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[@TLD]

This Philips Hue Setup is CRAZY! Love it

[@J273]

will that 2012 mac mini output 4k native? Thanks

[@zetrozky]

Music?

[@MohamedJSharaf]

Jonathan Morrison you should have used a Philips Android Smart TV with built in hue ambilight, it works on any video source.

[@jronmantech]

Next up trying out LIFX to see how it compares to HUE?

[@jerichodc16]

Jonathan Morrison there is no link for epidemic sound in the description but inthe video it says that there is

[@Dave2D]

sexy lights sexy dude i dig this whole vid

[@TLD]

Dave Lee

[@evanjiro498]

Dave Lee sexy dude ?!?!? Wtf

[@TechRide.]

hah!!! GAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!

[@mpcrt6512]

Lol wtf

[@Sigma2323]

(Irish accent) "HA! I AM PRETTIER THAN THIS MAN!!"

[@hassankhokhar204]

Jonathan Morrison is hands down one of the best tech KZbinrs. unbiased, extremely knowledgeable and knows his stuff, hype beast, and knows how to make aesthetically pleasing.

[@Theflexstudiotz]

Wow i love the aspect ratio ov dis video... Full screen on s9+

[@gadgetryworld]

That iPhone really made me check the upload date.

[@pierremarcel8247]

Falcon Motion Pictures lol that part literally showed a second before I read your comment

[@Daniel-rm9xf]

Falcon Motion Pictures same

[@emiliorivera1045]

Saaame

[@inhibitor5444]

I did that too.

[@4rzaluz]

Rear backlight with LCD display is an excellent implementation.. as those lights would enhance the black level perception enough that no Oled display is needed. Just turn off the two lights at the bottom when watching Movies so your eyes narrow the area they have to focus.

[@WWIIDDSS]

I don’t usually care for things that might appear gimmicky like this, but have to say this does look super cool. It’s got that amazing Disney vibe you get from the awesome lighting at their parks.

[@mushimaster0323]

That is just INSANELY beautiful

[@flavioardizio7242]

Really have to thank you for recording in 18:9. When I crop in on my S8 I don't cut heads. Really, really really thank you !!

[@snappycattimesten]

Levi Ackerman it's stupid. He should shoot 2:1 safe. That way it will play to normal 16:9 and not cut off 2:1 mobiles. Win win.

[@brianevans4]

Same for pixel 2xl. Loving the aspect ratio! I wish more KZbinrs would do this!

[@aryanbattish8800]

So true

[@SultanAbusaif]

Yup loving this ratio for the iPhone X

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

I hate it :P Now I have giant black bars on my 16:9 phone and pc from left to right...

[@suheefuddin9427]

Ahhh you made me happy by really using the ending clip

[@sulylunat]

If youre wondering if its distracting, it isn't unless you use the philips hue go lights like he used. As always, having your light be indirect works a lot better than two glowing orbs in front of you constantly changing colour. I have a philips ambilight tv which provides the same effect as this and have it linked with a hue lightstrip underneath the tv and it is not distracting at all. However, when linking in my spotlights in the ceiling, its a pretty terrible experience as I can see the lights and the whole room changes colour, so I dont use these

[@brycen5618]

Ive been a Plex user for years and this video totally inspired me to add Hue to my home entertainment center and i LOVE IT! One thing i did a little different, instead of 1 light strip with extensions on the back if the Tv i did 2 light strips with one on each side to get a vibrant stereo color effect behind the Tv. Thank you for posting your setup!

[@jmoropeza]

I did a similar setup recently, moved my Mac mini with Plex to the TV added a lightstrip, a HueGo at the bottom and it really is amazing, now I really hope they find a way to integrate the Apple TV and a PS4 soon cause it’s really sad to only be able to use it with the Mac Mini

[@xXRobinNLXx]

With the (current) Mac Mini, you can't output 4k HDR10 at 60 Hz to your TV, right?

