PHILIPS HUE Hue Play Light Bar Extension Kit - Black
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Price: £59.99
Brand: Philips Hue
11/27/2018
Description: Top features: - Light up your space by adding extra Play Bars- Set the mood with 16 million colours to choose from - Control your lighting from your smartphone - Sync with movies and music to enhance your entertainment Light up your space Add to your lighting setup with the Phillips Hue Play Light Bar Extension Kit. Because you can connect up to three Hue Play Light Bars together using just one plug, you won't need to find an extra plug socket for this Extension Kit - simply connect it to your current Hue Play (sold separately). Set the mood Add some atmosphere to dinner parties and cosy nights in with the Phillips Hue Play Light Bar Extension Kit. Play around with 16 million colours and set the ambiance with the touch of a button. Or just go through different shades of white light - wake up to gentle, warm tones that become brighter as the day turns to evening. Its discreet design easily fits into any home set up. You can place it on the floor to light up a wall, stand it on a shelf to illuminate your photos, or attach it to the back of your TV to create a brilliant backlight that's perfect for movie night. Control your lighting When you connect the Hue Play to your Phillips Hue Bridge (sold separately) you'll get a whole host of smart control options. Control your lights from your smartphone or tablet, set timers, notifications, alarms, and more. Philips Hue even works with Amazon Alexa, Apple Homekit, and Google Home so you can switch your lights on with your voice. Sync with movies Make your favourite entertainment even more exciting with Hue Sync. You can sync up your Hue Play so it reacts to different sounds. Switch it on when you're having a party and watch how the lights change to the rhythm of music, or see how it adds tension when you're watching the latest hit drama. Please note: - Some features require the Philips Hue Bridge (sold separately). - This extension kit doesn't include a mains adapter, it is powered via a Hue Play Light Bar (sold separately). Philips Hue PHILIPS HUE Hue Play Light Bar Extension Kit - Black - shop the best deal online on appliances4.me
Category: Appliances and accessories
Merchant: Currys PC World
Product ID: 10184165
Delivery time: 1 to 3 days
Delivery cost: 5.99
EAN: 8718696170731
Specifications: [ { groupLabel: OVERVIEW, specifications: [ { label: Power: via Play Light Bar (sold separately) ● Works with: - Apple HomeKitn- Amazon Alexan- Google Homen- Samsung SmartThings ● Compatibility: - iOSn- Android ● Connectivity: Zigbee (Internet connection required) ● Type: Smart lighting ● Compatible app: Phillips Hue app. GENERAL ● Box contents: Philips Hue Play White & Colour Ambiance Smart Light Bar Extension ● Weight: 280 g ● Dimensions: 36 x 253 x 44 mm (H x W x D) ● Manufacturer's guarantee: 2 years ● Colour: Black ● Requirements: - Philips Hue Play Light Barn- Hue Bridge (sold separately) ● Additional info } ] }, { groupLabel: FEATURES, specifications: [ { label: 1.: - Control your lights from a smartphone or tabletn- Sync lights with movies and music ● 2.: - 16 million coloursn- Warm to cool white light ● 3.: Freestanding or mount to the rear of your TV ● 4.: - Total lumen output: 530 lmn- Lifetime up to 25,000 hours ● 5.
