Bias lighting

[MotF Bane]

I'm looking for suggestions on bias lighting for a Dell U2410, the room walls are off-white, slightly blue. Problem is, there's only two or three inches between the back support and the wall. Would two fluorescents, one to either side of the back support, work?

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Old picture, but nothing really changed besides the monitor.

P.S. If this isn't the right forum, can a mod move it to the right place?

 

[lsv]

Not on topic but.. why are you speakers pointed away from your ears? Do you have elephant ears ?

 

[Bill Brasky]

Not on topic but.. why are you speakers pointed away from your ears? Do you have elephant ears ?

I do the same thing. The treble from my speakers can cause my ears to ring, so I point them out at the walls.

 

[kalrith]

With that small of a monitor, you should be fine with just one flourescent light. If one isn't enough you always add another. For comparison I use 1 flourescent with my 50" TV, but it's about a foot away from the wall.

Some flourescent fixtures are more than 3" deep, so if your monitor can't move, be sure to measure the space behind it and the depth of the light fixture with bulb.

 

[MotF Bane]

So the fluorescent should mount to the wall, and the light itself points at the back of the screen, even though the back panel isn't really reflective?

 

[kalrith]

So the fluorescent should mount to the wall, and the light itself points at the back of the screen, even though the back panel isn't really reflective?

Well, there are a few ways to do it. The best way is to mount the light on the back of the panel pointed towards the wall. That's how it is on my TV. I "mounted" it with zip ties through the ventilation holes.

The way you described should work as well. All you want is a nice glow on the wall around the panel, so you don't need something crazy bright back there. I covered 50-70% of my light with aluminum foil to reduce the light.

The third option would be flat on the desk behind the panel. This only works if you can somehow block the bulb from your line of sight.