[@AnthonyNajera]

I've actually done something similar with my room. I installed the light strips under my bed and have a huge bulb so when I turn on the hue sync I have a little party type scene in my bed room. It's amazing! I have regular Christmas lights on my mountedTV however, so they don't work with the sync app. This set up is by far superior but it's definitely worth it as I've seen the effects up close.

[@PhazonBlaxor]

I have 4K Philips TV with ambilight. It looks awesome and the TV can sync itself with additional hue lights. The best part about it is that it works with any content the TV displays out of the box. 👍

[@joachimjankowski4618]

Yeah I'm surprised the video was sponsored by Philips yet he went for a Sony TV? Makes no sense. You can pair your Ambilight TV with Hue+, no problem

[@jensencarter3196]

PhazonBlaxor does the tv work with a Xbox

[@PhazonBlaxor]

Jensen Carter Don't see why not. I don't have Xbox but I've been using it with my PC and Switch and the lights work just fine on both.

[@jensencarter3196]

PhazonBlaxor ok thanks

[@juanpablotraverso3198]

Hi. Do you need the Hue bridge to be able to connect the tv to the bulbs?

[@anirudhakulkarni1898]

Finally a youtuber who renders the video to suit infinity display. I can finally watch a youtube video on s9+ full screen without cropping video. Thanks mate.. :)

[@TheRoosters01]

Dameeee Jon, That setup you’ve got yourself there is just for a better of a word “insane” I absolutely love the way you’ve got it all Setup & tied together....Very cool young sir!!

[@alexanderherrera5276]

Love all the videos dude! Can we get more desk set ups or maybe some tv setups for a man cave. Keeping striving! Yeee!

[@TechWithBrett]

Dream setup! Thanks for the details!

[@paulmoo6931]

Great set up! just sucks that this is only available on a traditional desktop/laptop and doesn't support any streaming services. I don't understand why Hue wouldn't hold off until they at least gotten one streaming service and/or box to run this app. Something as simple as working with Apple to include this option with the Apple TV 4k and iTunes library seeing the box has the power to run this with ease could've allowed apple to add a huge selling point for their product

[@victorienv]

Just buy a ambilight tv from philips so you can connect the hue with the tv... Love the video

[@somebody13324]

That TV stand is a piece of beauty

[@davidedwards4088]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I finally have my Phillips Hue setup finished.

[@TheAbrahamHD]

Also, a DIY raspberry project could be used with anything shown on the screen, and any audio as well. A project like that would Bring out the real geek in anyone, and it's so much more worth it.

[@seanestes2004]

Hey Johnathan, you should check out Dreamscreen. It allows HDMI pass through so you can use things like your PS4, XBOX One, PC etc... and use Netflix on those systems. The only issue I've heard is they are having problems with Apple TV at the moment, but I'm sure they're working on a fix.

[@cherpa007]

I would have liked to see how its all connected and not only the app. This set up with a Philip's ambilight TV would allow you to watch anything you wanted with the full ambient lighting effect

[@robertyoushock]

Question for you LED lovers! : I bought a HUGE strip of leds with music visualization and a ton of different modes that look pretty "sick" in my college dorm when blasting music. HOWEVER, I'm now moving into my own apartment and plan on setting them up in my living room now, but want to avoid it looking like I just put command strips on the ceiling and called it a day any suggestions for making it look more clean? I can find the amazon link if you guys want!

[@juanrobles901]

Looks complicated. I have a ton of hue lights strips blooms etc around the apartment but having to buy the squared hub and having to download movies that are compatible seems like too much work. Make them work with Netflix and I'm sold!! Awesome video!!

[@totalplonker824]

Yours looks better than mine and I've managed to get my tv with a 'floating effect' click on the cat and you can see why ive gone into second place! NICE JOB

[@jwbrobst]

Screenbloom is a great app by a single developer that achieves something similar without the DRM restrictions. It's also much smoother feeling. My experience with Hue Sync so far is that's it's super jittery, where as screenbloom allows you to smooth out color changes over time. It's not quite as quick to react, but it's way less distracting. I'm hoping Hue Sync adds in an option for smoother color transitions.

