You watch TV with the lights on‽ What kind of a monster are you??
Soft white (2700K), ~800 lumen bulbs. It's pretty cozy with the lights on. Not harsh at all.
its the x-files tho
So show me yours, I'll show you mine, "Tool Time"
You'll Lovett just like Lyle
And then we'll do it doggy style
So we can both watch X-Files
For a cheap or free solution, you could detect when your TV is on (Chromecast integration, home kit TV integration, etc. or power monitoring smart plug) and don't turn off the lights if the TV is on.
I already have this set up and it works well. Sometimes I turn the TV off and stay in the room on my laptop for a while, and the lights turn off. It's easy enough to turn them back on but I'm wondering if mmWave could help.
I'm using a mm wave sensor for a similar purpose and it works well. I don't use it as an on trigger. I use it to help decide when to turn lights off.
That's exactly how I'd use it. It'd have a time delay, too.
Also, completely unrelated, but it's odd seeing a totally normal, non-tankie user from lemmy.ml.
TIL what a tankie is and that lemmy.ml is politically biased. I pretty much just keep to my subscribed communities.
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