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WA ◴[] No.37860668[source]
> 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?

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lozenge ◴[] No.37861310[source]
The 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.

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1. WA ◴[] No.37862455[source]
Will check them out, although Philips Hue also offers an E27 bulb with 1,600 lumen, same as the WiZ, but a bit pricier.