![]() ![]() It’s like seeing something out of the corner of your eye and looking to see what it is. Sure, it takes less than a second, but when watching a show where there is some back-and-forth scene changes (which is basically every show), the lights become more of a distraction than they should. The delay between what happens on screen and when the lights change seems just a tad too long. I streamed some shows on the Apple TV and was, sadly, disappointed. OK, everything was finally connected properly and I setup the Sync Box to work with a 1st-gen Hue Lightstrip (which the app complained would not be “vivid” enough) on top of the TV, and to Play Bars on either side of the TV. Example of the Hue Play Bar lights (bottom corners) and an LED light strip (top) powered by the Sync Box while playing Mario Kart on the Nintendo Switch Performance Sadly, the included HDMI cable is very short, so I had to do a lot of rearrangement of my cable management to get the Sync Box in a suitable position. Why would that not explicitly state this somewhere in the app on in the instructions in the box? I tested the Sync Box with several HDMI cables and different devices, and found the following: you must use the HDMI cable included in the box between the Sync Box and the TV. I took the Sync Box out and connected the Apple TV directly to the TV, and everything was fine. When I powered up the Sync Box and set my TV to HDMI 1, all I saw was a flashing screen. The app guided me through connecting the Sync Box to WiFi and performing an oddly long firmware update (took about 15 minutes to complete). Setting up the Sync Box requires the download of a separate app (grrrr) called “Hue Sync”. Therefore, I only connected the Apple TV 4K to the Sync Box, then connected the Sync Box to the TV. Also, the Harmony Hub does not have the Sync Box in its database at this time (November 2019). There is an IR receiver on the front of the Sync Box, but no remote included in the box, so I can’t use the Harmony Hub’s learning feature to learn the IR blasts for the Sync Box. I use a Harmony Hub to control all of the devices and it works great, so I didn’t want to add the complication of the HDMI switcher on the Sync Box since I was already happy with my setup.Įven if I wanted to use the Harmony Hub with the Sync Box, I’m not sure how I would. I have a Samsung TV to which I connect an Apple TV 4K, a BluRay player, and a Nintendo Switch. Prior to the Sync Box, my setup was fairly simple. Check the end of this review for some important things to know before purchasing.
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