Philips Hue Play Light Bar

The Philips Hue Play Light Bar is a small colour LED bar you place behind a TV or on a desk to throw soft, coloured light onto the wall. Each bar is about 25 cm long and slim enough to hide behind most screens. It puts out around 490 lumens, so it is an accent light, not a room light. You get the full Hue colour range, 16 million colours plus warm to cool whites, so the wall glow can match a film, a game, or a calm evening mood. The bar talks over Bluetooth and Zigbee. With Bluetooth alone you control a few lights from your phone in one room. To get the real value, app scenes, voice control and TV sync, you add a Philips Hue Bridge (sold separately). Pair it with the HDMI Sync Box or the desktop Sync app and the light reacts to what is on screen in real time. For Dubai homes it fits both flats and villas. Renters like it because nothing is wired in, it just plugs into a Type G socket and sits behind the TV. Owners building a bigger Hue system use it as accent lighting in the living room or majlis. Be honest about the limits. One bar covers one screen or one corner, the power supply feeds up to three bars, and you will want the Bridge to use it properly. It is a premium accent light, priced to match.

• Adds a coloured wall glow behind a TV or desk with 16 million colours and full white tuning.
• Syncs with on-screen action for films and gaming when paired with the Hue Sync Box or app.
• Plugs straight into a UAE Type G socket, no wiring or drilling, so renters can use it too.
• One power supply drives up to three bars, so you can grow the setup over time.