![]() ![]() The lightstrip itself feels very high quality. #PHILIPS HUE SYNC BOX REVIEW TV#In the box you will find the light strip coiled up, the power adapter, and the channels that stick to the back of the TV for routing the light strip. Getting it up and running is pretty straight forward. You won’t be able to sync any external sources like game consoles or streaming boxes this way however, you’ll need the HDMI Sync Box to accomplish that. #PHILIPS HUE SYNC BOX REVIEW WINDOWS#The HDMI Sync Box isn’t a necessity per se, as you can connect this to the Hue Sync app on Windows or Mac, if you happen to use a HTPC as your home media controller. In order to get it up and running you will need a Hue Bridge. Neither of those solutions are going to give us what we want though, and that is color sync’d ambient lighting (yes I know there are 3rd party solutions, but we’re looking at native support here). You can even go down the DIY method with cheap LED strips and a zigbee controller from AliExpress if you just wanted to have gradient colors. This in and of itself isn’t new or revolutionary, competitors like Lifx have had this with their lightstrips, and even their single bulbs for years now. It is specifically designed to go behind your TV – in fact it is sold in terms of screen size, 55”, 65”, 75” – and as the name suggests, it can output color gradients, ie it shows multiple colors on the same lightstrip. The Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip is here to finally address this horrible first world problem that we’ve been having. And even if you spend hundreds more on more lights, you were still being limited to a single color at a time. While I gave the device a generally good review, I did acknowledge that even the least expensive setup would cost you close to $400, and that would only get you two lights, for either side of the TV. Last years HDMI Sync Box release took it up a notch by allowing you to natively synchronize the colors on your TV with your lights (it has to be external input to intercept the signal). The Hue Gradient Lightstrip is part of the “Hue Play” lineup of devices, that are primarily designed to be utilized in the living room area as colorful accent lighting. ![]()
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