behind ny tv
What is the minimum height above the top bezel when the camera is mounted? My "tele" is within a wall unit and has limited clearance
Can I suggest you move those Atmos speakers to "front height", to the very top of the wall? The result is way better than "upfiring", if the ceiling placent is not an option.
Is that the 65” kit on a 75” tv? I don’t see a larger kit in my marketplace? And given how many products I end up buying, maybe consider more Amazon markets 😀
hmm, you're right! I guess they're not stocked up on it yet 😳
Spotted that as well ... Need a 75 inch version 😢😢
@@albie9999 ditto. Had hopes the 65 worked that well on a 75
Do they have a hdmi sync box option? I couldn’t put up with that camera arm.
Don’t really think the future hdmi capability is a big deal, after all the TV itself has the same problem?
Check out lytmi if you’re looking for a hdmi sync box, really cool
@@paulhibbert Govee does have an HDMI sync box but it's not meant for TV and somehow only monitors? I never understood that. Paul, with your connection to Govee, that might be a good question to ask them.
I bought the govee T1 backlight. And it's ok. I might get the t3 next
About 7 years ago i got a dreamscreen (and then the 4k version later) which is a sync box thru hdmi. Unfortunately due to lack of demand and some other issues, the creater decided to ditch dreamscreen. (Apparently they sold their design to phillips which is now the over priced but not as good hue sync box) it still cost around 300 something and i got 4 sidekicks with that (side kicks were finicky tho)
So dreamscreen is no more. Its an amazing product that is still going strong. However because my receiver is not 4k i had to add a 4k splitter into the mix and run 2 seperate 4k lines (one to tv, other to sync box) and it was a tedious setup process. I do have other govee lights that i love as well (floor lamp, 2 glides, and some 64 footers) i also have a bunch of hue bulbs. My house is pretty chaotic haha
I just got the t3 lite today in the mail because i want to compound the tv backlighting and sync the other govee liights in the room with the tv lol. Going to be fun
Good review Paul, and I would buy one today but unfortunately I don't have a 55" TV so I'm out. Maybe that's prejudice towards smaller TV's, that's it I'm complaining to the prime minister to get a new law added. Seriously though, it's a shame they don't have a version for say 48/50" TV's. Keep up the great reviews.
Thanks dude, I have seen some interesting Reddit threads where people have used clips to kind of double up the light strip to shrink it!
How does this compare to the dual camera system Govee sell?
Badly. This is just T1.5. It can't match the T2 dual camera system. The strip on the T2 have double the led amount, and that alone makes huge difference.
I understand this is the TV 3 lite and you compaired this to the T1 BUT I have the T2 Install .... so Should i Upgrade to this one insteed ?
I've had two govee kits and both were rubbish. I got the Lytmi Fantasy kit and it's a lot better. I will never go back to the nacklight kit that relies on a camera to match the screen colours.
I bought a Philips Ambilight TV a few months ago and the lytmi kit is still better than the TV backlight.
Hello! I bought T1 year ago. I didn't realise that camera doesn't match OLED TV... Now I'm thinking about buying T3. Is it worth to change T1?
How does this compare to the T1? I have it and been struggling to get it to accurately show the colours on every area of the bottom corners. I've also messed around with the colour balance and saturation settings a lot but constantly feel it's not quite right
So where does the T2 fit in?
When do think tele manufactures will start building ambient lighting in?
Like Phillips 🤔
Long Time viewer from Cameroon. Delightful content, as usual.
Thanks dude!! 🥰
the top camera does it give any trouble - in terms of feels distracted OR keeps bothering in day or night view?
Why no word about the actual predecessor to the T3, the T2? 🤔
When it was said it is better than the last one, which one is that? The T1 or T2?
Wow this looks awesome- but the one MAJOR downside with Govee. Why the hell don’t they make there stuff for the rest of the world 🤬 EXTREMELY short sighted. And more to the point why is this not available for bigger TV’S ?? Eg 75-85” 🤷🏻♂️
I think they are doing a bigger version, but for some reason it's not in stock yet
I'm guessing the version for larger TVs will need a wider lens, and possibly a longer arm.
