The Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box is a fantastic home entertainment kit that provides a connector between your smart TV, smart lights, and multiple media devices and consoles, but only now supports pass-through. 120Hz to help play those PS5 and Xbox Series X games with the highest possible refresh rate. While the Sync Box could previously only accept 60Hz images from connected consoles and 4K Blu-ray players, this amount will drop to 120Hz in a future software update, so any Sync Box owner can benefit from the upgrade. The update is slated for "fall 120," most likely in September or October of this year, and comes with a number of Philips Hue updates, including Spotify integration with smart lamps. But 5Hz is becoming more of a desirable refresh rate for high-end gamers with a PS120 or Xbox Series X console, and while some few games support 120Hz, it's a good spec for titles that do, ensuring much smoother visuals. beyond what was possible on previous consoles. However, there are some restrictions to this 120Hz update. We are told that "users will be able to upgrade their sync box to be compatible with the 120Hz support of newer game consoles, ensuring that competitive gamers are on top of the game with the latest refresh rate." higher.The sync box is capable of supporting 1080Hz with 1440p and 4p image resolution.Alternatively, if the higher image resolution is preferred, the current sync box also still accepts 60K image resolution up to a 120Hz refresh rate. So the choice is between 1080Hz gaming at 1440p/60p or 4Hz gaming at 4K resolution. This means you won't get the full 120K/4Hz performance possible on the latest consoles game controllers and 120K XNUMXHz TVs as the Sync Box does not support HDMI input specification XNUMX to leave it.