Philips Hue Lightstrip and TV Sync Installation in London

• Flux: a gradient strip in 3, 5 and 10 m lengths that can be cut and extended, rated IP20 for dry rooms, which Hueblog calls the new all-rounder for TV backlighting
• Flux ultra bright: the same strip with a stronger power supply and controller, drawing 29–60 W by Hueblog's figures
• OmniGlow: a seamless strip of up to 4,500 lumens for visible or hidden lines; it can be shortened, whether it extends is disputed, and TechRadar's review says it is not designed for TVs
• Solo: one colour at a time, bendable and cuttable but not extendable, inside a silicone sleeve
• Lightstrip Plus (V4): a 2 m base with 1 m extensions up to 10 m, cut only at the scissor marks, and its extensions fit the V4 strip only

• Measuring under kitchen wall units, along a ceiling cove, up a staircase or behind a headboard, and choosing where any cut falls
• Aluminium profiles with diffusers where you want the strip out of sight and the light softened, added at cost and agreed before you book
• Corners and gaps bridged with Hue's connector packs, which are sold separately for Flux
• The adapter and spare cable tucked into a cupboard or behind furniture, next to a socket
• Where no socket is close, a new one added on an existing circuit by a pro who does electrical work: not notifiable in England, but it needs 30 mA RCD protection

• Play HDMI Sync Box 8K: four HDMI 2.1 inputs and one output, passing 8K at 60 Hz and 4K at 120 Hz with ALLM, VRR, Dolby Vision and HDR10+, so consoles and streaming boxes run through it
• Play HDMI Sync Box 4K: a slim single-input box up to 4K at 60 Hz, launched in September 2026, which can sync one gradient strip over Bluetooth without a Bridge
• Play Screen Sync: a camera with a fisheye lens that sits on the TV and reads the screen, so it follows the TV's own apps and broadcast TV; it is mains-powered on a 2 m cable and rated IP20, and Hueblog's review found its colours less accurate than an HDMI Sync Box
• The Hue Sync TV app: runs on many Samsung and LG TVs, needs a Hue Bridge and colour-capable Hue lights, and is paid for with a one-time five-year plan or monthly

• Play gradient lightstrip for TV: the 2026 versions can be cut and fit TVs up to 100 inches, and one strip can sync over Bluetooth with a Screen Sync or Sync Box 4K, while more lights need a Bridge
• Play light bars: one power supply runs up to three bars, extension packs come without a supply, and Hue's extension cable allows up to 7 m per lamp
• Bigger set-ups: with a Bridge, up to 10 lights can join one surround entertainment area

• The TV mounted level on fixings that suit your wall, leaving room behind it for the strip and the Sync Box leads
• HDMI leads from your consoles and boxes planned into the Sync Box and on to the TV, with any soundbar or AV receiver placed in the chain with you
• The entertainment area set up in the Hue app and tested with a film and a game before the pro leaves

A vetted pro prices your Hue job from the products and your photos, and the JACK app shows that fixed price before you book.

Whether the job touches your wiring matters more than how many lights there are. Fitting B22 or GU10 bulbs, setting up a Bridge and plugging in lamps, Play bars or a lightstrip is set-up work. Ceiling lights, Perifo track, wall switch modules and mains outdoor lights are electrical work on your existing circuits, priced for the isolating, connecting and testing each one needs.

Then the home itself: a heavy fitting that has to go into a joist, a high or sloping ceiling, a two-way landing that needs a module at both switches, old cable with no earth, or a long garden run for low-volt lights. On a high ceiling or a long fitting, your pro can ask another pro on JACK to help through the Pro2Pro feature. Several Hue jobs, and devices from other brands, go on one booking for one fixed price.

You buy the Hue products; JACK does not sell them. Accessories the job needs, such as a deeper back box, an in-use cover for an outdoor socket or aluminium channel for a strip, are agreed and added at cost before you book, and so is parking where it has to be paid for. Prefer to pay for time? As a guide, hourly hire is typically £45–£95 per hour for smart home work and £55–£110 per hour for electrical work, and a full-day handyman booking is a flat £350–£400 for up to 8 hours on site, which suits a whole-house Hue fit.