Philips Hue brings you a new era of home entertainment

October 15, 2020

The Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box creates an immersive home entertainment atmosphere

Have you ever felt like you want to be part of a movie? Or wanted to step into the world of your favorite video game? Or experience the music that you’re listening to transports you to another universe? With the Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box, this is all possible.

The Hue sync box allows consumers to sync their Philips Hue smart lights with what’s shown on their TV, making the gaming or the movie watching experience more enjoyable.

The Hue sync box allows consumers to sync their Philips Hue smart lights with what’s shown on their TV."

As Niek Janssen, product manager of Home Systems and Luminaires, puts it, “The Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box opens new ways of enjoying entertainment with surround lighting. It adds another dimension to the content and increases overall enjoyment of consuming entertainment as we know it.”

Bringing the visuals to life

By connecting to the Philips Hue Sync mobile app, you can create an atmosphere completely tuned to your entertainment experience. And you can adjust the brightness, mode, and intensity of the light sync, switch between HDMI devices and turn the sync on or off, allowing you to get the settings just right for your cinema night, gaming tournament, or at-home dance party.

Light has been used in cinemas to enhance entertainment and give a more synchronized experience to all of us. There are already several audio products designed to make a more immersive home experience. Now, with the Hue sync box, Philips Hue has introduced surround lighting. A proper setup will see lights synced to the action on the screen (the entire screen, not just the edges). And you can create the ambiance throughout the entire room, not just around the TV.

Playing Football with philips hue sync box

Go out without going out

The current pandemic has changed the way we live our lives. In most cases, it’s better for us to spend more time at home. The Hue sync box can be used to supercharge your at-home entertainment experience. Movie nights become all-encompassing, your pyjama dance parties get an ‘at the club’ feel and gaming gets you sucked right into the action – it’s all around you!

With the Hue sync box, movie nights become all-encompassing, your pyjama dance parties get an ‘at the club’ feel, and gaming gets you sucked right into the action."

As Jasper Vervoort, Business Leader of Home Systems & Luminaires, Philips Hue at Signify, says, “Philips Hue users can now easily connect the color-capable lights in their room with their home entertainment systems, taking their movie- and TV-watching, listening, and gaming experience to a completely new level with surround lighting."

It’s clear: with the Philips Hue Play HDMI sync box, a new era has arrived within the home entertainment industry.

About the author:

Borbala Iritz

Integrated Communications

For further information, please contact:

Signify Global Integrated Communications
Neil Pattie
Tel: + 31 6 15 08 48 17
Email: neil.pattie@signify.com

About Signify

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers and the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2023, we had sales of EUR 6.7 billion, approximately 32,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for seven consecutive years and have achieved the EcoVadis Platinum rating for four consecutive years, placing Signify in the top one percent of companies assessed. News from Signify can be found in the Newsroom, on X, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors is located on the Investor Relations page.

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