Ambience lighting, which do you use/prefer?

[Tom Foolious]

Hey guys, so I'm the unfortunate buyer (last year) of Mad Catz Cyborg amBx lighting system. I did little research on them before I bought (tisk tisk me...tisk tisk...) As you may have been ab le to tell I've been having nothing but problems with these since I bought them. They make some of my games Crash To Desktop, they cut out and stop working (as of now during my play of Diablo 3, they were working, then stopped working)...There is no customer support for these as Mad Catz doesn't support the product anymore (but they still sell them...aholes, will never buy from them again!).

So I've done some research and found two products so far that are similar: AmbiBox and AmbiLED. They both seem to do the same thing (Bring ambient lighting (OH HEY, look at that, my amBx lights just turned back on just now...) from the colors of your screen while watching videos, playing games, playing music).

My main concerns are kind of already stated from my telling of my experience with amBx: Compatibility, support and functionality.

So if you have either of these two products, or if you have your own please share with me your experience because I would like to replace this amBx light system ASAP. I LOVE ambience lights and would like to get a better product, but this time around I'd like to do the proper research :-P

Thanks ahead of time guys and gals! Game on!!

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

I didn't know MadCatz was even still around. They made terrible products as far as I can remember, dating back to the early 90s.

As for other ambient lighting setups, most of them are either "do it yourself" projects, or somewhat expensive. Phillips used to have really good ambx setup that now only seems to be included with a sound system http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SGC5103BD-Speaker-Peripherals-Premium/dp/B000PXIM4S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425303354&sr=8-3&keywords=ambx and there is this kit with ambiLED http://www.flytron.com/home/284-ambiled-hd-ambient-light-kit-for-computer-monitors.html Dell had something for a while that was part of the alienware computer line but I think it only did the keyboard and other button lights.

Unfortunately, outside the DIY kits, there really are not a lot of options and even less when it comes to supportted games and such.

[Tom Foolious]

Sir Dookface McFerretballs님이 먼저 게시:

I didn't know MadCatz was even still around. They made terrible products as far as I can remember, dating back to the early 90s.

As for other ambient lighting setups, most of them are either "do it yourself" projects, or somewhat expensive. Phillips used to have really good ambx setup that now only seems to be included with a sound system http://www.amazon.com/Philips-SGC5103BD-Speaker-Peripherals-Premium/dp/B000PXIM4S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425303354&sr=8-3&keywords=ambx and there is this kit with ambiLED http://www.flytron.com/home/284-ambiled-hd-ambient-light-kit-for-computer-monitors.html Dell had something for a while that was part of the alienware computer line but I think it only did the keyboard and other button lights.

Unfortunately, outside the DIY kits, there really are not a lot of options and even less when it comes to supportted games and such.

Thanks for the response. I saw the AmbiLED and it seemed like a good final commericial product. I just can't find any customer reviews to make sure that compatibility and functionality is good, as well as build quality.

Not really into the whole DIY thing, I work 6 days a week, so not much time to myself.

Update: I just looked at Phillips product you linked, DEFINITELY A NO GO!!! Under the description it says "Includes games: amBx enabled game titles ready to play." -- STEER CLEAR of this product!! As I stated I'm currently using amBx, so I can already tell this is a horrible product for compatibility!! Not to mention they are discontinued, so no continued support for the product! Just thought I'd bring this to anyone's attention readying this.