You add and place your color lights into the entertainment zone in a top down view, so that Hue knows which lights should be synced with whatever is on the screen. Essentially the entertainment zone tells Hue where your lights are placed in relation to the screen. Chances are you haven’t created one of these before. Once that is done, you’ll assign it to an entertainment zone. The setup process is very straight forward you’ll pair the Sync Box with your Hue Bridge (yes, you’ll need that as well, it is not a standalone device. The Sync Box uses its own app called Hue Sync, which is separate from the standard Hue application, and is exclusively controlled from there. So how do you change your inputs on your tv? Pretty easily, but we’ll get to that in just a little. But you can also get a Fire Strick or Roku stick for pretty cheap and plug that into the Sync Box. For all of you that use your smart TV’s built in apps, this box is useless to you. This box is set up in a way that all of your devices will plug into the Sync box, and then the Sync box will connect to a single HDMI port on your TV, much like a HDMI switcher. In the box you’ll find the Hue Sync Box, the power adapter, and an HDMI cable. On the back you’ll find 4 HDMI input’s, a single HDMI output, a power supply input and a microUSB port. On the front there’s a single button to turn it on, and a LED next to it to display its status. It’s a pretty non-descript black box, with a soft touch matte black finish throughout. More details are in the disclaimers page.
So now that it is finally here, can it live up to the hype, or will the Hue Sync Box just be another tech gimmick?ĭisclaimer: Amazon links are affiliate links these do not cost you anything, they just help fund the site. Philips has been slow to roll out these accessory features to their colored smart light universe, even though they were technically supported in their API for years now.
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Other companies have tried this before, namely Dreamscreen which was a led frame you could put on the back of your TV that sync’d your content. It synchronizes the picture on your tv screen with your Hue lights, essentially providing color matched backlighting and immersion.
The Hue Play HDMI Sync Box may have an awful name, but it has awesome functionality.
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