Lowest price according to 3x camel. Similar price $249 + Delivery at Mighty Ape. Still $499 at JB Hi-Fi.
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Surprised by this when i saw the product images too
Wow. V good price - nice find. Where’s the drop on the 65 but ;-) …. if only you could cut the tv gradient strips, would end out ahead buying this 75!!!
Be an OZB, buy this strip first and then TV can come later.
I guess this is worth highlighting for anyone like me not well versed with the hue ecosystem and may assume light controls would just work out of the box.
What's Required? - A 'Philips Hue Bridge' and 'Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box' (sold separately) are required for surround lighting control
Not sure how much the Hue Bridge cost but the sync box alone is showing $499 in amazon. Suppose a decent price for those who already have the bridge and sync box.
Yeah and looks like the HDMI Sync Box is only HDMI 2.0 so PS5 and Xbox passing through that would miss out on 4k 120hz.
It's meant for movies not gaming I guess which is a shame
i still Game with the Sync Box, dont see much difference
Xbox still reaches 4K 60Mhz , no complaints
Thats why the govee camera is better imo
$500rrp for a 75 inch strip of lights??? Priorities….
And people complain about $3000 for a 4090? Seems to me the GPU is a bargain in comparison to this.
Bet the mark up for these makes phone cases look good.
Totally agree 👍
And that's excluding the fact you need more things to get it working.
I genuinely can't think of a more overpriced common item than this.
Is this a common item? Seems like the sort of thing twitch streamers would have, and nobody else.
@ssfps: I guess by common, something stocked all over the place and readily available.
Gets a bit of shelf space and attention at brick and mortar stores.
Probably huge profit margins, as I doubt their flying out the store….
@ssfps: i dont do "twitch" streaming and i have this in the lounge room TV
i see alot of Neg comments about Hue lights when they are on sale, i dont understand why , persons choice really
@HappyJoyJoy: I haven't negged anything, as you say it's personal choice - it's just not something I understand the point of aside from decorating a small studio e.g. twitch streamer, or youtube vlogger's room or similar.
I would find it pretty distracting for watching movies or playing games, where I want a dark room - or at least no light on around the screen.
Hue!
Go home Hue you're drunk. Make a bridge that can support more than 50 or so devices.
Would you rather get this or a huge play bar for back of tv lighting
Neither!
I mean, I will get one of the other but thanks
This is better in my opinion. The play bars have gaps between the light bars.
I’ve got this 75” light strip and the 2m gradient strip for the bottom of the TV to replace the 3 play bars.
And I use these cabinet corner brackets to mount the 2m strip in 45 deg angle. A dab of silicone mount them to the back of the TV and then zip tied the 2m strip to them.
@cheach: How does the strip go working with the hue play box? I thought you had to get the special gradient strips for it to work
@cykezero: The 2m strip that I linked is the gradient one. It works much better than the Play Bar.
I had 3 play bars for the bottom of the TV. Works OK but there were dark gaps between the play bars.
@cheach: Yeah I get that but it's not the hue play gradient light strip. Didn't think it would work with play sync box
@cykezero: You can use the ambiance gradient strip with the sync box.
The difference between the ambiance and the play strips is:
As a solution to replace play bars on the bottom, the ambiance strip will work just fine.
I've just ordered one of the play strips from this deal, but because my TV is sitting on a TV cabinet there's only about a 1cm gap between the bottom of the TV and the cabinet, so I reckon I'll get very little value illuminating the bottom side, but I have some play bars I can put there to see what I get.
@Astronaut Joe: Ah got it, thanks. Was wondering how the play strip knew where the corners were as I put the 75" on an 83" TV and had to set it further in.
I'm a bit in the same boat, the bottom of the TV is just above the centre speaker so not sure if it's worth adding another strip, plus the hassle of trying to remove it later when you change TVs.
Baggy jeans has been in for a while
Sounds like someone got destroyed in Fortnite/Warzone by some 15yo asian boy.
Only people like you can make RGB lighting racist
you need to go put some rgb lighting on your nissan
This made me laugh.
Although i disagree with your characterization of standing desks (who cares if it's ugly, it's practical), a lot of fads like cold cathodes in the PCs did start (in my experience) with my asian mates. Most of the netcafes i played at as a teen were run by east asians too.
Desk pads are useful for wooden desks with rougher surfaces. Pretty much a necessity.
Standing desks have function.
