I bought this for my family room, to add a little fun to the room. It was easy to install/set up. I added these lights around my Tv about a week ago and the self adhesive tape is holding up great! The strip as a few different funtions where you can brighten or dim the brightness. It is powered right buy the usb port so it doesn't need a stand alone power source. The only down side is you have to have the remote to utilize all the functions so I hope I don't loose the remote.