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I work in the lighting control industry. Your final paragraph piques my interest. I’m curious, why automatically change the TV if you could automatically change
by nemosaltat 7y ago
I work in the lighting control industry. Your final paragraph piques my interest. I’m curious, why automatically change the TV if you could automatically change the room? Shades drop, light intensity lowers, CCT warms, etc...?
- iforgotpassword 7y agoMost people aren't exclusively using their TV to watch movies. When turning on the TV in the afternoon to watch your favorite soap opera with finest motion smoothing, you might not bother that much and just want the TV to be a little brighter.
- nemosaltat 7y agoFair enough. Wonder if any SmartTVs have an API endpoint for brightness/profiles. It’d be cool to have an external/remote ambient light sensor that could change your TV setting automatically.
- JaimeThompson 7y agoBecause the vast majority of people don't have multi-thousand dollar room control setups but they would find some benefit from their entertainment devices being able to describe their features to each other.
- nemosaltat 7y agoYes, cost is always a factor. That said, if the room control was affordable, would changing the space be an objectively better solution than changing the display?
- dllthomas 7y agoI think ultimately you probably want both, because sometimes you (... or at least I) have different wants around viewing. Sometimes I'm going for a cinematic experience, where I want the room dark and all focus on the media. Other times I want to be half watching something while playing a board game or doing some cleaning. Optimal lighting conditions for these scenarios clearly differ, and probably optimal display settings to match.