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
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Features
- WHAT'S IN THE BOX - Includes one Hue Play HDMI Sync Box one power adapter, and one HDMI cable; Perfect for an immersive media experience
- REQUIRES A HUE BRIDGE - Unlock the power of Hue and enjoy automations control from anywhere in the world, and a secure, stable connection that won't drain your Wi-Fi. Use Matter to connect your smart home devices to your Hue smart lighting system.
- SYNC LIGHTS TO ANY HDMI DEVICE - With four HDMI inputs the Play HDMI Sync Box allows you to connect your media devices to your smart lights, resulting in a seamless, colorful display that responds to and reflects the content you watch or listen to.
- SET UP - Easily connect to your Hue Bridge and use your sync box immediately with any TV and any HDMI device. The Hue sync box can be placed on a TV cabinet or shelf without blocking any part of your screen
- VOICE CONTROL - Convenient smart control; Set up voice control in the Hue app and use simple voice commands to control your lights with Alexa or Google Assistant.
- PERSONALIZE YOUR LIGHT - Use the Hue app to customize the way your lights react to the content on your TV: control the speed and intensity of the light effects adjust the brightness of the room, and more
Description
The Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box adds premium surround lighting to your home theater by syncing your Hue smart lights with movies music and video games. Watch, listen and play with more excitement as your lights dance, flash, dim and brighten with your screen. The sync box delivers real-time syncing with superior color accuracy. The effects are always in sync with your TV because the sync box receives data directly from the source before it reaches your screen, unlike devices that react to the screen itself. This gives you a premium ambient lighting experience with no delays or mis-matched colors. Use the Hue app to personalize your settings, like brightness and speed of effects, or define a default setting for starting up. Control via the app, on- product control button, or by programming your TV remote with custom commands. Enhance your entertainment center with any combination of Hue color lights and the sync box. Create a TV backlight with a Hue Play gradient light strip or light bars. Add additional ambient lighting with Hue bulbs, light tubes and more. The Hue sync box works only with Hue lights to ensure color consistency and the premium experience you expect from Hue. The HDMI sync box won't block your screen and is designed to fit discreetly on a shelf or cabinet near your TV and HDMI devices. The sync box stays out of the way so you can see the action on your screen with no distracting peripherals. Setting up surround lighting with the sync box is simple: 1) Download the free Hue app 2) Connect your Hue lights and Bridge 3) Connect up to 4 HDMI devices 4) Follow the instructions to set up the sync box and start syncing. The Hue sync box requires a Hue Bridge. Unlock the full power of Philips Hue smart home lighting with the Bridge and enjoy benefits like multi-room control, automations and smart control from anywhere in the world. Philips Hue is the smart lighting system that lights your home inside and out, all without straining your Wi-Fi.
Compatible Devices: Television
Specific Uses For Product: TV
Connector Type: HDMI
Color: black
Item dimensions L x W x H: 24.06 x 45.68 x 5.46 inches
Compatible Devices: Television
Specific Uses For Product: TV
Connector Type: HDMI
Number of Ports: 4
Input Voltage: 240 Volts (AC)
Power Plug Type: Type B - 3 pin (North American)
Smart Home Compatibility: Smart Home Compatible
Color: black
Finish: Hdmi
Item Dimensions: 24.06 x 45.68 x 5.46 inches
Item Weight: 1 Pounds
Package Quantity: 1
Unit Count: 1 Count
Number of Items: 1
Brand: Philips Hue
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Global Trade Identification Number: 21
Manufacturer: Signify North America Corporation
Mfr Part Number: 555227
Built-In Media: 1x Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box, 1x PSU & cable, 1x HDMI cable
Warranty Description: 2 years
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Style: Sync Box Only
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.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025 by Roberto
Style: Sync Box Only
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
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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025 by Christopher Temple
Style: Sync Box Only
It’s great but doesn’t do well if you have a pc connected that is mirrored to the tv. Not sure why the tv with laptop doesn’t work. Also the smart tv doesn’t work either for some reason cause there has to be an external device in order for this to work.
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2026 by Avado
Style: Sync Box Only
Bought this to add Ambilight capabilities to my 85" Sony TV. I have a PS5, Xbox Series X and a Chromecast connected to it, with a Gradient 75" strip. You also need a hub device. Everything is working great and setup is smooth. The box connects to the TV via a single HDMI cable and the devices all plug into the box. It acts like an HDMI switch, TV recognizes each thing that's plugged into the box as a separate HDMI input - TV remote can switch between them. CEC features work - ie consoles can turn on TV and switch it into the appropriate picture profile. All HDMI features supported by TV work - 4k, HDR, and 120Hz. I have both consoles configured to turn TV on, so I never even touch the box to switch inputs - TV figures it out on its own. The remote app is great. Lots of configurability, you can use the strip as a mood light. Settings are available for how responsive the strip is. In sync mode the strip's colors match what's going on very well. Playing games and watching movies is amazing. You can also sync to sound (that's coming over HDMI) - I use it sometime for mood lighting when playing Spotify from Xbox. The only drawback of this setup is that TV's native apps still provide best quality (eg Dolby Vision isn't supported by any of external devices I got), and there's no way to sync with them. I just set the strip to static backdrop when watching through TV apps. Bottomline - if you want to elevate your TV experience, shake out your wallet and get this. Don't buy any of the cheap Chinese crap that is abundant on Amazon. Only Philips got the patent, so only they do HDMI sync right.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023 by Corvin
Style: Sync Box Only
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.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2021 by ChomskyKnows
Style: Sync Box Only
If you got this for the viral TV strip lights it DOES NOT WORK WITH SMART TV’s. It worked really well but I didn’t think it would be this difficult to set up, also because it’s not compatible with smart tv’s. I used this specifically for the TV strip lights, & there weren’t even any informational videos out there for this or just online in general.. so I have photos attached if anyone has trouble with setting up for a fire smart tv. Only if you have a Samsung smart tv it’ll sync, not even the hue essentials app will work correctly. You need to get a fire stick or any external streaming device, plug it into the sync box, change the audio to AV Sync tuning, resolution to 1080, (I think the fire stick starts over 2000 and it didn’t work), display range to adaptive, then go into the hue app on your phone and update the advanced settings to Dolby digital vision enhanced compatibility but I’m not sure if this just for the fire stick since it uses Dolby digital image. Also make sure your fire stick is in the second or fourth HMDI outlet on the sync box. SUPER SPECIFIC and confusing but I was so happy when I got it down. Good luck!
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Style: Sync Box Only
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