{"id":958793,"date":"2026-01-02T16:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=448449"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:48:18","slug":"enlighten-your-tv-setup-with-govees-backlight-kit-now-36-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/enlighten-your-tv-setup-with-govees-backlight-kit-now-36-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlighten your TV setup with Govee\u2019s backlight kit, now 36% off"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few months back, I was looking for a way to update my living room without replacing my TV entirely \u2014\u00a0something I\u2019m hoping to do probably around Black Friday \/ Cyber Monday. What I found instead was Govee\u2019s TV backlight set, which uses a small, mountable camera to read the colors on your TV and extend the lights past the screen itself. It\u2019s an added bit of luxury ambience that I adore, and right now through Sept. 7, you can get a full Govee Dreamview TV backlight and light bar kit<\/a> from Best Buy for just $89.99 (was $139.99). That\u2019s less than I paid for my own setup, and I\u2019ve been very happy with it.<\/p>\n

For those who are new to TV backlights, here\u2019s how this one works: a small camera is placed atop your TV, which you can calibrate via the Govee app to make sure it can properly see the quadrants of your TV set from a comfortingly limited viewing angle. That view syncs with strips of backlight attached via adhesive on or near the back of your TV, as well as two light bars that can be placed nearby. From there, you can set the lights to match what\u2019s on screen and \u201cextend\u201d the adjacent colors. In an ideal world, the view looks like it does it does here (from The Verge\u2019s<\/em> excellent review<\/a> of a similar Govee backlight set from 2021):<\/p>\n

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