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LG televisions get Philips Hue Sync TV app Light synchronization without Sync Box

Light synchronization without Sync Box

Almost exactly two years ago, Philips Hue presented the Hue Sync TV app for Samsung televisions at CES in Las Vegas. Since then, an integrated app has made it possible to synchronize up to 10 Hue lights with the current screen content of the TV, regardless of which input source or internal TV app is used.

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Philips Ambilight celebrates its 20th birthday at IFA A brief look back

A brief look back

Exactly 20 years ago, the first Philips TV with integrated Ambilight was presented at IFA 2004. Since then, 35 million TVs have been sold and 80 percent of buyers do not want to do without the backlight on their next TV. I feel the same way, so today I would like to take a look back and ahead.

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2023 Ambilight TVs no longer have Hue integration Watch out when buying a TV

Watch out when buying a TV

The blog Toengel, which specialises in Philips TVs, published an interesting report yesterday: the new Philips TVs with the model year 2023 will only offer “normal” Ambilight integration across the board, while the popular Ambilight+Hue function will be dropped completely. This was officially confirmed to me this morning by a spokesperson from Philips’ TV division.

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More and more users complain: Ambilight and Philips Hue with problems Not everything from one hand

Not everything from one hand

Actually, it sounds pretty great: you can easily expand the Ambilight of your Philips TV with Philips Hue light sources. You don’t even need the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box to do this, instead you just click through the TV menu a bit and you’re ready to go. What sounds so simple, however, currently seems to be causing big problems again.

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Finally Ambilight again: The Philips 65OLED804 is hanging on my wall Excited about new experiences

Excited about new experiences

After I moved a little more than two years ago and the distance from the sofa to the television set increased by about one and a half meters, I quickly realized: My previous 55 inch TV is simply too small. For years I have been using an Ambilight TV and have always been very satisfied – even if it was from the 2010 or 2011 model year and the connection to the Hue system was not really comfortable.

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