[@Hobbles_]

I'm so glad that Philips has released this software! Beforehand, the only way to do it right was to use this box from one company that was a couple hundred bucks, and couldn't do 4k or HDR. Glad to see Philips competing here! Definitely going to try it out on my setup eventually. Thanks for showing this off Jon!

[@prasadshriram2737]

The ending was INSANE😂

[@TLD]

got em 😂

[@AbhirupGhoshPiano]

Which movie is this?

[@felixgla30]

Abahanandipa it‘s from the Simpsons Movie

[@TheOneandonlyNick]

As an alternative i use a synology nas and infuse. It works on the home network and when you‘re out and about 😎😁

[@shauryanathan5680]

This is one of the best video editing I have ever seen

[@danielezavattoni9447]

Top set up! That's a pity do not take advantage of the 4K tv with a 4K resolution..

[@markdcmountp]

Hi, It looks like you have a great setup but unfortunately in this short description video it’s impossible to try and go through all the steps needed to get the Phillips Sync Setup working with movies and music the way you have it. It would be of great help if the details and instructions of your recommendation setup could be written out for us to follow the setting up of the whole system to get it to work. Is there anyway you could do that and provide a link for us to go to and see the written instructions and product recommendations to get this all working? Thank You!

[@shivamtiwari9956]

It's amazing its change the viewing experience.

[@DebraDukes]

Jonathan Looking Really Nice and Clean.Love it especially the lights if I were to go with any lighting this would definitely work. Don't like complete darkness and too many would be over the top for me. My number one thing I say in my home is to kill the lights. So really like the whole set-up.Deb.👌👍

[@Everyproducer]

If you've ever been to universal studios singapore, this feature is shown at Lights Camera Action at the pre show.

[@aquamonkee]

How close are the strips to the edge of the TV? I've watched several youtube clips which start with talking about the strip type used, 4 seconds of high speed placing the strip followed by showing the finished product. REALLY frustrating

[@abstractahmed4287]

It really *blue* my mind I’ll be here all week

[@morgantiddy2887]

thepixelahmed yoii

[@munificentdancer1618]

You'll be gone in no time

[@lolleesparklez1285]

Looks Fantastic , though I would have had both home pods in white, I love my Phillips hue they are amazing and give me all the ambience I want 👍👍👍

[@KPpicturestudios]

I appreciate the sneaky rafiki dancing on the side 😂😂

[@Vamo_Alla]

Great video!! I’m hoping Philip hue release an update so you can add more than 10 lights in the entertainment areas. Thanks!

[@EngineFD223]

With one light strip behind my TV, I felt that the Subtle setting was even too intense. Just felt like the colors changed abruptly without much of a fading between the two colors.

[@sanjaymatadinmusic]

it works for me with netflix! Just dont use safari because it says there is an error but playing netflix from google chrome while using the sync app works perfectly for me! :D awesome video by the way :)

[@arvingallardo4145]

Missed those crispy edits man, where have you been 😪

[@grocerylist]

Wouldn't you get lots of sound reflections with the speaker bar all the way back on the tv console?

[@danishverma023]

The best setup Ever ... It's INSANE..

[@ccze7963]

I have a smart Samsung tv can I make the backlight match the screen?

[@myHomeKithome]

Beautiful setup and beautiful video! I don't care what people say, Hue may be expensive, but you do get what you pay for...mostly.

[@Kuro-02]

Perfect timing... Just bought some Phillips hue stuff for my setup yesterday and was wondering how to do this literally this morning.

