Back light is a must. I use to have a purple neon tube behind my set that just shined on the wall. It makes the tv so much easier to view at night.
Funny that you also have the tube lighting around your ceiling. My dad use to build bars and when I was in college I had all that stuff too. I also had a smoke machine, but I gave that to the frat boys since I didnt really need it any more after college. IT was fun though filling our apartment up with smoke all the time.
Nice set up though. Wish I had that action when I was younger. I guess that\'s one good thing about being older. Big toys.