Having previously purchased the original Govee RGBW light bars a while ago, I always felt they were a bit small for a 65 inch TV. Those original Govee light bars (H6056) are about 27cm high from the base when used vertically behind a TV, and I place them on transparent perspex stands. Our OLED TV is a bit fragile to want to stick these on the rear, so having them positioned freestanding on acrylic stands makes it easier to experiment with their positioning. These ones (H6046) are about 43cm high when mounted in their bases and provide a much brighter and more even illumination behind our 65 inch TV. I usually use them set to well below 100% brightness which should also keep them running cooler and prolong their lifespan.
These are really simple to set up. There’s a traditional wall wart type power supply which plugs into a small control unit and then the lights (which are joined on the same cable) also plug into the control unit. After you’ve installed the Govee app on your phone or tablet, simply press the pairing button on the control unit and within less than a minute you can get them set up in the app.
Whilst the app itself is very versatile in terms of being able to control each light independently, including setting the colours and relative brightness of each segment and saving your own ‘scenes’, I do find it a little non-intuitive in places. You can set both light bars to either white (continuous choice from cool to warm white) or RGB mode, but not a mixture. They are extremely bright in white mode at 100% brightness and will easily light up a room. In RGB mode you are able to either set all segments of the bar to a single colour, or indeed choose individual colours for each segment. You can also have different combinations of colour and brightness for the left and right bar. Once you’ve configured your favourite selection of colours and levels, you can save this as a scene. The app also includes many built-in preset scenes, as well as some lighting effects that change colours automatically. There’s even a sound operated mode that will use the built-in microphone of the control unit or your phone to change the light patterns on the beat.
It’s also easy to control these from your favourite smart speakers. After installing the Govee skill on my alexa app, I was able to fully control the brightness, choice of solid colours and switch them on and off from my smart speakers. The lights will remember the last setting, so you can set a colour scene in the Govee app with mullti-colours and then just turn them off and on, or set the brightness, with an Alexa command.
Overall these are the perfect mood light for a larger screen TV and I would thoroughly recommend them.