Transform your TV viewing experience with these trippy backlights

Enhance your binge-watching.
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The secret cabal of television industry leaders and tastemakers has gotten together and decided that the next big thing in TV technology is 4K. But 4K isn’t really that innovative. Sure, it’s a slightly higher resolution and it makes already really blue water look a little bit bluer, but HD resolution is already pretty good and most content isn’t even available in 4K yet.

However, there is a brand new technology that dramatically improves the TV watching experience and doesn’t even require buying a new TV set: the DreamScreen HDTV Backlighting Kit.

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DreamScreen puts LEDs behind your TV that respond to the color of whatever you’re watching on the front. Sometimes they’re the same color, like when you’re watching an explosion, and sometimes they’re a complementary color so the picture on your TV pops more. Regardless, the screen will feel larger, the picture will be softened, and the content will be more immersive than ever. It’s the perfect add-on for any TV show, movie, or video game.

DreamScreen comes with 3 HDMI inputs so it’s easy to toggle between multiple video sources. In addition to the lights that go behind your TV, the Total Surround Kit also comes with lights that you can place all around the room – like surround sound, but for light.

Check out DreamScreen in action:

DreamScreen has an iOS and Android app so you can completely customize the way everything looks. You can also use it with an audio visualizer to create a groovy, psychedelic experience for your next party. Or, you can set it to ambient mode so it just looks like one giant, hypnotic light.

DreamScreen Kits normally start at $169.99, but you can get one now for just $139.99, a savings of 17%.

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Carlos Cadorniga

Carlos is a New York-based ecommerce content writer ready to tell you what to buy. He has previously written for Adventure Publishing Group with toy and movie reviews as well as Anime News Network on anime interest articles because liking anime is the least nerdy thing about him. When not reviewing products, he's probably doing sociological analyses on pop culture that no one asked for. He has been told on several occasions that he does a really good Mickey Mouse impression.

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