Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrips: best LED Strip for PC and TV

Philips has presented what could perfectly be the definitive LED strips to use next to your television or computer screen. A way to have all the advantages of ambilight and a much more attractive experience when you play or consume multimedia content. So are the new Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip.

Ambilight and much more for everyone

Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrips

We have said it on more than one occasion, the Philips smart light catalog is one of the most interesting and complete on the market, although their prices are also above other competitors. But in order to create an ecosystem as rich and interconnected as possible, with a multitude of integrations with third-party services and other devices, it is one of the best options.

Now all that light offer increases with some more than interesting LED strips. These are the new Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrips , LED strips available in various sizes that have the possibility of offering a much more precise control of each of the LEDs that compose it. In this way, you can not only vary between a large number of colors, you can also do it by segments.

That is, when you adjust a color to the LED strip it does not have to occupy the entire length of it. You can also adjust by sections. So at one end you could have a green tone while at the opposite a red one and in between other different ones.

This novelty is what allows a much more enveloping effect when used in different situations. As, for example, next to the television and where one of its great values and attractions may be. Because thanks to this you can finally have an experience much closer to the Ambilight that the brand itself offers on its televisions.

The only thing you do have to know is that you are going to need some extras. In the event that you want to use it with a television in addition to the Philips Hue Play you will also need the Philips Hue Play HDMI , that small box that connects to the HDMI of the television to analyze the signal and be able to adjust the lighting of the strip in real time and rest of connected LED lights. The difference is that here, as we have said above, the entire length of the strip can be controlled in sections.

If you want to use the LED strip with your computer screen, you will not have to resort to that box, so you will save the approximate 200 euros it costs, and all you will need is the Philips Hue Sync application (available for Mac and Windows). Which can also be interesting if from your PC you send the content to your TV via Chromecast or directly by connecting it through an HDMI cable.

Whichever option you choose and how you want to take advantage of them, the truth is that the new Philips LED strips are close to that perfection that many users were looking for with greater light control and the quality demonstrated by these solutions.

Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip

The new Philips LED strips are available in various sizes, so that you can adapt them well to your screen according to its size. Thus, you have a version for diagonals from 55 inches to another for 85 inches and with prices that are logically higher than those of the current strips.

  • 55-inch version (TV between 55 and 60 inches) will cost 179.99 euros
  • 65-inch version (TV between 65 and 70 inches) will cost 199.99 euros
  • 75-inch version (TV between 75 and 85 inches) will cost 229.99 euros

Along with these new strips, the manufacturer has also updated other of its already popular bulbs and lamps, with versions in black or redesigns that make them more attractive. Regarding availability, the strips will be on sale from October 6.