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Philips Hue Sync Box

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  • 17-09-2019 3:11pm
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    Rew
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    Hue finally ditching the need to play media through a PC by the looks of it:

    https://www2.meethue.com/en-us/p/hue-hdmi-sync-box-/046677555221

    It will be very interesting to see reviews of it in action and if it's fully compatible with HDCP content.


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    Bummer1234
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    $229.99.....Aye Good luck!!!


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    Shlippery
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    Looks like it'll be a nice bit of kit but that price is a little wild...it'd want to include a rake of lights for that money :P


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    quiggs1000
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    Yeah, unbelievable price for this. I would have thought around the 100 euro mark for, what I think, is a glorified HDMI switcher.


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    Rew
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    quiggs1000 wrote: »
    Yeah, unbelievable price for this. I would have thought around the 100 euro mark for, what I think, is a glorified HDMI switcher.

    Def expensive (what Hue gear isn't?) but glorified HDMI switcher is unfair, its decrypting and decoding the HDMI signal, computing the colour changes, sending them out encrypting and send on. It's def not a trivial thing to do, prob what took them so long to do it.


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    dam099
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    Yea would be interested but not at that price. Probably be too soon for any Black Friday deals so might have to hold off for Prime Day next year and hope for some deals on it (maybe in a bundle).

    Not great it doesn't do Dolby Vision/HDR10+ either at that price point although still only limited content for that yet I suppose.


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    Rew
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    dam099 wrote: »
    Not great it doesn't do Dolby Vision/HDR10+ either at that price point although still only limited content for that yet I suppose.

    I can see a V2 in a year or so


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    Shlippery
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    One thing I'm not quite clear on, maybe we'll see once early reviews are out, would this only work for say streaming box connected to your tv, or console that have HDMI inputs to the TV?

    Could we see a Chromecast working?
    if you were just watching Saorview / LG Netflix app - would it work?


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    Rew
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    Any HDMI device will work up to 4K HDR10 so Chromecast will be fine. 4 inputs as well is decent, wonder how clunky the switching is though, another remote in the sitting room....


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