I often go to Best Buy on the weekend to see what's new. Usually nothing much. Today was an exception.
If you don't have $200 to blow, don't read any further. It will just make you unhappy.
If you want to be happy, what's better than magic colored lights? That you can change with a button.... on your phone.
It's a little silly. I can see that. At least part of it is. Lighting control isn't. Maybe colored lighting control is.
So the
starter pack is $200. It has
3 bulbs. They're not normal bulbs. They're heavy. They're intelligent
1 "bridge". It's a round thing that connects to your network, and it lets you talk to the lights
Screw in the bulbs, connect the round thing. Download an app for Android or iOS, and voila, you can turn your lights on and off.
But it isn't just turning them on or off. It has scenes, like Hawaii. Sometimes the three bulbs are the same color. Sometimes not.
I have to laugh. It's useful, but it's intriguing, as well. I loved colored lights when I was a sophomore in college, for the impressive effect on my dates (sort of), but it has been a very long time since I had a blue light bulb.
Still, it's fun. It's possibly useful.
It was probably a bargain. I might have spent $3000 on a new curved 4K TV.
Philips has an entertaining web site, called
meethue.
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