Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box - Requires Hue Bridge - Supports Dolby Vision HDR10+ and 4K - Control with Hue App - Compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit

Configuratios is way to complicated, and requires the full thing to work (strip light for the tv, the sync box and the bridge). Is crazy expensive but the quality of what you get is undeniable. A bit sad that it doesn't work directly with the Samsung tv built-in apps, only works with the connected devices via HDMI, or if the Samsung tv is one of the newest models and Qled or Oled versions. A side from that, i think it work as expected, but I'm sure I'm missing features due to incompatibility or lack of available public user data.

I bought the Philips hue sync box with the LED strip for the top of the back of the TV and the bar that goes along the bottom of the TV. This TV is a Sony 77-in A80L and is mounted beautifully on the back and creates a magnificent juxtaposition of the light that is being cast from the scene and then emits from the scene around your room without distracting from the shot. You have to have an external stream box if you want streaming content to be affected with the hue system. It's also very touchy with 4K blu-ray players in that if you have a Sony, it doesn't work. You have to have the top of the line Panasonic DP UB820 which I'm just ordering. But back to the streaming issue, TVs do not send video they send audio through their eARC HDMI port. Now some people look at the back of the unit and see 4 HDMI inputs and one output and the software switches those inputs to the output. If you use it in this fashion you will be wasting your money. It does not work that way. It is very clunky and completely puts everything out of sync. The correct way of using it is having an AVR with dual outputs and use the secondary output to feed the input number one of the Philips hue box. If the AVR does not have a dual HDMI output then you need to have a HDMI splitting amplifier so that you have two HDMI outs of your AVR. The other point is that you should not run it in and out to the TV as it affects the signal going to it and it's another thing in the past that that usually screws up and end up regretting it. This set up I got is around $500 for the two lights and the sync box. Yes that is very pricey but the technology required to strip the metadata out of the HDMI input for the video signals is quite extensive so it works really well if you hook it up correctly. You have a full multimedia sound system to hook it up to correctly. It doesn't really work with single systems. Good luck

super expensive, not updated or current, buggy device with bad software, multiple apps required. Problem 1: There are confusingly 2 listings for this item on Amazon. Both appear to be the same exact item. 1 is listed as 555227. Both appear to be the same old device. Problem 2: The listing for this item itself says "Smart Lights Required" -- this is technically incorrect. If all you wanted to do is use this device as an HDMI splitter, it would work for that (as long as the devices are HDMI2.0 or prior). So NO, lights are NOT actually required. Problem 2: Old tech. Not HDMI2.1 compliant which could be a problem for newer video game consoles, PCs, AV Receivers, TVS or any other device requiring HDMI2.1. This means this device will kneecap your better, faster HDMI2.1 sources. They'll work worse, slower or maybe in some cases not at all? I don't know everything about HDMI2.1...4K@120, 8K@60??? Whatever that standard gives you, this device won't be cable of splitting it... Problem 3: Incredible amount of confusion that this device won't work unless an HDMI SOURCE is connected. I'm NOT CONFUSED ABOUT THIS but many of you are. Obviously, this device sucks up video info from an HDMI source and spits it out to the lights. People can't seem to understand that If you connect this thing to a TV and they play an app ON THEIR TV, that the app doesn't communicate with this Sync Box...So maybe change the listing from "Smart Lights Required" to "HDMI Source Required" because lights are NOT required but an HDMI source is! Problem 4: It's actually kind of slowish. For a $200-$300 device, the lights don't exactly update super-fast with what's on screen. I mean...it's okay...UNDERWHELMING for $500+ (after you buy this thing, hub, lights)...You can buy an average 4K 55" or mediocre 4K 65" TV for that price... Problem 5: Bad software. 2 different apps required?? There is the HUE app itself (just for lights) but an additional HUE Sync app is required to get this thing to work for almost no reason. Why not just add this device activation to the main HUE app? The HUE Sync Box app itself is so basic, why have it at all?? It forces the user to have multiple apps open to use/modify everything and that's not intuitive. It's very clunky and stupid. The fact that there are 2 apps can cause install issues. I initially failed to get this device to work possibly because I'd added the Sync lights to the HUE app first (because they're in there as an option and that was an intuitive thing to do), but didn't create an "entertainment zone" (what the hell is that even and how would I know to create one?) The HUE Sync app could not get to the point where it tells me to go back to the other HUE app (again why are there 2 apps?? -- so stupid). Setup failed repeatedly. It just hangs and doesn't tell you what's wrong. I had to restart from scratch multiple times, delete lights in the HUE app, and it failed multiple times. Installation is NOT straight forward. Setup is NOT a breeze...I'd call it hot trash. MANY people will give up here and just return the device. I'm not even sure how I got it to work. Everything seemed to be connected and should have worked but my main HDMI source would not stay connected (or connect at all). I couldn't initially figure out whether this was an HDMI2.1 issue or just this buggy device...Another reviewer said it took him 2 days to get it to work. 2 DAYS???!!! Oh my god, get rid of the thing at that point. Problem 6: TOO EXPENSIVE. The Phillips HUE ecosystem is ridiculously expensive for devices that are old tech, using old standards, requiring extra devices (HUB) that other far less expensive (but still good) ecosystems do not. THUMBS WAY DOWN.

I love this product when its working, but the number of times I need to start the sync and get it going rather than it auto detecting, turning on and starting the light sync. Easily 40% of the time I need to kick it off manually. When you do start the sync, the results are amazing so definitely worth it, but as far as a set and forget item, it definitely is not one of those.

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Amazing product however while updating to the latest software version might break the synchronization.

Fonctionne avec le la bande led philips Lightstrip et le hue bridge philips. Tres cher mais le rendu en vaut la peine!!!

Probé el producto hace unos días, funciono perfectamente. Recomiendo que hagan una rutina para que al iniciar las luces de la tele, inicie la "caja de luces" (esta opción esta en beta y es nueva, funciona bien). OJO, no funciona con Apps en la tele, ni la tv por si misma. tienen que usar alguna consola o reproductor, en mi Xbox one X no funcionan las luces con Netflix, pero si con spotify, Amazon y Youtube, quiero pensar que es por las restricciones de la aplicación. Edit (12/2020). Si funciona las apps dentro de las consolas, tarda en hacer sync, cusndo lo hace fluye excelente. La interacción es natural y su aspecto hace que cambie mucho, es un buen accesorio que mejora la experiencia. Mi configuración es: TV Samsung 2018 58" 4K, Xbox One X, 2 barras de luz Phillips y 1 Hue go. Para mi es excelente. Edit (12/2020). No funciona en hdmi 2.1, pero anexo video sobre un ps5 Subo a 5s.