WiZ’s new TV light sync box undercuts Philips Hue’s pricing by half

The WiZ HDMI sync container tin marque your WiZ lights creation with movies and music.

Budget astute lighting marque WiZ has announced a caller HDMI sync container that syncs with its enactment of Wi-Fi-based LED lights to lucifer what’s playing connected your TV. 

WiZ’s HDMI Sync Box with TV backlight volition beryllium disposable adjacent month. It comes successful 2 models: 1 with a TV backlight portion for screens 55 inches to 65 inches successful size for $89.99, and the different for screens 75 inches to 85 inches successful size for $109.99.

The caller HDMI container is akin to that of WiZ’s sister brand, Philips Hue. But Hue’s HDMI Play Box starts astatine $249.99, with airy strips sold separately. (Hue and WiZ are some owned by Signify, but their bulbs are not compatible with each other.) WiZ bulbs besides usage Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, whereas Hue relies connected Bluetooth and Zigbee (via a hub).

Unlike camera-based airy syncing systems from companies similar Nanoleaf and Govee, WiZ and Hue’s sync products work the awesome straight from the video source, which tin assistance debar latency issues. 

This makes WiZ’s enactment a large fund alternate for those enactment disconnected by Hue’s precocious prices. However, determination are immoderate concessions. The WiZ container lone has 1 HDMI input, whereas the Hue Play supports four. This means if you person aggregate devices connected to your TV, you’ll person to manually power betwixt them. 

The WiZ Sync Box supports HDMI 2.0 and video formats up to 4K astatine 60Hz with HDR10 Plus and Dolby Vision. Hue’s latest Play HDMI Box supports up to 8K video, HDMI 2.1, and refresh rates up to 120Hz for 4K for console gaming. It besides costs $350

The WiZ container besides features a built-in microphone that captures audio, allowing the lights to alteration successful sync with euphony arsenic good arsenic movies. The container tin beryllium controlled with the WiZ app, with dependable via Google oregon Alexa, oregon the WiZ distant control.

According to the company, the Sync Box tin link to immoderate color-capable WiZ airy that supports some Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, including its caller Gradient Light Bars ($59.99) and Gradient Floor Light ($89.99), which tin beryllium alongside your TV to adhd much ambient light. As with each of WiZ’s lighting products, these enactment the Matter astute location standard, truthful are compatible with astir astute location systems.