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I don't recognize those issues. The two problems I saw were getting it dark enough to sleep (wasn't hard but was a bit of a chore, automated blinds would have
by tjoff 8y ago
I don't recognize those issues.
The two problems I saw were getting it dark enough to sleep (wasn't hard but was a bit of a chore, automated blinds would have helped) and noise from the refrigerator, but that's pretty much it.
- crooked-v 8y agoYou forgot to mention putting duct tape over all the unbearably bright LEDs designers insist on putting on anything electronic these days. Now I need to figure out how to stop my refrigerator from sometimes making a whining noise all night...
- Waterluvian 8y agoWho are the clowns who decided the LED should be illuminated when the device is off?! So that I know where to point the remote? Never had that problem before.
- sjg007 8y agoYou can vote with your dollars and only buy TVs that let you disable the led, or don’t have one.
- Waterluvian 8y agoI kind of agree. It's hard to give weight to such a trivial, solvable irritant. I just wish it wasn't this way.
- crooked-v 8y agoIf anyone's looking for relevant brands, my Vizio has a single small and dim LED while turned on, and it can be disabled entirely in the options menu.
- tjoff 8y agoHow could I have forgot that. 4 layers of duct tape and that computer-case LED still went through enough to be annoying, unbelievable.
- tzahola 8y agoUse black nail polish.
- samb1729 8y agoOpen up your case and disconnect the power and disk-activity LEDs
- wool_gather 8y agoTry electrical tape next time. Duct tape plastic is usually actually pretty thin. It's just strong because of the fibers.
- tjoff 8y agoTwo of the USB-C cables I have have an equally annoying LED on the connector to indicate that power is present. Two layers of electrical tape (albeit white electrical tape) and it is still annoying. Used them primarily when sleeping and when driving and even if faced away they light up way too much. And USB-A to USB-C being hard to find decent cables these were the only ones that was only ridiculously expensive and guaranteed to be correct. I've re-purposed them now though.
- gaius 8y agoIn the old days LEDs were red which didn’t interfere with night vision or trigger a serotonin response. Now the way they signify a device is advanced is by sticking a bright blue LED on it, I can only assume the designers never have the product in their own homes.
- michaelbuckbee 8y agoSince the LEDs often serve a useful function you might like LED Dimming stickers. They blunt how bright the LEDs are while leaving them visible. https://www.amazon.com/LightDims-Original-Strength-Electronics-Appliances/dp/B009WSJNCW https://www.amazon.com/LightDims-Original-Strength-Electroni...
- paulie_a 8y agoRarely do LEDs serve a useful function on devices. My TV has a stupid red led to indicate it is turned off. The idiot that thought that was a good idea should never build any thing again. The other obnoxious feedback mechanism is "beeps". Every damn device has to obnoxiously make a sound every time you do anything.
- mixmastamyk 8y agoAt least it's red, which doesn't hurt eyes at night. Our cable modem is covered in bright blue leds that look like light sabers at night. I put masking tape over it and a book in front, and there is still some light spill.
- sacado2 8y agoIt comes from the time where TV and electronic devices could be either completely switched off, or in sleep mode (ie can react to remote control): the red LED made it clear the device was not completely switched off. Nowadays, this is obviously useless as most electronic devices cannot be switched off anymore, yet the tradition remains.
- hangtwenty 8y agoI didn't know these existed. Thank you so much!