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Title: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: ChadTower on March 16, 2007, 01:22:55 pm: Linkage (http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/news/2007/03/16/CeBIT-2007-Philips-Brings-AmbiLight-To-PC-Periperals/p1)

I'm going to have to keep an eye on this... I love the concept, depending on how it decides which color to be shining.
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: AtomSmasher on March 16, 2007, 01:49:09 pm: PC Gamer just reviewed it in their latest issue and wasn't too impressed, they gave it a 24%. Part of the problem is that it works with so few games, and apparently the lights wait way too long before changing color. The only mention of the fans is that they "emit a loud wheezy puff of air in your face"

The last line of the review: "But, as it stands, the most prominent feature amBX has brought to my gaming experience is regret"

Cool idea, but still a long way off from being something I would buy...especially not for the pricetag of $199-399 (depending on which peripherals you get)
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: shmokes on March 16, 2007, 02:55:18 pm: Based on the pictures I think it looks really terrible. Phillips' implementation of something kind of like this on some of their plasma and LCD displays, though, looks awesome.
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: boykster on March 16, 2007, 07:54:33 pm: I'm not a big fan of the ambilight on the philips plasmas...I find it a bit too distracting. I think having a reference white backlight can be useful, and the philips ambilight can do that as well, but it's too bright.

:dunno
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: Ummon on October 21, 2009, 05:44:12 pm: Uhn. What a lame idea. Out of stock now at Buy.com .
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: Samstag on October 23, 2009, 10:22:10 am: If you're thinking about spending any money on them, wait around until woot.com runs a deal. They don't show up very often, but they're dirt cheap.

Still probably a bad investment, though.
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: ahofle on October 23, 2009, 03:12:43 pm: Yeah I think they were $40 or $50 on woot.com a few months ago. I was close to buying them, but I don't really need another set of PC speakers. I think they would be cool in the dark while listening to music on the PC.
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: crashwg on October 26, 2009, 12:52:21 am: Quote from: pinballjim on October 23, 2009, 04:07:41 pm
Ah well, you know me, always looking for the next virtual thrill. Considering I've wasted money on the Wii balance motion and the Wii motion plus, I can't believe I hesitated on this. :P

I could help you recoup some of your losses by sending you $40 and you could send me your Wii Balance Board... ;)
Title: Re: Oooh, speakers with ambient light
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 26, 2009, 09:50:49 am: What's your beef with motion plus? I liked it, seemed to be pretty accuarate... now if they just redid Wii Sports Boxing to work with it...