Audio dropout through hue sync box

If you are using Wi-Fi to stream the content from your router to your Apple TV then it is possible you may not have a strong enough signal to go from your router to the Apple TV box. Please don't confuse signal strength with signal speed. The speed of your Wi-Fi comes from your ISP into your home and to your modem and router. From there it is distributed throughout your home to the various wi-fi devices you have at home. Depending on you home size, amount of floors it has, the amount of Wi-Fi devices you have and even the home construction type signals can become weak as they make their way through your home.

To test signal strength you can use a tool like iStumbler (for Macs) to measure the signal strength in the various rooms of your home. If you find the signal is weak where your Apple TV is located then it's possible you need to upgrade your Wi-Fi system to something called a Mesh Network so you can get a strong signal throughout the house.

I support over 40 different wi-fi devices (computers, phones, iPads, watches, smart TVs, Apple TVs, lights, speakers and the list goes on) and all take bandwidth, when I upgraded to a Mesh Network several years ago, my wi-fi signal strength problems disappeared.

How is your audio setup? Do you use the TV’s built-in speakers, or something else?

As the current Hue Sync Box supports HDMI 2.0 up to 4K 60 Hz for ports 2 and 4, reserve port 1 and 3 for “lesser” devices that wouldn’t be able to use max settings anyway.

If you need more inputs at max quality, then consider the use of an additional HDMI switch.

(Philips has been promising a HDMI 2.1 edition for years now. Will it happen this year?)