Philips 69143/60/48 LivingColors Generation 2 Translucent Changing LED Lamp with Remote

by Philips

Product Description

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The Philips LivingColors Generation 2 LED Lamp is a revolution in decorative lighting. Featuring a spectrum of over 16 million colors to choose from, the lamp places you in direct control of your room's ambiance. Simply select a color on the remote, and the lamp will instantly bathe your room in light that reflects your personal style. Powered by seven vibrant LEDs, LivingColors places an entire rainbow of color options at your fingertips.

LivingColors Generation 2 LED Lamp At a Glance: Decorative lamp allows you to personalize your room with colored light Over 16 million colors for nearly unlimited lighting options High-powered LEDs for robust, bright lighting Attractive, modern design with a see-through bowl Backed by a two-year warranty

With its sleek modern aesthetic and range of lighting options, this lamp is enough to completely transform a room. View larger.

Choose from over 16 million colors to bathe your room in light that reflects your personal style. View larger.

A Full Spectrum of Colors and Moods
LivingColors gives you an extensive palette of colors to express yourself. The lamp covers the full spectrum of visible light, from red, to violet, to everything in between. Cover your bedroom in warm yellow light to create a cozy reading environment or invigorate your living room with a bright green glow to create a lively party atmosphere. With 16 million different shades to select from, you'll be sure to find a color that matches your mood.

If you're feeling whimsical, the lamp also gives you a second, more-dynamic option: automatic mode. In this mode, LivingColors will cycle through all of its possible colors, creating an ever-shifting pattern of colors on your wall or ceiling. Using the remote, you can manually adjust how quickly the colors cycle.

Remote Control for Instant Color Selection
Using the included touch-sensitive remote control, you can instantly change the color. Simply tap a color on the remote's color wheel, and LivingColors will produce your selected color instantly.

The remote also allows you to adjust the brightness and saturation of your light. Saturate your light fully to produce a bold color, or thin it out for a more subtle effect. And because the remote uses radio frequency, it doesn't require a direct line-of-sight to work; you can control your lamp from anywhere in your room.

High-Output LEDs Fill Your Room with Color
The LivingColors lamp produces its light using seven light-emitting diodes (LEDs). These LEDs are powerful enough to bathe your wall or ceiling in color, and they produce 50 percent more light than the LEDs in the LivingColors Generation 1 model.

Elegant, Stylish Design
LivingColors doesn't just produce beautiful light; it's an attractive piece of furniture in its own right. The lamp features a translucent, bubble-like design that allows you to see into its metal interior. When illuminated, the lamp looks even more stylish. With its sleek modern aesthetic and a range of lighting options, this lamp is enough to completely transform a room.

The LivingColors LED Lamp is backed by a two-year warranty.

What's in the Box
LivingColors lamp, remote control, and AAA batteries.

From the Manufacturer

Color your world with light with the second version of LivingColors. Bring bright sunshine yellow inside when it's grey outside, or a pale leaf-green to relax you. Touch the color ring and LivingColors lights up your world in any shade you choose, from soothing pastel shades to rich, intense colors. Or, you can sit back and enjoy the adjustable pace of the automatic color changing mode. Simply adjust to follow your mood and enjoy. LivingColors Generation 2 provides 50% more light to bathe your home and express your mood in more intense colored light. You can now also create white light with LivingColors. Explore light in ways you never thought possible, at any moment, for every mood, in every color.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 8 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B003TFEQQC
• Item model number: 69143/60/48
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,479 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #21 in Home Improvement > Lamps & Light Fixtures > Specialty Lighting > Novelty Lamps
  • #73 in Home Improvement > Lamps & Light Fixtures > Lamps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

107 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, but no way to repair if/when it breaks, November 26, 2010

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Chris Walters (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips 69143/60/48 LivingColors Generation 2 Translucent Changing LED Lamp with Remote (Tools & Home Improvement)

Short version:
If it breaks out of warranty, there's no way to repair it. Philips offers zero customer support for the device--most divisions of the company don't even know it exists--and you can't find replacement parts for it.

