Ikea's Matter hub, VOCOlinc floor lamp review, & more on HomeKit Insider
Andrew O'HaraHomeKit Insider
On this week's episode of the Homekit Insider podcast, your hosts talk about the new Matter hub from Ikea, review the VOCOlinc floor lamp, and much more.
After being announced earlier this year, the Ikea Dirigera smart hub with Matter support will finally be released on November 1. It will work with all major smart home platforms including Apple HomeKit.
We also saw a new set of vertical blinds on the horizon from Aqara. This new controller won't necessarily come to the US but we are awaiting official confirmation from Aqara.
Then your hosts break down the differences between the old and new Apple TV 4K as well as between the cheaper and more expensive models.
We wrap the show by reviewing the new VOCOlinc floor lamp. Coming in significantly cheaper than the Hue Signe Floor Lamp, the VOCOlinc option is merely a light strip and a diffuser in a plastic post.
Links from the show
- Ikea Dirigera smart home hub with Matter arrives in U.S. on Nov. 1
- Aqara Release First Vertical Blinds
- New Apple TV 4K (2022)! What's New & Which Model To Buy! - YouTube
- VOCOlinc RGBIC LED Floor Lamp
- Philips Hue Gradient Signe Floor Lamp
- luluxing 4Pcs 304 Stainless Steel C Clamp
- Eve Light Strip
- ATB Future 100Pack LED Strip Light Mounting Brackets
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Btw guys, AI’s search feature is useless! Trying to search for anything turns up endless unrelated results no matter how well the query is structured. I gave up trying to search for previously reviewed products when it came time to buy.
Thanks for the discussion about the new AppleTV box and HDR10+. It was very helpful.
I do have one question for clarification, though. Per your discussion, HDR10+ and DolbyVision both do the by-scene adjustments in light levels, with DolbyVision being slightly better and proprietary but HDR10+ being almost as good. You also noted that Samsung TVs support HDR10+, but not DolbyVIsion.
So here's the question. If you get the new ATV box that supports HDR10+ and you connect it to a Samsung TV that also supports HDR10+ (but not DolbyVIsion), what happens with DolbyVIsion content? Does the ATV box convert the DolbyVision enhancements to HDR10+ and send that to the SamsungTV, or is it all just downgraded to HDR10 with out the plus enhancements? If it's the former, that would make the case for SamsungTV owners to upgrade to the new ATV device, but if it's the latter, not so much.
I know it was explained but just for my own slowness, a hardware upgrade is needed, even though at WWDC it seemed like it was included with iOS 16?The processors from last year to this year isn’t that much of a leap.Something doesn’t seem right and what supports HDR10+ on Apple TV? Everything says DolbyVision does that mean it supports HDR10+ also?