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    Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box 4K

    £210

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    Product Specification

    Key Information

    AC Adapter Included
    Yes
    Interface
    Bluetooth
    Lifetime (Hours)
    15000
    Material
    Metal,Synthetic
    Power
    7 Watt
    Refresh Rate
    4K in 60 Hz and 1440 p in 120 Hz Hz
    Required Room Temperature
    0 - 40 °C
    Style
    Game Lighting

    Installation

    Cable Included
    HDMI

    Ports

    HDMI
    Yes
    HDMI version
    2.0b

    Power and Battery

    Voltage
    24 Volts

    Product Detail

    Brand
    Philips Hue
    Category
    Smart Lighting
    Colour
    Black
    Country Of Origin
    United States
    Dimensions
    (H)2.3 x (W)18.2 x (D)9.9
    SKU
    929002275802
    Smart Type
    Smart Lighting
    Standby Power Consumption
    1 Watt

    Screen Technology

    HDR Type
    High Dynamic Range 10 (HDR10)
    Resolution Type
    4K Ultra HD

    Warranty

    Manufacturer Warranty
    2 Year

    Wireless Connections

    Bluetooth Version
    4.2
    Wifi Technology
    802.11b,802.11g,Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)

    Customer Reviews

    4.6 / 5
    8
    3
    1
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    Showing 6 of 12 reviews

    An amazing idea but now desperate for an update

    3/5
    I’ve been using Philips Hue lighting products for several years and generally find them to be expensive but good at what they do (Apple anyone?) After waiting more than a year for the heavily anticipated release of an updated Hue Play Sync Box with true 4k 120Hz capability, I couldn’t wait any longer after finally updating my main TV and took the plunge on the (still) only product on the market. It comes well packaged, and looks and feels well made from good materials. From prior experience I knew Hue setup could be tricky. This was no different. As the product is quite a few years old, the relevant product pages and info can be contradictory in places and the Hue app contains dead links to help pages that have either been moved or deleted. There were issues connecting to my Hue Bridge which took longer than they should to resolve. The dedicated app has been removed from the IOS App Store, and is now catered for in the main Hue app. The setup process wasn’t especially intuitive and navigating the settings menu to find the necessary menu items to tweak the various settings was a magical mystery tour. I eventually managed to set the thing up at a basic level with a gradient light bar underneath and a gradient light strip around the new TV. Generally, it performs well and the novelty of reactive lighting is enjoyable. Exploring the various streaming channels and media sources on my Fire Stick 4k Max revealed some issues. Disney+ with Dolby Vision does not appear to work with this product. I spent hours searching the web for answers but found nothing to help, although multiple other people have the same issue with another streaming product. Therein lies the biggest problem with this product: Philips have declined to update it to match the capabilities of recent (years not months) AV products. Proper 4k 120Hz being the obvious issue. Getting this to make full use of recent TVs is literally impossible at a hardware level, most especially for game systems such as PS5, which aren’t exactly new! Despite multiple tweaks and resets I still don’t have synced / any lighting with Disney+ Dolby Vision movies… think the Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar franchises, Avatar etc. All of which would be ideal candidates to benefit from working lighting. It’s not cheap, and was no doubt awesome at the time of the release but has now fallen behind what’s needed to keep up with recent tech. It appears that Philips are more focussed on transferring some of the functionality into onboard apps for TVs rather than an updated piece of hardware. That would be all well and good if only they hadn’t so far restricted the app to Samsung TVs! I can’t recommend this item at this price range unless you know for certain that you are never going above 4k at 60Hz (and don’t want Dolby Vision from Disney+).
    King of the Fixers

    Great Product

    5/5
    Great. Easy setup works well
    Kevin

    Sync box

    5/5
    This little box does everything it should syncing all your light to the tv
    Peter Swindells

    Superb Smart Device

    5/5
    Great product. Easy to set up and link up to a TV, Blu Ray or games console. Great for using during films and especially live music gigs being broadcast or on You Tube etc. Great addition to any smart home
    Anthony

    Looks Great and Easy to Set Up

    5/5
    Looks great and easy to set up. It only comes with a 1m HDMI cable so keep this in mind when purchasing.
    Andrew Hutton

    Good service

    5/5
    Very good service
    Tonya

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