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Review: The Philips Hue Play Sync Box Matches Your Hue Lights to What's Playing on Your Apple TV
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Ah well good thing there is a choice and we can set it all to our individual likings.
My go to color. Anywhere between 6500-8000k.A bright white background
The moon picture I change from color to the same as the tv depending on scene.
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Do you seriously put bright white lights behind your screen? I thought that was a 'trick' or a 'hack' if you prefer to pretend that you have better 'blacks' than the screen can actually produce; i.e. a side effect of 'bias lighting'. It could help, but not if it is bright white. And it is pointless (in just white) if you start off with a good screen in the first place in my opinion.
look at my picture. I have hue strips. The "normal" color for bias lighting is 6500k which is a cool white. I lean more towards purple/white hue color, still a white light color yes.
bummer about the reviews
When they are this uneven, I'll probably experience the bugs in the negative reviews
www2.meethue.com
When they are this uneven, I'll probably experience the bugs in the negative reviews
Hue Sync Box to control your Home Lighting Experience | Philips Hue
The HDMI Hue Sync Box syncs your lights with music, TV and PC, creating an immersive lighting experience like no other.
I have the now discontinued DreamScreen which was just LED light strips you attached to the back of the TV. That works pretty well.
Is this effectively the same functionality MrMC has for $230:
apps.apple.com
You'd assume it was better for the money.
MrMC
MrMC is a software media center for playing videos, music, and pictures. MrMC, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, and other digital media files from local storage media and media devices/servers...
apps.apple.com
You'd assume it was better for the money.
Got one two weeks ago, have to import it to Ireland from Germany.
It’s my favorite gizmo I got this year.
It’s my favorite gizmo I got this year.
I imagine this entails resetting the bridge to factory defaults and starting from scratch? I've not done that yet because I too have around 20 lights/switches and motion sensors. It's no small task to build it all up again, but I guess that's better than having the random crap happening, assuming it can be fixed. I'll give it a shot this weekend.
Say, now that I have you here, do you do any of the setups in the Hue app, or do you stick to the Home app? Or maybe some combination? I kinda had a hybrid setup going on because the home app doesn't allow incremental dimming using the switch--you can only assign one thing to each of the four buttons. Maybe that's buggering it up somehow, I dunno.
Hmmm, not sure about that statistic. I think if you were to correlate that with those who have and automated home and are willing to invest in Philips Hue you may find that there will be many more LG Panel based OLED owners and thus those enjoying the beauty of Dolby Vision. Especially so on here with Apple TV subscriptions. Its implementation of Dolby Vision is truly spectacular...
got this as a gift.
Found it to be a major headache to setup. I have a simple setup. ATV, Xbox One, TV and Soundbar. The XB1 needs to go directly into the soundbar so I can achieve Dolby Atmos. Writing to HUE they said that I should plug everything into the sync, then plug into the sound bar then tv.
This caused me to lose atmos in Xbox one. And trying to get this device to work with my Logitech remote has been a headache. Too much trouble for a $200+ device. Returned it after 24 hours of use
Found it to be a major headache to setup. I have a simple setup. ATV, Xbox One, TV and Soundbar. The XB1 needs to go directly into the soundbar so I can achieve Dolby Atmos. Writing to HUE they said that I should plug everything into the sync, then plug into the sound bar then tv.
This caused me to lose atmos in Xbox one. And trying to get this device to work with my Logitech remote has been a headache. Too much trouble for a $200+ device. Returned it after 24 hours of use
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Edit: I stand corrected. When using Dolby vision the play tries to translate the colors but it does so poorly. When I change the ATV output down to HDR the signal corrects and everything is beautiful again at HDR10. What this means to me is that there is some hope of a patch to make this work. Fortunately Dolby Vision can pass through the box at least.
I’m watching Netflix off of my AppleTV 4K. Dolby vision content Dolby vision tv. The hue sync box is connected between my AppleTV and my new LG tv. It is definitely working and passing colors to the sync box. Maybe the latest patch solved the issue? Both my tv and the AppleTV are confirming that the signal is Dolby Vision.
I’m watching Netflix off of my AppleTV 4K. Dolby vision content Dolby vision tv. The hue sync box is connected between my AppleTV and my new LG tv. It is definitely working and passing colors to the sync box. Maybe the latest patch solved the issue? Both my tv and the AppleTV are confirming that the signal is Dolby Vision.
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Your logic is only half right. Yes, ambient light can detract from a motion picture that is PROJECTED - that's because the image light source is BEHIND you, and you are viewing the image that is projected in front of you on some surface. This is entirely different that traditional TV viewing, where the light source is behind the image, projecting TOWARD your eyes. The source is much brighter, and a totally dark room will cause eye strain and an uncomfortable viewing experience. I'm always amazed at people thinking that they need to turn off all the lights when watching a TV at home. It's just the result of a flawed mental schema for watching video ("it's dark in a theater, so dark must be good at home too"), without an understanding of the technical differences in light source and human visual processing.
Maybe this description (not mine) can explain it better than I:
When we watch television or use a computer workstation in a completely dark or significantly darkened room, we create a less-than-ideal viewing situation wherein our eyes are staring very intently at a small window of very bright light that is floating in a sea of darkness. Despite the fact that we accurately perceive the screen to be very bright in relationship to the rest of the scene our eyes take in, our eyes attempt to adjust based on the average brightness across the entire field of view and not the average brightness of the screen (or, conversely, the dimmer off-screen area).
That's not to say that I think the color-changing Hue lights are a better viewing experience (I found it to be an interesting novelty several years ago when Hue first offered it through the SciFi channel) - just that some ambient light is better for home TV viewing than total darkness.
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