On: DIY FPGA-based HDMI ambient lighting

[nickysielicki]

I can't tell if it would be distracting or awesome.

[AceJohnny2 → nickysielicki]

Awesome. It perceptually extends the image on the screen. Some companies have products based on it:

https://www.google.com/search?q=philips+ambilight&tbm=isch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambilight

[matmann2001 → nickysielicki]

Definitely awesome. Here's a video of mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4KxPPr5fQc

[white-flame → nickysielicki]

I find it strange that it's apparently desirable both to eliminate any sort of light glow/bleed on the panel itself, and manually add glow bleeding out the sides. :-P

[rando3826 → nickysielicki]

Agree. Would love to hear from someone who uses this while working at their computer, and someone who uses it for viewing media on the tv.