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Hello, do you know if Govee still do this matter enabled? I can't find it on their web any more.
I went to buy it but my screen is 100" and it only for 85". Shame..
Morning dude! I just bought the govee ambilight off the back of your black friday vid.
You will NOT regret it. It's so damned good!
@@paulhibberthad ordered the t2. Just cancelled that one and got this instead. Cheaper with 25% off voucher too!
Am I correct in thinking this camera can't be mounted under the TV? I'm looking at this product or the T2 and leaning more for the T2 as the camera can be located at the bottom of the TV
Hi! Can you actually put the camera at the bottom screen instead at the top so it is less noticeable? I’ve been planning to get one of those.
Yes. I did mine at the bottom. Be sure to use the setup to invert the color matching step. It’ll be opposite.
@@traceymalonedid you find the color matching/coverage to be better at the bottom than the top?
Sometimes it matches the scene of a video game or movie very well and other times not? I’m not super sure what this is due to. I feel like my calibration was pretty good. It’s currently mounted at the top
I mostly use my tv for gaming, should i get a sync box?
The T1 supports blank screen detection now too - it’s just a software/firmware update
I had the previous edition of the govee ambilights but i ended my adventure by selling the tv with the govee camera and ledstrips still on it and buying a philips tv with ambilights built in from the factory. No more dissapointments, better then an hdmi box and the tv itself also has ambilight when watching.
Maybe this new version 3 of govee could have made me happy for a cheaper price lol
Thanks for the honest review Mr. Johnny Sins! I subbed now!
Went to start this video and my TV said it was in restricted mode(because can't log into the TV on UA-cam Chrome for some reason). So I had to go in and turn off restrict mode(witch I have to do cause it turns itself on 🤷♀️) to watch this video.
What's up with this vid being restricted homie?
ETA: I HAVE YET TO BE BAITED, WHY WAS THIS VIDEO RESTRICTED...(not really mad was just kinda hopeful. 😭)
ETA again: Okay, I'm going to say that unedited clip of G&R is probably what caused the content warning...
PS: And more bloopers at the end.. love the bloopers... 🥰
I think this will be my next purchase. Still have one question left: which game where you playing? Seems a nice game and cannot find it...
Does the new version still show blue instead of black or is that sorted now? Its the only thing that upsets me about the T1
Hey ... US is sold out (as of 6:20 am UTC-6 .. 25th) .... you might want to change your aff link to something that's available ..
cheers
I'm interested in this kit but it would be on a 75" Samsung QLED primarily for video games. Do these lights translate well for gaming? Thanks
So my tv is a 70”. So do I get the 55-65 or 75-85? I can’t really seem to find any answers.
How does it compare to the v1 in dealing with the ambient light in the room?
So, if my wife is watching UA-cam, and doesn't want the sync on but just wants a static color. Is that a possibility with this unit?
Warning for those with a 65" TV
the govee strips are 122cm by 59cm ..
a 55" TV has side lengths approx 121 cm by 69 cm
a 65" TV is approx 145 cm by 82 cm
So its clear that it is designed for a 55" TV only and using the strip on a 65" tv would be totally inappropriate. the gaps in the corners where there are no LEDs are painfully visible. 😞
What does the presentation look like in B/W movies such as "Schildler's List"? T2 is not able to display white light. What about T3?
Hi Paul getting a 65” TV soon would I get the 3m or 5m version for it this?
I’m assuming the 5m version.
Cheers
Can I put the camera under the tv and not on the top? Would be less visible.
Ahhhh your conclusion omg.
1. Some higher end tvs do have tv out.
2. If the tech moves on guess what you going to need a new tv so when you sell the old one are you peeling of the ambilight leds?
NO your selling the tv with them attached. So might as well give them the sync box too.
If you don't want too, guess what these are just normal addressable led strings you can mix and match.
3. There is a good chance that 3rd parties are going to open up more options on these units.
Seriously I cannot understand why the camera units still exist unless there is a patent issue.
1. "Some"
2. Yes 🤷♂️
3. Huh?
I bought one using your link but i cant connect it to homekit….is this only possible when its updated to matter 😳