The hardware story here is a 2-in-1 design that combines the camera and controller into a single unit, which should mean fewer cables and a cleaner setup compared to systems that split those two apart. The camera itself uses a fisheye ultra-wide-angle lens with a field of view greater than 180 degrees, covering TVs up to 85 inches from a short mounting distance. Lepro says it applies its own lens correction processing to counteract the distortion you’d normally get from a fisheye lens, mapping colour zones more accurately to the corresponding areas of the TV image.
On the sync side, Lepro claims a response speed 36% faster than comparable competing products, though it’s worth noting that figure comes from Lepro’s own internal testing rather than an independent benchmark. The company says faster response times help the backlight keep up with rapid on-screen changes like action sequences, live sports camera cuts, and fast-paced gaming, where even a slight delay between the picture and the ambient light can feel noticeably off.
The AI element comes via LightGPM 4, an AI lighting designer that lets users generate custom scenes from text, voice, or image prompts. The idea is that you could describe a mood or occasion, say team colours for a match or a warm cinema atmosphere, and the system creates a corresponding lighting scene without you having to manually dial in colours and zones. There’s also a music sync mode that Lepro says uses a patented loudness algorithm to produce smoother, wave-like lighting effects rather than the aggressive flashing that some competing music modes default to. A blank-screen detection feature rounds things out, automatically switching the lights off when the TV screen goes dark, which is a small but practical quality-of-life touch.
The Lepro STV1 is available now in two sizes: a 55-65 inch model at $89.99 / £89.99 and a 75-85 inch model at $109.99 / £109.99, through both the Lepro website and Amazon.
