Turn Off the Lights

Turn Off the Lights

The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the videos as if you were in the cinema. Works for YouTube™ and beyond.

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What is Turn Off the Lights?

"Turn Off the Lights" is an Edge add-on designed to enhance your video watching experience. It works by dimming the entire webpage, focusing exclusively on the video, creating a cinema-like atmosphere. This lightweight tool is compatible with all known video sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, and many more. It offers numerous features like auto HD, auto wide video playback, customizable controls, and specially designed features for eye protection, screen capture, and audio visualization, among others.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Rating: 4.00 (123)
Version: 4.2.2.0 (Last updated: 2021-02-21)
Creation date: 2021-02-21
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
Size: 3.40M
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Turn Off the Lights
Turn Off the Lights (v4.4.3.0)
4.52 (46) 2,876
Turn Off the Lights for Firefox
Turn Off the Lights for Firefox (v4.4.3.0)
4.58 (632) 40,193
Merlin
Summary

The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the videos as if you were in the cinema.

With a single click on the lamp button, the page will fade to dark. And automatically focus on the video. By clicking on it again, the page will return to normal.

Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience. It works for all known video sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Hulu, Metacafe, YouKu, etc.

A few great features in this browser extension:

  • Turn the lights back on, by clicking on it
  • Support multiple video sites: YouTube, HTML5 video,... and more
  • Customize your YouTube: Auto HD: Set videos to play in HD automatically. Users can select from highres > 8K > 5K > 4K > 1080p > 720p > 480p > 360p > 240p > 144p > default Auto Wide: Automatically plays the video on the widest mode ,... and more
  • Easter Eggs: Shortcut key: T -> Do you like a real movie theater feeling?
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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Auto-resolution feature is convenient
  • Darkening works well on known websites like Microsoft and YouTube
  • Overall good product
Cons
  • Night mode doesn't work for some users
  • Long press feature doesn't work for some users
  • Some features are finicky
  • Turns some websites unusable when turned off
Most mentioned
  • Works as intended
  • Good product
  • Some features don't work for some users
  • Darkening works on known websites only
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Safety
Risk impact

Turn Off the Lights is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Turn Off the Lights if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Turn Off the Lights has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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