Author: Christo Mastoroudes
Rating: 5
Review: Bought 6 light bars, three for the home theatre pc and three for my main gaming PC. Initially I had almost returned the whole order but later decided to keep them. The main reason was the price, I got the light bars on a sale and still they were very expensive, the light bars with hub cost almost £300. The Software: You have to install the app on your mobile and also an app on your PC. Confusingly you have to use both, the PC app controlling mostly sync related lighting and the mobile app for setup, light positioning, timers etc. Both apps work well, but there is some room for improvement. The good thing is that Philips hue have a large client base, so the software should continue to improve and mature. The latency: In my setup there is almost no discernable lag between what is happening on my monitor and when the lights react, I would estimate around 20-50ms. I am connected directly to my router via a lan cable and I am around 5m away from the hue hub. This can very quickly turn in to a different story if you are on slow wifi or worst yet, try to wirelessly cast/mirror your laptop display onto a TV. I think most complaints about latency online is with ppl doing exactly that. I did notice an option in the software to mitigate the issue, but did not need to use it. There is no substitute for a hard wired connection. It works like this. The app on your PC analyses the screen space and calculates average light values based on your lighting setup. This gets sent to the hue hub via your local network. The hue hub then sends the signals to the lights via the Bixby wireless protocol. The light bars: These are rather small but can produce a good amount of light. Rather than the amount of light, it is the quality of the light that surprised me. The warm and cool white light is amazing and it is obvious that some attention was given to colour reproduction. They must have RGB and two different kinds of white light LEDs inside. The diffuser is excellent quality too, I am not able to discern any individual spots of light inside the bar. There is nothing quite like starting up DOOM and having the whole room go a deep red colour! Quite nice indeed. There is one annoying aspect of the light bars, at full brightness they emit an electric buzzing sound. The buzzing sound is reduced in line with the brightness setting. This should not be an issue when seated a few meters from a TV or if there is any other noise in the room, but when sat at a desk close to the lights it is noticeable. To mitigate the issue I placed the light bars as far away from my seating position as possible and have them set to around 30% brightness when doing work or just browsing the net in a quiet room. If you are using headphones or have any other noise in the room then you can't hear any buzzing even at 100% brightness. To give you an idea, it is reminiscent of some older and cheaper type monitors that emit a buzzing sound because of PWM dimming. The hub: Nothing much to say here, find a decent spot for it and switch it on, have not had any issues with it. PC performance: There is overhead associated with analysing the screen space, calculating average colours and sending the data to the hue hub. I have a top spec PC with a 2080ti GPU, and using a gaming benchmark I noticed about a 5-8% performance decrease with hue sync enabled. For me this is not an issue, but it could be an issue on weaker hardware. Hue sync can be disabled or enabled on a game to game basis in the software as profiles. The competition: Asus Aura Halo works by adding LED strips to the back of the monitor. I like Asus but they have a way of not updating their software, and when they do it will usually only work on the newer hardware. I don't trust them to improve the software or even fix it if potentially a windows update breaks it. The RGB light will be harsh with no diffuser or dedicated white leds. NZXT Hue 2 V2 Ambient, they seem a bit more invested in the tech with a v2 released recently, but again this is all controlled with their CAM software which has a terrible reputation. The same RGB strips are used with no diffuser or dedicated white lights. Since these light strips are addressable they offer a higher resolution as only some leds can be triggered to onscreen events, but this to me just seem to make them even harsher on the eye. In both cases the competitions software and features are lacking as compared to the Philips implementation. The lighting is also harsh, which is why I decided to go with Philips hue sync. With philips you can also add lighting at a later point and you are free to place the lights where you want. The lighting should add to the ambience of a gaming session, not be a distraction. UPDATE: Some months have passed since my last review and thought this detailed review could do with an update. In my living room setup I have added another light bar to my rear top left on a bookcase behind a nice Alien statue, and a E27 colour ambiance bulb to my tall lamp on the rear right. This is now my primary way of lighting the living room. I also stuck a Hue dimmer switch close to the couch so we can control brightness easily. Gaming and movies is awesome, although Netflix still does not work with Hue play. Works best with movies that have lots of colour and action. My gaming setup also got another Hue play bar for a total of 4, and a dimmer switch. I missed some light under my shelf and that has now been remedied. My lights are set to switch on via a timer on weekdays to help me get up, and they also switch of automatically when I leave the house. It is not a cheap echo system, but I would miss the ambient light during gaming if you took it away right now. During the past few months there has been one update to the sync app, validating my theory that the ecosystem is larger than the competition, and Philips is actively developing for it.
Author: Glen
Rating: 4
Review: I got these (I purchased 2) to light up the back of my monitor/wall area. The idea was that if they were bright enough it would assist with how I look on the webcam for work. It hasn't really worked out as expected. They are fine for ambient lighting but I would just purchase a light strip as these don't really offer anything that a decent light strip wouldn't at half the price or less. Also they do not have a power lead and philips do nor sell that on its own if you make the mistake I did. There's nothing wrong with them hence the 4 stars but I really can't see a situation where these would be the best option.
