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CES 2023: Philips Hue Line Gains New Outdoor Bulbs, Sync TV App Comes to Samsung TVs
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I have the signe floor lamps, light tube, hue plays, go, and iris for my set up and I love it. Definitely makes movie watching more immersive with the sync box. If you’re just using the plays or light strips, and the bulbs with the sync box/app, I don’t think it’s worth it.
I wonder how the app is going to compare against the box. If Samsung is going to rely strictly on their tv hardware to process the color matching, I wonder if there’s going to be any latency or connectivity issues.
I wonder how the app is going to compare against the box. If Samsung is going to rely strictly on their tv hardware to process the color matching, I wonder if there’s going to be any latency or connectivity issues.
I wish I'd waited a couple of years to pick my colored bulbs...Hue is clearly legacy tech now, but I'm stuck with it because of sunk cost (and a hybrid system is a non-starter given how bad the home app is).
You ever find your Hue switches unresponsive, needing to tap the button 2-3 times before it snaps out of it?
The person with the eyeglasses and man bun in the photo accompanying this front-page story seems to be the same person in the photo accompanying the front-page Dell story 😮
this solution would be ideal for 120hz output through TV. Currently, I have my PS5 connected directly to TV and not through sync box for this reason. I’m hoping/assuming that the app will rectify and solve this limitation?
Given how fast smart tvs seem to be forgotten by their makers I think it’s a quick pass even if I did have £130 to spare.
Relax, only the hub needs to be updated, and a that’s a software update…
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-us/explore-hue/works-with/matter
I’ve been buying Hue products for nearly ten years and the only product they’ve ever had to retire is the old hub hardware which couldn’t support HomeKit.
I have a Philips Ambilight TV and Hue bulbs - I love the experience but its not for everyone. There are settings within the TV App - so modes for movies, sports etc, the different modes mean the lights can be tuned to constant changing or a smoother flow to whichever suits you.
You can also get the lights to follow sound instead of the TV picture - this makes more sense for house parties etc rather than watching a movie.
But the Philips TV menu system is slow (it is an older, 5 year old Ambilight TV, I hope new ones are better)
So this option to use on Samsung TVs is a great idea - but its a lot of money for an App - I'm assuming it will be per TV. If its per household/account then I'd be tempted by it for my Samsung TV and getting another to replace my Philips TV
Yep, + Smoke, water spray, wind, smell and the stuff I cant remember. Its, erm.............different.
that's weird, reliability is why I've stuck with Hue for my bulbs. Between a buddy of mine and myself, we have somewhere around 30 bulbs, most of those are early gen bulbs, and not a single failure.
No way is $130 the price for a TV app. They cannot be serious?!
Just the you thought you'd seen it all. Wow.
Just the you thought you'd seen it all. Wow.
According to Hueblog, the app price is per TV and not transferrable.
"The app only works with this TV set, and it cannot be transferred to other TV sets. The app can be used for five years and then for as long as we support it with updates."
Thank you, thats pretty poor then. If you have 2 TVs its not going to be cheap. Even worse what if a TV goes faulty after say 6 months, you get a replacement under warranty but then the fee you have already paid is not transfereable to the new replacement TV. Wow. something tells me not many people will be signing up for this !
I bought this app today for my Samsung S95B, yes it is very expensive but it works very well.
I have only one problem, in settings I choose auto sync when I turn on the TV, works perfectly. The problem is when I turn off the TV, my lightstrip stays on, has no auto shut off. Does anyone know a solution?
Sorry for my bad English.
I have only one problem, in settings I choose auto sync when I turn on the TV, works perfectly. The problem is when I turn off the TV, my lightstrip stays on, has no auto shut off. Does anyone know a solution?
Sorry for my bad English.
I think it may come down in price as people are unlikely to purchase and therefore might not need to buy Hue lights. The main advantage the app has over the sync box is that it can detect anything on the screen. It's technically cheaper than the box, but the box can be used in multiple rooms – although not at the same time and you'd need have cables running throughout the home (which I do anyway).
Im not…. Every other bulb I buy that works with HomeKit is sub par to philips. From response speed to having a long boot up time of someone uses the light switch then you have to wait to control or with HomeKit. If the internet goes wacky HomeKit is all screwed up but my philips hue I can at least fall back to that app. Hue is worth every penny im sad to admit I have 65 hue devices and still haven’t found anything to compare, and yep I’m still trying.
I guess I had bad luck. I didn't have as many as you. But, my point is I have other LED builds as well and those were reliable. But, half the money.
Early on seems like the Hue lights were really the only game in town and looked the best. I think there is plenty of good competition now and much more affordable. I just can't justify their prices.
Agreed. Hue still has the edge when it comes to certain types of light (GU10 for example) but competitors make equivalent or better products. Nanoleaf Essentials light strip, for example. It has better brightness than the Hue one and is usually around half the price *and* has Thread.