Bias Lighting (Ambient Backlighting) as Fast As Possible
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·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
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pretty uncommon to come across something that's both aesthetically pleasing and
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practical i mean unlike the pink lamborghini i have here in my garage
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all those RGB memory modules you bought for the inside of your pc
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aren't really all that useful even if you use the flimsy justification of
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oh but they warn me my CPU is hot by
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turning red but what if i told you there was a way
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to trick out your workspace that also has practical benefits
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i'm talking about bias lighting and that
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doesn't mean a fancy browser extension that highlights articles and social
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bias lighting is simply light that's placed behind your display and is a very
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common way that hobbyists make their computer and home theater setups really
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stand out on those websites that feature nothing but glam shots of personal
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entertainment stations i mean that backlighting makes it look
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so dramatic and artsy don't you think
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well even if you could take or leave the look considering biased lighting for your
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setup makes practical sense for a few reasons
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first of all some users report that it reduces eye strain and while it might
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seem counterintuitive that adding more light would make things easier on the
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eyes the idea is that your computer screen is
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often much brighter than your surroundings especially if you're not in
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an office environment with oppressively bright fluorescent bulbs
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that means that your eyes have to be constantly adjusting between the
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brightness of the screen and the relative darkness of what's behind it
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leading to eye strain and a feeling of fatigue
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bias lighting is supposed to help normalize the amount of light entering
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your eyes without overdoing it and
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even if eye strain doesn't particularly bother you bias lighting can also allow
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you to get the best possible picture out of your display
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you see you can partly relieve eye strain by turning on bright room
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lighting so that you won't be overwhelmed by your screen but not only
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is that an ugly solution it decreases
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the perceptible contrast on your display
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meaning that dark and bright colors won't have as much detail and the image
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will look more washed out overall not to mention the glare that you can
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get when you place a light source in front or above a monitor
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but since bias lighting sits behind your display it doesn't clobber the screen
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with extra light and provides the additional benefit of making images
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appear richer due to how our brains perceive them when they're placed in
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front of a lighter background so for some folks bias lighting works so
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well that it allows them to turn down the brightness of their display without
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a noticeable undesirable loss in
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contrast or detail best of all while professional solutions
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can cost a lot of money diy bias lighting is super inexpensive there are
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led based solutions available for between 10 and 30 us dollars that just
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stick onto the back of your display the most sensible use white leds at a
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color temperature of 6 500 kelvin this
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is considered standard in both the pc and cinema industries and is the best
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choice if you want to fully reap the contrast enhancing benefits
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with that said if you're more into adding a splash of color to your setup
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RGB bias strips are also available
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whatever you end up buying though i would recommend choosing a kit that can
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