Long version:
I bought this about two weeks after it first came out, during a trip to Amsterdam. (It wasn't yet available in the U.S.) I brought it home to the States and it worked perfectly. It's true that it's pretty dim, and the remote is kind of clunky and gigantic, but it's very pleasing in a small or darkened room.

Then about 16 months after I bought it, it stopped working.

I spent around 2.5 hours calling every Philips number I could find, both in the U.S. and in Europe, and NOBODY could help me. Most people I reached didn't even knew what I was talking about. I finally found a third party Philip replacement parts store in England and asked them if they sold spare remotes or bulb assemblies for this, and they didn't.

The official Philips websites for the lamp had no useful information at all regarding repairs.

So although I loved it, be warned that the support from Philips is abysmal, and there's no way to repair it if it breaks after your warranty period. It really soured me on Philips products because I ultimately felt that I paid way too much for a badly made product.

55 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cool but not strong enough, November 7, 2010

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Pce50 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips 69143/60/48 LivingColors Generation 2 Translucent Changing LED Lamp with Remote (Tools & Home Improvement)

Fun lamp, eneded up at my bar, not very powerful so it does not color a room, just a corner.

185 of 220 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars De-lightful for enhancing productivity flow, but should be brighter!, September 2, 2010

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Torley "I amplify your awesome!" (torley.com) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Philips 69143/60/48 LivingColors Generation 2 Translucent Changing LED Lamp with Remote (Tools & Home Improvement)

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Earlier, I purchased a Multi-Color E27 LED Light bulb w/ Remote from Amazon and have greatly enjoyed it, but craved more -- it simply didn't shine enough. My creative play-work demands being "in the flow" and mood lighting augments my output superbly, giving a real cinematic feel to even routine tasks like email. Before, I thought playing epic trailer music while pressing Reply would be enough, but clearly, I hadn't experienced mood lights.

Months ago, I read reviews of LivingColors and am surprised they still seem very rare Stateside (compared to earlier availability in Europe). A curiosity rather than a commercial phenomenon. While part of this may be due to cost, we each weigh our own priorities, right? Still, I hope for widespread adoption of these colors which feel alive, not unlike how every house has common lightbulbs. Since I already had such a good experience with limited mood lighting, I became intent on expanding my palette.

My ownership has only been several (intense) days, but what I tentatively conclude so far is: like cats, having only one LivingColors feels terribly lonely. Even the full-size Philips 69143/60/48 LivingColors Generation 2 Translucent Changing LED Lamp with Remote isn't enough to really light up my workspace at night, and the dynamics of contrast with another color adds so much value and spice. So, I also have a Philips 818564 LivingColors Mini Changing LED Lamp, White (I actually got it first, since the Gen 2 wasn't in stock). With the two of them combined, as you can clearly see in this video, there's a lot of joy to be had.

A future feature I'd add is the ability to program custom lighting sequences. Is an iPhone app for this too much to ask? It'd be a natural extension of the current color cycling option, which smoothly cycles through the spectrum on both the Gen 2 and the Mini, and whose speed can be changed, but you can't limit the range or trigger events more specifically. This would open up possibilities to sync to binaural beats and other synesthesiac promises, fulfilling Philips' advertising of really setting the tone in your home. (Or elsewhere.)

There are a few niggles I have as shown in the video, but my chief constructive criticism is I wish these puppies were brighter. While they certainly overwhelm my webcam, as other pictures I've taken show, there's plenty of darkness to encroach upon.

LED mood lighting in the home still feels like it's an infancy -- not that we'd ever advance into a hippy-dippy psychedelia portrayed in so many 60s trip movies -- but I'd still consider LivingColors for enthusiasts and early adopters like myself, who consider it an important part of your daily life due to your eclectic proclivities, and not just a casual interest. I just hope they don't burn out on me anytime soon.

Here's looking to a brighter future with Gen 3!