Philips Hue Play White and Colour Ambiance Smart Light Bar Double Pack Base Unit, Entertainment Lighting for TV and Gaming (Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit), Black

Calidad
Espectaculares luces inteligentes y de muy buena calidad algo caras pero merece la pena y los colores son de lo mejor q e probado

Da OBBLIGATORIAMENTE abbinare ad i led ed allo switch hdmi della Philips
Possiedo il sistema completo Hue Bridge + Hue Led + HDMI Play Sync tutti e tre insieme il prezzo decisamente elevato sono INUTILI se acquistati singolarmente, ma insieme danno un’immedesimazione importante durante il gaming.
Nota dolente l’installazione NON c’ un singolo manuale che ti spiega come installare il tutto ma devi seguire le istruzioni che ti da l’applicazione che ovviamente ti devi cercare TU sul play store del tuo dispositivo. Applicazione che l’unico strumento di controllo per questi dispositivi.
Tirando le somme ottima l’idea ma il prezzo odierno da rivedere
Consigliato quando c’ l’offerta che vende insieme 1 o pi pezzi della configurazione (Bridge+Led+Play sync).

3 sind besser als 2!
Ich hatte schon Playbars an einem 27” WQHD-Monitor im Einsatz (hinten angebracht, rechts und links). Dieses Set sollte die Mitte (oben) erweitern.

Es war die absolut richtige Entscheidung, das Set um eine dritte Playbar zu ergnzen. Vorher hatte ich immer eine strende Lcke in der Mitte.

Emfehlenswert!

5*****

Perfect behind a TV
I have always used Phillips hue products and never had an issue and the okay bar is no exception.

The play bar comes in a box with multiple attachments to have the bar mounted portrait or vertical or you could just lie the play bar on its side due to the angles edges. In the box you will also find two sticky pads to stick to walls or behind TVs and finally you will get the power supply.

The play bars themselves come in black and are very minimalist and hide easily behind furniture. I have used the landscape holder and placed them to the back of my tv, just ensure when you are using the sticky pads you are certain as there is only one set of these.

The play bars connect quickly with Phillips Hue bridge which is needed if you are going to use these lights, however once connected they work seamlessly with other Phillips hue and work great with Amazon Alexa & Google Home.

I would highly recommend these lights are they are subtle and great to place behind furniture.

The colours themselves are amazing there is endless colours along with shades of colours, the lights can be deemed to almost off or set to maximum brightness which for me is way too bright which shows the quality of the bulbs I guess!

Nice lights. Good quality. Well built.
I have bought these and heave them set up to my tv. I’ve ordered the hdmi sync box just waiting for that to be delivered and I’ll be hooking up these lights to it. These were very easy to set up to hue app. I seen videos of people having trouble setting them up but I had no problem at all. I’ll report back when the sync box is connected but so far so good.

Great ambilight TV extension.
Video showing two play units connected via hue bridge to wired network in conjunction with pos 55 9002 oled.

If you’re wondering if this works with your Philips ambilight TV, then yes, it does. I got these because I found the main lights a little weak but love the effect.

Set up the bridge, add the hue app and set up your lights for TV off mode and then set up your ambilight and hue in the all settings, ambilight section.

The lights are wireless and there is a slight lag compared to the TV lighting but happy overall. You can configure the lights as normal lamps, when the TV is not in use, using the hue app.

Some people are buying these as just lamps. Which seems kinda nuts. These are not cheap in the slightest but the ability to swing the lights around for a living room carpet party in music mode is too good to miss out on. 😀

Much better than the strip lights for behind your TV
These look great behind my TV, better than the strip lights. Brings lots of cheerful colour on a dreary winters evening. I have lots of Philips Hue lights, but these are definitely my favourite.

Works perfectly and looks amazing when positioned correctly!
A-MA-ZING!!! I had my eyes on these for a long time but I’d been postponing due to the price. Got a nice deal on Black Friday 137 for 3, so I thought “OK, these do worth 45.66 each to me”. They certainly do! Don’t think about these just as “lamps”. A lot of money goes into software development as well, and that’s what makes these unique!

It took me about 5 minutes to set up 3 of these Play Bars. I had watched some review videos on YouTube before receiving them, which certainly helped me speed up my setup process.

I use them with my 34 inch ultrawide monitor which is connected to my PC. To be honest, I wasn’t impressed in the first couple of minutes because I had VERY high expectations. I thought that they were too bright and the colours weren’t mixing well between the 3 play bars. That turned out to be due to my placement of the lights though! I had placed the right and left ones facing the wall behind the monitor, vertically, and the middle one facing 30 degrees upwards, horizontally. I played around for a few minutes and found the best position for each light in my setup. I repositioned the right and left ones further to the sides, closer to the edge of the monitor, and also had them face outwards about 25 degrees. That’s when they definitely lived up to my expectations! The lights sync and spread so perfectly. You may think that in my video the colour of the one on the right is not very accurate. That’s actually because of the led lights from my PC mixing with the light of the Play Bar, otherwise the Play Bar displays the colours accurately.

