Philips - Hue Play Smart LED Bar Light (2-Pack) - White and Color Ambiance

I took a leap of faith from a friend and decided to try these lights for my new house. Never would I have thought the way I view watching television or gaming would be changed forever. This contains two mountable RGB led lights to place behind a monitor or television that’s fully customizable to whatever colors your heart desires. Having two lights means you can create multiple color zones behind your screen to make any picture amaze yourself and any company you have over forever. Setup is pretty easy, however I recommend you take the time to hide hanging wires properly or you won’t get the full immersion. These lights are controlled by smart phone (or desktop computer) and the app is amazing. The sky truly is the limit with whatever you want to design, and it also comes with easily changeable premade color loadouts. Once you buy this, I’m sure you’ll be as enthralled as I was and want more out of it. I also purchased a Hue SYNC box with this. What this does, is the box recognizes the primary color being displayed on your television and duplicates it. This meaning your lights will be changing as the scene on your television does. However, these lights are pricey and it would make the average consumer reluctant in purchasing this I have to also say to use these lights you need to also purchase the Phillips hue bridge to be able to use this which is mildly inconvenient but once you set up your lights you won’t be upset about the hole in your pocket one bit. :)

A bit expensive and I wish they where longer but completely worth it. I've built my own addressable LED setups with Arduino before and it's totally possible to get the same look for cheaper but what makes this better is the functionality and compatibility with multiple different platforms and your not getting stuck doing all the heavy lifting in the form of integration because Philips constantly updates the devices with their own patch work. They are adding more 3rd party partners as well which is cool. The video mode through Windows is absolutely amazing if set up right as well. I would recommend these but also recommend Philips to MAKE A LARGER SET!!! lol

Great little pieces to accent an area, i have a lot of other phillips hue products, so setup was only a few minutes

These are not cheap ! Once you start it never ends.. these are the best in my opinion. If you buy these get the full kit with the bridge included. The bridge by itself is $59.99 + $119.99 for two pieces. I liked them so much I bought a 3rd the next day. If you have a 65 or more I’d recommend. I included a pic of the back of my Sony Oled. The app is so easy to use, you learn your way around quick also changing millions of your colors are easy. Then... it happens ! I have two lamps that reside over my Blu ray collection, I knew these Hue bulbs existed so I bought two, I paid like $80 for them (Ouch) on sale at Target for 20% off , I did not tell the wife.. she would not understand, lol $80 for two light bulbs ? What ? Took them home paired them to the app and I was set, worked great for 2 days but something was missing. A corner of my home theater was dark, so I thought for a moment. It happed again,.. I went to Walmart and purchased a floor lamp, went back to Target to get another Hue color bulb 20% off. Went home assembly required and put the $40 bulb in.. paired it to the app, super easy... Perfect problem solved !! I included pics of my lighting.. it adds perfect ambiance. I watched a horror movie with the room lit in red.. scared the heck out of me. My system continues to evolve.. Hope this helps.

I originally got these to use a couple with my Arcade1up cabinets but I liked them so much ended up getting more to use behind my speakers by my projector screen. They are very bright and have a nice rich vibrant color. They sync just as easy as any other hue product with the app. If these last many years, I think it justifies the price. I've had great luck with the traditional A19 bulbs so if these are of the same quality, I will be very happy. So far these have been a great investment and really does a great job adding color to my what would otherwise be a dark basement. :)