Hue Play HDMI Sync box

dave77

Cheers, far too much money though for what it is, it'll be £99 next Black Friday!

Robothamster

Agreed, I want one but not paying £229 for it.

jameselson

I just received my UK Hue Play Sync box. Pretty easy to set up, and it seems to pass through HDMI-CEC commands, and I don’t see any lip sync issues (I have all devices plugged into an AV amp and then the hue box between the amp’s output and the TV).

However I am occasionally getting black bars (1 or 2 pixels high) across the screen for a frame or two. I.E. flickering black streaks. Obviously that would make the box a no-no.

Anyone else getting the same glitches?

  James

mushii

Is it a Samsung TV? Lot of reports of problems with Samsung TVs and data rates over 10Gbps.

jameselson

No, a Panasonic plasma that’s been working fine for 9 years (wow, time goes fast!). It’s running the same inputs as always, Apple TV and TiVo mainly, HD not 4K. Not tried it with the Nintendo switch yet.

jameselson

Another observation... I set the entertainment area to switch back to a dim light when sync stops. But during normal TV viewing I occasionally get that happen for a few seconds, like the hub lost the sync signal. Very jarring, so I set the entertainment areas to “do nothing” when sync stops.

Felix442

I've had mine for a couple of days and so far it works well, no drop outs or other issues

RichieB1973

I also was so excited about this I splashed out on the triple pack of light bars (approx £100 - Black Friday), to go behind the TV and hook up with my existing bridge and bulbs. What I hadn't though about was; I watch most of my UHD content via the smart apps on my C8, which of course would not provide a HDMI input for the sync box, rendering it no good for that purpose. Sure, I can feed regular tv and some 4k from my TiVo box into it, plus my PS Pro could also supply Netflix & Prime feeds, but I really don't want to go through the faff of booting that up every time. Can anybody think of a viable workaround? Maybe any cheap LG UHD Blu Ray player with apps, so it will just switch on with the tv, also fed through the sync box.
Thanks.

KevinAV

I have had this installed for about a week or so.... Mixed emotions regarding my current set up - I have the Samsung QLED with the Q90r sound bar... All my devices (Apple, CATV box & XBOX) have to connect to the Samsung One Connect Box before using their one cable connection to the TV... Hue wants to have all those devices plugged into their HDMI box to gain the benefit of monitoring the HDMI signal before it hits the TV...

Problem with that is you have to use the HUE Sync app to switch between devices... just like adding another remote to the whole process... clumsy design with respect to the Samsung set up...

Anyone else out there have a similar situation with advice?