10/25/2022 0 Comments Philips hue sync box review![]() The Hue Play HDMI Sync Box will work best with coloured Hue bulbs. ![]() You will need a Hue Bridge to use the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box if you don’t have one already (so it can talk to all your Hue lights).įor lights, I have the Hue Play light bar, the new Hue Go (2019) and two colour Hue bulbs. For those with a soundbar, the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box supports audio-video receivers, ARC mode and soundbars via a music mode. There is also Dolby Atmos support in passthrough and light sync modes. PHILIPS HUE SYNC BOX REVIEW SOFTWAREPrior to a recent software update, the box could only show Dolby Vision and HDR10+ content via pass through without light syncing. The Hue Play HDMI Sync Box has support to light sync with 4K 60z and HDR10, Dolby Vision and HDR10+ content. That means you can plug three Hue devices into one power plug, so I was able to plug the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box and the Hue Play into one plug and down the line, I could plug in another Hue Play to it.Īs the name implies, the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box lets you connect an HDMI-enabled device like a streaming device, game console, Blu-ray or DVD play or even your laptop and have your Hue lights react to what’s on-screen. The Hue Play bar and the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box come with a power plug that has three ports on it. One helpful thing is that the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box uses the same power supply as the Hue Play bar. PHILIPS HUE SYNC BOX REVIEW TVSince I was already using a TCL 6-Series Roku TV, I plugged in my Xbox One X and Fire TV Stick 4K to the box and both worked great. With four HDMI inputs, you can plug in about any device, from an Xbox One or PS4, Apple TV or Roku player to a Blu-ray player. On the back of the device, you’ll find four HDMI 2.0b in ports and one HDMI out port. The front of the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box has a single LED light, it’ll show white when it’s on and it’ll blink yellow when it gets disconnected from Wi-Fi. It’s basically a black box with some Hue branding on top. The design of the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box is very simple. ![]() ![]() I’ve been using the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box for a while and while it works great, it has some issues. Last year, Signify introduced a new way to sync your Hue lights with your TV with the (quite a mouthful of a name) Hue Play HDMI Sync Box. Philips Hue has been one of the more popular smart home systems and if you’re like, then you’ve decked out your room or house with Hue bulbs. ![]()
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