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> Remote-controlled light bulbs. Personally, I’d never buy these, because I’m fanatical about color quality. (It’s futile to start with low-quality photons and
by WA 3y ago
> Remote-controlled light bulbs. Personally, I’d never buy these, because I’m fanatical about color quality. (It’s futile to start with low-quality photons and then try to arrange matter to make them look good.)
I am about to buy several Philips Hue lights. Does this statement apply to all LED-based lights or just the cheap ones?
- hoherd 3y agoPhilips LED lights, Hue or otherwise, are wonderful. Be aware though that they seem to be enshitifying the Hue ecosystem https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37667266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37667266
- Symmetry 3y agoHue bulbs should work with any ZigBee LightLink controller. Or if they don't, I'll be very upset about the times I flew out to the LightLink gatherings to make sure all our products worked together.
- qup 3y agoI recommend getting 1600 lumens if you can find it. 800 isn't bright enough in my experience, at least for room lighting. Maybe desk/ambient lighting
- lozenge 3y agoThe Hue lights are wildly overpriced. I have the WiZ A67 Wi-Fi for my office (so I only use the warm white and cool white) and it's much brighter than Hue's offering, which is so valuable in an office. I can also switch its setting using a normal light switch so I never need to open the app. If you're playing with colours, then Hue usually does do better in the blues, greens and purples but it probably isn't going to make much of a difference to your life.
- WA 3y agoWill check them out, although Philips Hue also offers an E27 bulb with 1,600 lumen, same as the WiZ, but a bit pricier.
- enimodas 3y agoIf you want the numbers, there's always https://lamptest.ru/ https://lamptest.ru/