I can't tell whether you're against multi-monitor setups (incredibly important for almost any desk job) or just the portrait alignment (which I've never found a use case for myself, but wouldn't stop others from utilising).
multi-monitor setups (incredibly important for almost any desk job)
They're actually not, it's just that most people don't know about alt-tab or more advanced window management techniques. Your eyes can only look at 1 screen at a time anyway.
Yeah, but it's quite often easier to just glance at another monitor rather than trying to alt-tab to it, particularly if you've got a lot of things open. Or just move your mouse to copy something already on display rather than have to somehow select it. And Edge is annoying AF as it seems to treat every tab as a separate instance too.
So they are convenient.
@MonkDog: We all have setups we're comfortable with - I found the transition to a single monitor easier than I would have expected after upgrading from 2x 24" to a single 32", and now I wouldn't go back.
If i'm working with 2 documents and copying text, i'll usually have both open side by side. Or tile my windows into a grid of 6-8 tiles, or whatever suits the task. We generally read columnar text easier anyway, so i find having 2 or 3 columns of text easier to work with than having them span horizontal length of the screen anyway. I suppose you could say a second monitor (or single ultrawide) is important if you need to work with 8 or 10 documents at once and the interaction is constant enough that using different "desktops" or "workspaces" isn't convenient, but that seems pretty niche.
There's no way that window management techniques come close to the effectiveness of doubling the size of your screen (which is what the second monitor does).
Screen space is king.
@Nom: I use to think this way, and for over a decade I used 2 monitors, for a while even 3.
But we aren't in the era of 17" crts or 19" 5:4 LCDs any more, you can get a single 32" screen at 1440p or 4K which more than enough screen real estate. Beyond that you're having to turn your head back and forth to scan, whether it's a massive ultra-wide or multiple 16:9s. That's why I mentioned window management - if you have a 32"+ screen and can setup/use keyboard shortcuts it's IMO more effective than having a second monitor.
I'm not saying multi-monitor is terrible, just that it's no longer "incredibly important" or really that important at all.
@ssfps: Oh yes, if you've got a single giant screen then I totally agree you don't need a second.
But this isn't the norm in the workplace - the second screen is a necessity because the monitors are probably only 24" or 27" screens … one just isn't big enough.
Image thinking standing desks are a fad lmao. Literally every good company has them. If you don't work for a good company just say so
Good price
I have this on my 85" TV , it works well
As the complete Philips Hue set up for TV requires substantial expenditure, I’m planning to split the purchases over next few months.
I purchased the Hue Bridge and HDMI Sync box during the Boxing Day deals. I have to buy a streaming device (as the lights won’t sync with inbuilt TV apps) and a 65” gradient light strip. Hopefully there will be similar good deals soon!
sorry little confused here
the Sync box will sync all the lights (Hue) , whatever is on the screen ?
so HDMI from the TV to the sync box , and its will mimic the colors on the screen, no matter what you are playing
My tv only has hdmi in not hdmi out
In addition to the Hue light(s), you also need the Philips Hue Bridge and Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box to sync the colours displayed on your TV.
The HDMI cable is first connected from a streaming device (such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV cube, etc.) to the HDMI Sync box. You have to connect another HDMI cable from the HDMI Sync box to the TV.
I have a LG C1 TV which has inbuilt apps (Netflix, Prime, Binge, etc.). The HDMI Sync Box will not sync the colours from the inbuilt apps. This is probably the biggest downside!
You can find more information about the Hue setup here - YouTube
Have a look at this YouTube video. This video was done prior to the Hue 2m Gradient light strip was available, this 2m strip adds the coverage for the bottom of the TV. Prior to this, people were using the Hue Play Bars.
How much did you get the HDMI Sync box for? I can see $380 from from Amazon UK.
I purchased the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box for 354$ by availing the Boxing Day offer at JBHIFI and making the payment using the JBHIFI gift card (5% off).
Unfortunately, the offer came to an end yesterday and the price is back to 499$ now. I won’t consider buying it at full price.
380$ is a decent price 👍🏽
Beware that the UK or US stock ships with their respective power supply and as far as I am aware Philips AU don’t offer the AU plug pins replacements so you’ll have to buy an adapter or a new AU PSU.
Just bend the pins in a bit.
thanks
I just said screw it and bought this. Will be nice to have, just need to get the sync box at a discount now
Should be able to get JB to do the 20% discount on the hue sync. I'm going to ask them tomorrow.
What discount?
Any luck?
The price is absolutely wild for these hue strips.
And it doesn't even cover the bottom part of the TV??