Hue Sync app works well on my PC. It uses less than 1% CPU, and around 200MB Memory. For the experience it delivers, I don’t mind that at all.

I’ve never been disappointed by a Philips Hue product. The Play Bars deliver what they promise as well.

Great Lighting For Several Types Of Set Up
These lights are great for all kinds of set up, ranging from a gaming set up to simple mood lighting in a room.

I have these set up behind my monitor and they look great!

Really flexible, awesome ligh
These things are great! I love all the Philips Hue range of light – but these are really cool. Full spectrum colour fittings, with awesome control capabilities. Can be used in so many settings and locations. I currently use them as a back light behind my computer screens (helps reduce eye-strain). This allows me to vary the brightness to get it just right. Also allows for some ambient lighting depending on circumstances, with the ability to choose just about any colour you like! 😀

They’re not cheap – but they’re just so good. The physical design allows for a variety of mounting options. Stand them up, lie them down, attach them to the rear of your telly (especially if used in conjunction with the Hue Sync box) and you have a great “bounce it off the walls” lighting option.

They look great – but are best used where you can’t actually see them, just the light they produce.

Finishing touch to my gaming setup.
Didn’t know much about these lights but after a shift browse about the internet thought I would give these ago, perfect for syncing with Razer products. Even purchased some additional ones for throughout the house because I’m too lazy to hit light switches these days…

Very bright and perfect size!
I really like these Hue Lights as there is a pair of them and also they are very bright but when I bought them at first I didn’t know you had to buy a Phillips hue bridge so I was a bit annoyed but needed it so I got it and now the Hue Lights are working perfect and very cool!!

Everything you expect from Hue
You expect the price and you get the brightness, works well.

Nice lights but do cost a bit.
They are very nice for a back light and work very well. they do cost alot for what you get but hue is hue. They do everything a hue light bulb dose but looks nice behind a TV or sofa to help set a mood.

Grea
When I opened the box I was a bit disappointed with the actual size, I was thinking they would be a bit bigger. Another slight issue for me was the size of the plug.. This is due to the type of extension lead I have so with this and another HUE product plugged in I lose 3 sockets. With this aside once placed and set up the light they give off is bright, and adds some much needed vibrant colour to the walls. In all I think these are great, and looking forward to being able to sync with movies. These will not be for everyone but it depends on what you want them for.

The bes
Super product. Ideal working with Alexa. Choice 16 million colours. Definitely I recommended.

Philips never fail with lights
Another great addition to the line up. Great for wall washing with light.

Easy to install and nice device.
Amaizing mood maker while watching TV. Easy to install and control by app.

Another good phillips hue produc
Another good phillips hue product but i still think there a little over priced.

Bright and Easy set up!
Only Bought this as was on offer on a Black Friday Sale – would never pay the full price for this product as to connect it to a multimedia device to sync to TV you need to also buy a 200 black hdmi box which is just not worth it. otherwise as a light behind the couch or tv unit its pretty nice and adds colour to any room!

Great addition to Ambilight TV
Looks great, but be warned you won’t be about to use these about 65% brightness unless you can put up with the high pitch sound the plug makes

Great addition to the hue set up
If you have a Philip’s hue in your house then I would recommend buying these

Great ambient lighting
Worked for all of a day with the Echo Plus which caused a bit of consternation trying to get connected. Think I completely misunderstood how these things work and ended up biting the bullet and bought a Hue Bridge – which really changed my whole perception. With the Alexa app, it just gives you basic control over lighting, which to be fair, is probably how they’re able to provide an all round consistent set of functions with all the smart devices available today. The Bridge really does offer a great deal of functionality over and above what Alexa gives and I’d highly recommend, if you’re looking at this and don’t own one, you also look at buying that too.

However back to the Hue Play – I personally find them to be pretty bright and vibrant colours that are perhaps closer to the intended colours than many other of these types of lights by other manufacturers. Always find that the reds are somewhat closer to maroon or purple than red – not with the Hue Play, reds actually look red. I also quite like how the lights work in Entertainment mode that provides ambient lighting when you’re watching a film – really nice effect.

Four stars because colour representation is really good and general usability is pretty straightforward if a little restrictive when not used with a Hue Bridge. Alexa still also works with the Bridge and I have the full suite of voice control if somewhat indirectly.

