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#1 bp9801

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Posted 26 July 2011 - 09:14 PM

OCC reviewer BluePanda takes a look at a new product designed to give off some light behind your monitor. See what she thinks of it as OCC reviews the soundscience Halo Bias Lighting - http://www.overclock..._bias_lighting/

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Posted 26 July 2011 - 11:10 PM

Looks like it might be more effective if it changed colors. (maybe a setting for white, the same overall color as the screen, and the opposite of the color on the screen.)

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Posted 27 July 2011 - 06:30 PM

I was thinking it would be cool if it was sound activated :lol:
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Posted 28 July 2011 - 03:47 AM

Looks like it might be more effective if it changed colors. (maybe a setting for white, the same overall color as the screen, and the opposite of the color on the screen.)

That'd add quite a bit to the cost and complexity of the little thing. :P I can't imagine the driver being all that great for it either lol.

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Posted 28 July 2011 - 04:06 AM

Great Review! Interesting Product.
I know most of the Dell Ultra Sharp Monitors all have USB ports built into them. So I am Assuming the company that made this item assumes your monitor will probably have a USB port built-in on it as well.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 04:42 PM

You can get this for free right now from Fry's with a mail-in rebate if anyone is interested.

http://www.frys.com/...CH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 05:06 PM

I've heard of some of the fancier HDTV having a back light feature, but never demoed one. I'll give it a try, since I'm up late at night.

You can get this for free right now from Fry's with a mail-in rebate if anyone is interested.

http://www.frys.com/...CH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Free.......... I'm in haha.

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Posted 30 July 2011 - 12:32 PM

Thanks for the review - I picked one up at Frys for lighting my keyboard. For Dell (or any) monitors with USB ports you can adhere it to the underside of the monitor and plug it into a side or rear port and you've got nice illumination over your keyboard

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Posted 30 July 2011 - 12:53 PM

Did anyone else notice it didn't get a OCC medal? (like OCC gold, silver.)

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 11:11 AM

Got my rebate today from Antec :D Only took them three months :(

Shame this new motherboard has always on USB slots. So when I shut off the PC, the light stays on :D I moved its USB to the front panel so I can just unplug it, when I shut off my PC.

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