[@MrFloris]

I did not know this app was out! I have the 2017 iMac now, with 40gb ram, 1tb ssd, i7 cpu, and dozen of hue lights from philips, i installed the app, super easy. OMG, my imac just turned into a 2018 iMac edition basically. AHAH. thank you so much - the last app i tried was 5+ years old or whatever and was sooo bad. :)

[@BillClay88]

I haven't seen anything so cool. Wow. I just bought.. cheap strip LEDs off Amazon.. looks cool in finished basement, but did spend some money on phillips hue colored bulbs. Pretty dope with recessed lightning.

[@Ginuwine-kx2iv]

Hey Jonathan, question about how you manage all the devices seeking an outlet to power that set up? You have to have at least 10 devices, do you use a special surge protector, UPS, or just a bunch extension cord?

[@TristanTheVRGamecat]

I like all this stuff own some of it but I will say better off with dreamscreen over lightstrips behind the TV for the colour accuracy on video sync

[@TristanTheVRGamecat]

Plus you don't need to run everything through a pc with the hue app

[@Sjiznit]

Get a Phillips oled with ambilight saves a lot of time 👍

[@ChristianJosephs]

bought it today for my office. Will use it with my new 4K 38 inch Display and the new Macbook Pro 2018. That will be fun!

[@Nate-bm8vk]

So cool, I wish they were less expensive! I have the 3 bulbs that come in a set that go into normal light sockets. They are the 2nd gen. I wish I could afford all of this, wow!

[@danfu1299]

Philips TVs used to have this feature built in called 'ambiglow', could you find one and have it reviewed?

[@Smittypie86]

Great setup. I am using a hue strip, 2 Go's and 2 A40's with surround. "Spare no expense."

[@wyatt4778]

Yaaaaaaassss the grind is back!!

[@shayan_ecksdee]

Man these 18:9 videos look weird on the OnePlus 6. The rounded corners on the bottom bezel mess it up lol.

[@lostcase3700]

I was thinking the same

[@VinayPateel]

1. The pop colour theme that's emerging in your videos is sooo slickkk 2. Did anyone else spot Rafiki messing around in the video? That was neatly hidden team

[@khareemwashington3634]

Great video Jonathan, I am also setting up my entertainment area for my home. The Philips Hue Sync application works great on my PC!!! I am able to play movies and music on my Windows PC and the lights will work, but I am having a hard time trying to utilize the Philips Hue Sync App for my TV. If the Philips Hue Sync application must be both installed/ran from PC, how were you able to use that service on your TV? Did you install both the Plex Media Server and Philips Hue Sync application onto your Mac Mini, then connected the Mac Mini to your TV?

[@jelczu]

Why don’t you use Philips TV with Ambilight? Is it Europe only? It sync with Hue lights and works with TV Streaming Game Consoles. It comes with LCD OLED up to 75’ size. I don’t see reason for all this workarounds.

[@ahmadchoujaa9452]

Thank you for this aspect ratio. Better than 16:9 for an iPhone X

[@EdwardSanchezProductions]

Jonathan my mind is blown away by this setup

[@majo7813]

Hi Jonathan, your Setup is amazing, I love it! But I got a question, for what do you use Apple TV in this setup? I hoped that I can run Netflix on my iMac and mirroring via AirPlay to my Apple TV the screen to my TV, but it don't work, because of HDPC. That sucks! Maybe you can help ...

[@fizzyfrys]

Why dint you just use dream screen. It’s kinda like the philips hue light strips but you plug a device in to the hdmi cords and it looks at the edge of each part of the screen and calculates what led would match that general area and it has way more separated zones that the Philips hue.

[@nunyabidness6820]

That montage music is the bomb!

[@ScottBresnahan]

This a great setup if you have the money! However, you can make an ambient light using a Rasberry Pi anywhere for $20-$100 depending on how much you spend on each component needed. This Phillip's Hue lights are easier way for sure, but there are many tutorials on this! Though I will admit that the Phillips Hue seems to be a great product. Great video as always!

[@jonglass]

I saw this on your Mac Mini episode, and hoped you'd do something like this...

[@ianalvarez233]

lower curious slightly fairly temporary exclude.

