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I think my first blue LED was in the power button of the Playstation 2. Something that made it seem exceptionally futuristic at the time.
by robin_reala 6y ago
I think my first blue LED was in the power button of the Playstation 2. Something that made it seem exceptionally futuristic at the time.
- handol 6y agoThen came the fad of the bright blue, "plugged in but turned off" indicator on consumer electronics that had to be taped over if you wanted to sleep in the same room as the device.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoThis fad has unfortunately not fully died yet!
- oblio 6y agoAgreed. One of my monitors can attest to that. Black duct tape, to match the monitor design :-))
- JonathonW 6y agoThe PS2 got it right-- its power button was a red/green bicolor LED (red on standby; green when powered on). The blue LED was on the eject button, and was only lit while the console was powered on (and a disc was loaded, IIRC).
- raimondious 6y agoYes! One of my first hobby electronics projects as a kid was adding a blue LED to an RC car just for the cool factor.
- mjhagen 6y agoMy Sony amp from '99 had one which they actually enhanced with some acrylic to make it appear even larger. Yes I bought it specifically because it had that blue LED.