L.E.D. fans in a t.v.?

[nOOky]

I have a Panasonic plasma, anyone ever replace the rear/top 4 fans with l.e.d. fans? I was sitting here thinking it'd look cool at night hehe. Looks like 80 mm units...

 

[PurdueRy]

You would want to make sure that the fans you replaced them with had a very similar CFM. Plasmas do get hot and they are designed based around their cooling system. If the fans you replace them with are not adequate you may end up doing damage to the display when left on for long periods of time.

If you can't find the stats of the fans in the set, I wouldn't recommend replacing them.

Also, you should note that you will likely be voiding any warranty if you have one. In addition, there are large capacitors and power circuitry in a television. Be careful should you decide to go poking around in there.

 

[Wuzup101]

I'd say don't bother. If you want to make it look different at night... go with some sort of cold cathode light mounted on the back. You can easily mount those things with velcro and such... and it wont void your warranty. It's not worth screwing around inside an expensive set just to get some flashy lights on it.

One other thing to consider is that the light will draw your attention off the set. I personally wouldn't want to have a strobe effect behind my TV. Biased back lighting (IE: philips ambilight) is one thing. However, you don't want to distract your mind from the main picture! If you do come up with something, do yourself a favor and make sure it's something that you can turn off. What might look really cool when the set is just on during a party or what not will tend to annoy the hell out of you when you are actually using your set for it's intended purposes.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
You would want to make sure that the fans you replaced them with had a very similar CFM. Plasmas do get hot and they are designed based around their cooling system. If the fans you replace them with are not adequate you may end up doing damage to the display when left on for long periods of time.

If you can't find the stats of the fans in the set, I wouldn't recommend replacing them.

Also, you should note that you will likely be voiding any warranty if you have one. In addition, there are large capacitors and power circuitry in a television. Be careful should you decide to go poking around in there.

Yeah, he can kiss the warranty goodbye if he does this. Why on earth would you want to do this OP? It won't be cool, it's going to be annoying as hell.

 

[SpeedEng66]

different strokes for different folks

 

[Tiamat]

I would recommend going with mounting some CCFLs on the exterior rather than messing with the inside of the TV to replace the fans (void of warranty, possible destruction of the TV).

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I think there is something to be said for illumination behind your display if you watch in the dark with a relatively small display size (basically anything except front projection). You can get eye strain from the very bright small screen relative to darkness around it. It's recommended that you have some light behind the display to prevent this strain. I just tried to look up some articles but I didn't do very well and a lot of the results I got were about Philips Ambilight
http://svconline.com/resav/amb...sion_viewing_05152006/

Colored background lighting behind the TV will also change your perception of the color of the actual TV. With the Ambilight sets, the TV analyzes what's on the screen and uses that color for the background. In your case, if you just used a single color behind the TV, that might mess up how you perceive colors on the set even though you didn't change what the TV is displaying at all. If you have green around your set, your TV is going to look red-ish for example.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I think there is something to be said for illumination behind your display if you watch in the dark with a relatively small display size (basically anything except front projection). You can get eye strain from the very bright small screen relative to darkness around it. It's recommended that you have some light behind the display to prevent this strain. I just tried to look up some articles but I didn't do very well and a lot of the results I got were about Philips Ambilight
http://svconline.com/resav/amb...sion_viewing_05152006/

Colored background lighting behind the TV will also change your perception of the color of the actual TV. With the Ambilight sets, the TV analyzes what's on the screen and uses that color for the background. In your case, if you just used a single color behind the TV, that might mess up how you perceive colors on the set even though you didn't change what the TV is displaying at all. If you have green around your set, your TV is going to look red-ish for example.

I have this. It's basically a fluorescent light (with a neutral color temperature and a high CRI) that you stick behind the TV and it makes a halo.

It helps minimize eye fatigue like you said, since it makes the area around the TV brighter. It also is supposed to help improve contrast ratio and black levels (by having a bright halo to compare with the screen, I guess). It sort of helps, from my experience. I think it's worth it. Eye strain is a real issue, there's marginal improvements to PQ, and it looks cool.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: fanerman91

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I think there is something to be said for illumination behind your display if you watch in the dark with a relatively small display size (basically anything except front projection). You can get eye strain from the very bright small screen relative to darkness around it. It's recommended that you have some light behind the display to prevent this strain. I just tried to look up some articles but I didn't do very well and a lot of the results I got were about Philips Ambilight
http://svconline.com/resav/amb...sion_viewing_05152006/

Colored background lighting behind the TV will also change your perception of the color of the actual TV. With the Ambilight sets, the TV analyzes what's on the screen and uses that color for the background. In your case, if you just used a single color behind the TV, that might mess up how you perceive colors on the set even though you didn't change what the TV is displaying at all. If you have green around your set, your TV is going to look red-ish for example.

I have this. It's basically a fluorescent light (with a neutral color temperature and a high CRI) that you stick behind the TV and it makes a halo.

It helps minimize eye fatigue like you said, since it makes the area around the TV brighter. It also is supposed to help improve contrast ratio and black levels (by having a bright halo to compare with the screen, I guess). It sort of helps, from my experience. I think it's worth it. Eye strain is a real issue, there's marginal improvements to PQ, and it looks cool.

I've had an ideal lume for two years. It's great.

 

[TheVrolok]

*hits his Ambilight button* Sweet.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Cruise by your local home improvement big box and check out 'under cabinet lighting'. You can find everything from a foot-long plug-in t-5 fluorescent light to 36-inch models to direct wire fixtures.

They are low profile and work great. I bought a 1-foot t-5 (8 watt) for $15 and have it behind a 42-inch Westy. If yah wanna get freaky you can put a black-light in the fixture (ooooo, far out dude ... )