[@VincenzoSims]

This is cool. Hoping it will work with Kodi because I have a server for it.

[@robertreyez]

Awesome setup and video! Was wondering if you display the media from your Mac mini with hdmi straight from your Mac mini or do you first airplay it to your apple tv? ( In other words is the hdmi output of the Mac mini good enough to give good quality on a big tv screen?)

[@davidbennett3107]

Hi Jonathan any tips on stopping hue lights randomly turning on and off which is driving me nuts .... on the verge of putting them all on eBay and getting another make . I have 4 blooms 1 colour bulb 2 extended lights strips Many thanks

[@eminkapetanovic]

Wait... Why don't you get Philips TV with Ambilight and connect it with Hue lights through Hue bridge? That way lights can follow what's on the screen, too. 😕

[@luvbeast77]

How did you secure the led light strip to the back of the TV? I found the Phillips Hue adhesive is not strong enough for contouring the corner edges of the TV.

[@pieterrossouw8596]

A friend of mine has a similar setup, not quite to this level. It looks cool but if you watch a movie or something it gets distracting after a while.

[@Techlikeme]

I have a Philips ambi light tv and that works with Netflix, wonder why the Philips lights are different

[@checkitimawesome]

The link for the Mac Mini video in the description isn't right

[@omranamin2636]

That set up really BLUE my mind....

[@sparkequinox]

For anyone who feels comfortable programming, check out adalight (arduino based code) and buy yourself a strip of smd rgb lighting. Been rocking this setup for 6 years at a fraction of the cost. Ps, avatar and lion King look so good with this type of set up!

[@jasonrdunn]

The reason why there's no significant difference between ripping to MKV on the Mac Mini vs. iMac Pro is that there's no transcoding going on. You're just copying the h.264 video file from the Blu-ray and putting it into an MKV container for playback on Plex. The single biggest factor in how long it takes is the speed of your Blu-ray drive. It's really just a massive file copy. 😁

[@Anferny1127]

I noticed there is a game mode. Is there a way to sync it with my Xbox One X? The examples in this video only shows music and video/movie content. I've seen the philips hue work with a pc/razer gaming setup. I was hoping to create a similar experience.

[@davidlockebreaux8064]

Any suggestions for how to incorporate the hue light strip with an LG W7 Series Signature OLED65W7P 65" OLED Smart TV 4K UltraHD? It’s so thin that going behind it won’t work.

[@PavSik]

For the backlight, is the only one main light plus extensions or separate lights?

[@iceykazami]

110% aesthetic pleasing. Great video Jonathan!

[@JJKLOP]

Love the fact that Ralphie did the outro

[@jharrywang]

Thanks for the awesome video! Question if you have a second, does this only work when the TV is physically connected to a PC via HDMI? What about Airplay from a iMac?

[@GAZMAN2002]

You should have just got a dreamscrene 4k then you could connect an apple tv Chromecast up to 3 HDMI sources and Netflix would work

[@mlk4life]

great job - its sad that a Philips ambilight tv does that all on its own. would love for it to come to the usa.

[@sinato]

Shame logitech beat Hue to it really, screen sampling has been in their products for some time. The first product to feature screen sampling reactive lights were the G560 speakers with built in lights.

[@Scdouglas]

coolest thing ever. Time for a trip to amazon

[@thatsaloadofcrap]

Great video. I'm fuzzy on how you're making the lights sync (react) to music and movies. Do you have to play the movie or music via Plex while running the Hue Sync App on the Mini. I use my Mini as the Plex server, but run Plex on a Roku, so I don't think this will work. Same for an Apple TV. Or will it? The movie technically is still on the Mini.

[@photelegy]

Is it possible to say Hue Sync (Entertainment) if the light is up, middle or down (aside of right/left and front/back)?

[@divyansh9951]

Dope quality👍

[@jacobB1290H]

Love the wide angle. It looks amazing cuz it stops right on the notch 😁