#HUE GRADIENT LIGHTSTRIP 75 PS4#
Playing Control on PS4 with the deep blues, unsettling reds, and explosions caused by my psychokinetic abilities was incredible.įor more passive experiences such as watching movies, I dropped the intensity down to the second lowest level. At its most intense, it’ll display every change in colour and lighting on the screen. One of my favourite aspects of the Hue Sync is that it has four different levels of intensity. They can distract more than they enhance.
#HUE GRADIENT LIGHTSTRIP 75 MOVIE#
For anyone who’s paid for 4D experiences at movie theatres, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Honestly, I was worried that it would be a bit too intense. Once you’ve turned it on, it’ll connect to the bridge, and the app will automatically detect it.įrom there, all of the content you play on the TV will sync up. To set it up, you connect the Sync HDMI box to your TV through an HDMI port, and then connect up to four devices to the HDMI inputs on the box. And unlike most lightstrips, the Gradient can display multiple colours at once, meaning that if you’re looking at a sunset on the ocean, the top left of your corner will match the orange of the sunset in the top left of your screen, the soft pinks in the top right, and the deep blue of the ocean at the bottom. Whether you’re watching a movie or playing a game, the lighting will sync up to the content on your screen in real-time. It can produce beautiful light in every colour imaginable with various patterns and intensities.īut if you want to take advantage of the coolest features, that’s where the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box comes in. In this case, I made the Hue Lightstrip part of my living room.Īt this point, the Lightstrip is good to go. You can set it up so your lights are controlled by room, or you can control each of them individually. It’s the brain of the operation, controlling up to 50 Hue lights. The process requires attaching the mounts with 3M strips to the back of your TV, plugging in the control unit, and then connecting it to the Hue Bridge via Bluetooth.If you already have Hue products, you’ll be familiar with the Bridge. The whole setup took less than ten minutes, and following along with the instructions on the Hue app made it painless. Once I unboxed everything, I had the Lightstrip, five mounting pieces, and a plug with a control unit. The shape has been specifically designed to be mounted on your TV, with two black sides for mounting and preventing light spill, and a curved translucent tube that diffuses the light. The first thing I noticed was how solid it is.
Trying the Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip with the HDMI Sync Box changed how I look at smart lighting.