![]() ![]() ![]() The advantages of Ambilight are obvious: the technology is permanently integrated in the television and immediately ready for use. The respective advantages of the two systems If these are not yet available, another 150 to 200 Euros will be added. In addition, you have to buy the Hue lamps, I recommend at least one LightStrip Plus and two Play Lightbars. There are already Ambilight TVs for less than 400 euros, but also for more than 2.000 euros.įor the Philips Hue HDMI Sync Box, the initial price is around 250 euros. Ambilight is only available with Philips televisions, where the price range is insanely wide depending on size and technology. Nevertheless, there are still some minor and major problems, such as the connection problems of the Sync Box in connection with a router from Vodafone. The HDMI Sync Box has seen some changes in the last few months, especially with the big update in May. ![]() I am sure that such problems could be solved much faster if the two companies worked together more closely. New Hue lamps in combination with Ambilight displayed wrong colors or newly added lamps were not found by the TV at all. At Philips, everything is no longer under one roof, but rather spread over various companies: TP Vision is responsible for the Philips televisions, Signify for the Hue lamps.Īmbilight+Hue in particular has experienced problems from time to time in the past. In the end, it’s a story that Ambilight+Hue has unfortunately caused problems on many occasions. Of course this is not a mistake, it would just be a nice feature, which unfortunately does not exist yet. It would be very practical if you could also control the lounge mode of the TV via the Hue app and linked switches. Unfortunately, this does not work the other way round. A small plus point of the TV: the Ambilight lounge mode, which can make the LEDs of the switched-off TV shine in different colors, can also be extended to the paired Hue lamps. Also practical: the Sync function can even be started, stopped or set by voice command.Īpart from the ability to use the TV’s remote control to completely turn Ambilight on, off or change modes, on Philips TVs you always have to navigate very deep into the menu to access Ambilight+Hue. Not only can different modes be selected for different HDMI inputs (such as the game mode for the PlayStation), you can also switch between entertainment areas. The control via AppĮxactly with this Sync App there is much more flexibility for the HDMI Sync Box. There are nine fixed points to choose from for positioning the lamps, so there are slightly fewer options than with the Sync App. The desired lamps can then be easily selected and configured with the remote control. Once connected to the bridge, all compatible lamps are displayed with names. Philips televisions also offer the possibility of linking colourful Hue lamps to the TV, thanks to Ambilight+Hue, extending the Ambilight experience to the entire room. Another practical feature is that you can determine exactly what state the lamps should change to when the synchronization is stopped. You can also set the maximum brightness with which the lamps may be lit. Here you can determine the position of the lamps in the room as well as their height. When configuring the Sync Box, you first access the Hue Sync App and create one or more entertainment areas during the setup process. This is probably one of the biggest advantages of Ambilight technology compared to the Sync Box. This has one advantage: all image content can be visualized by Ambilight, regardless of which internal or external source it comes from. With Ambilight, of course, nothing has to be connected to the TV, because all the technology and all the LEDs are permanently integrated. Any content generated directly by the television cannot be visualized. All external signals are therefore analyzed by the Sync Box before being fed into the television, so that the Sync Box can then supply the connected lamps with the corresponding light signals. All other devices, except for soundbars, are transferred from the HDMI ports of the television to the Sync Box. The Philips Hue HDMI Sync Box is connected to the television via HDMI. ![]()
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