Gets the party going.
Class bit of kit for your man cave (or woman hut, gender neutral pad or whatever) spent a lot on hue over past year and these just finish it off.

Fantastic light distribution.
Purchased these on Prime Day for some extra ambient light in my living room to the side of my television. I originally planned to use the lightstrips on the rear of the television however I’ve seen equal amounts of good and bad executions and was unsure how it would look as my television is quite a flush fit to my wall.

The light these output is fantastic – not only is it capable of great brightness but the colour pallette is extremely vivid and has a great spread. On top of this, the light unit itself is not obtrusive. I don’t like to have the source of the light itself visible, and this really suits me. I currently have a GU10 in a modified wall bracket placed on a sideboard behind an ornament to illuminate the wall there. Whilst this is sufficient, and uses a Hue GU10 colour bulb, the light output does not match the Play at all and I shall be upgrading this in the future.

My only complaints with these lights are as follows:-
– The units get warm and whilst this is not an issue for me I believe it should be highligted.
– The supplied cables are annoyingly short, as a result I have had to modify one of the cables and extend it. This is relatively easy as it is a simple two-cable 12v supply and can be carried out by anyone with a basic knowledge of electronics. They also sell the extension cables if you do not have the confidence to carry this out, which would also retain the product warranty.
– The cables from the light units come from the side of the light (the short edge) – this is not a huge issue but it would be better if they were in the centre of the longer side, or at least had a cable channel to output the cable here if you preferred.

One thing to mention is the ‘additional light pack’ you can purchase. I chose this, and the supplied socket in the starter kit has three outputs on it. The connectors are unique, however I believe you could use a single ‘extension’ if you powered it with your own 12v supply as I believe the receiver is in the unit itself rather than the socket. I can’t confirm this and will attempt to do so when I replace my GU10.

A nice addition to the Philips Hue family, but be warned it does have its drawbacks/caveats
This is a great addition to the Philips hue lights family, it’s exceptionally easy to pair with the relevant bridge, (brought separately) As you would expect from Philips the build quality is very good and there’s a multitude of colours you can have displayed each lamp can be set to show a different colour or the same. The ambient light isn’t bright enough to read with or to have as the main light in a room; its more of a mood light/accent lighting. The reason it doesn’t get 5 stars all round is due to the cost of the Hue ecosystem, whilst I have personally found them to be the most responsive, brightest and best available that doesn’t negate the exceptional high cost of Philips hue products. Also to have the lights sync with sound then you either need to use a third party app or use it via a laptop/P.C. I feel very few people watch their respective T.Vs this way.
As I say there are ways around this problem and I don’t think it should really put you off purchasing it.

Good for lighting accents.
With a compact food print and the ability to either surface mount of place on the supplied stands, these lights can accent most places in a room or provide a backlight.

The Hue software for your phone works perfectly with these lights. However the Hue Sync software available for PC and MAC is does have some issues synchronising the lights with the TV. If you are buying this for your TV, I would look at reviews online, as at the moment the lights are not compatible with iTunes or other DRM enabled players.

Ok but depends how you use them?
Work well but big so can be difficult to fix behind a tv if its a flush finish to the wall (samsung no gap bracket with Q9Fn tv)
Used to use the led strips on a wooden frame behind the tv then i broke it while decorating so i thought i would try these?
Preferred the led strips as they give off more colour all around the tv. Im sure i will get used to the play bars but the short flex does not help either as had to spend more money on the 5m extension leads at 15 a pop! Expensive just to add colour but i have already wasted over 500 on hue so im a sucker! Lol

Great lights. Research what you’re buying
Awesome lights… Bright, discreet, easy to setup on hue system. Looses a star as it wasn’t obvious in the description that you need to connect a computer to the tv in order to sync the lights with a movie. Other than that minor thing these lights are awesome!

Best hue lights so far.
I’ve got a lot of hue products and these are superb,they are very bright on white and all other colours,you can have them lay down or on stands of stuck to the back of you’re television,the reason I chose these was the portability of them,I was going to get the hue led strips but wasn’t to pleased about sticking 60 worth of lights to my TV as once hey have stuck they will remain there and if you take them off they will never stick again do these play lights are absolutely perfect.
The plug can accept 3 of these lights but with them being so bright (on full) and wide spread of the light I will only need 2,one more thing,the leads are not that long but perfect for behind the TV.

Fantastic effect behind curved TV
Have a number of Hue lamps already. Set up was simple via hue app. After that I used the apple Home app to control them. They are certainly bright enough, and paint the wall behind the TV beautifully. They add more class to the already impressive hue effect. Haven’t used with hue sync yet so can’t comment on that.