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Man this article speaks to me. We live in a relatively small old home so our bedroom is right next to the living room. We leave the doors open for airflow reaso

Man this article speaks to me. We live in a relatively small old home so our bedroom is right next to the living room. We leave the doors open for airflow reasons. All my electronics (desktop, NAS, Dell laptop charger, keyboard, monitors, TV) have such bright LEDs that the room is never dark, which affects our bedroom. I'm seriously considering disconnecting/covering as many of those damn LEDs as possible. The worst part is that our Honeywell bedroom standing fan has a bright blue light panel for indicating speed... Who the fuck designed this shit. It's a fan, people are gonna use in it dark rooms. It legit lights up a room like those Christmas lights people hang along their ceiling. It's absurd This is the fan I mean, the entire panel is a bunch of bright ass, sleep ruining LEDs. I covered it up years ago with a bandana https://www.londondrugs.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-londondrugs-master/default/dw8344d1f4/products/L4665980/large/L4665980.JPG https://www.londondrugs.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-lon...

masklinn 3y ago
I have an even funnier one: I bought a Rowenta table fan because it was reputed to be very quiet, and I’ve bad sleep. It even has a sub-1 “sleep” mode where it uses a really minimal airflow, still improves comfort on a muggy night but you can barely hear the fan spin. The sleep mode, and only the sleep mode has a bright white LED. The fan is completely dark on (1), and it lights up the entire room on (sleep). The level of stupid is unfathomable. On that front I was actually surprised by the meaco 1056, while it’s way too expensive for what it is and I would not recommend it and it’s got way too many unnecessary LED behind piano black surface… it does have a “light off” mode which turns off the lights, and even in the base mode most of the LEDs draw down or turn off after a bit.
- bloopernova 3y ago
  Sounds like the 2 LG monitors I have. In sleep mode it has a bright white LED that flashes. So cover it? Nope, LG designers have thought of that! The LED is built into the menu joystick nub. So covering it with electrical tape won't work. Cover it anyway? Nope, LG designers are one step ahead of you! The back/bottom of the monitor is translucent white plastic, so the entire thing flashes in sleep mode!! I complained to LG about it, got told that it was working as designed. The customer service rep was very confused about me wanting to stop 2 bright white flashing lights at night. Never going to buy LG again. Utterly ridiculous.
  - LinAGKar 3y ago
    At least my Acer and Gigabyte monitors have a status LED that's more easily covered. But the Gigabyte monitor will whine while in sleep mode, so you have to turn it off anyway before going to sleep. And to turn it off you you have to keep the control joystick depressed for several seconds, being careful not to move it. Because it feels like if you move the joystick so much as a millimeter while depressing it, you'll fail to turn it off.
    - gnampolo 3y ago
      Similar to my AOC monitor, that has this joystick-button hidden in the rear of the frame, that is very annoying during the power-off procedure. Also, if the screen passes from "source lost" to standby (after turning off the pc) the pressing procedure should be repeated, and if you don't take care to the monitor, you stay here pressing the button 30 seconds for nothing... Also x2 this AOC gaming monitor is the worst screen I've ever seen, its okay for gaming/video, while for every else use is absurdly too darker or too brighter (too bright even with luminosity set to 0 and adjustable only by a "shadow control" option, which is causing loss of image detail).
  - cassianoleal 3y ago
    My LG Ultrawide has the same joystick nub + LED (I agree it's a stupid design), but at least it has an option to disable the LED.
    - bloopernova 3y ago
      Holy crap, did they listen to end users?!? Well, now I no longer have a reason to avoid their monitors at least.
      - cassianoleal 3y ago
        Possibly. I'm not defending LG, even though I have both this monitor and an OLED TV and they're both great. For reference, the monitor in question is the 38WN95C-W (https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/ultrawide/38wn95c-w/ https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/ultrawide/38wn95c-w/). It's an expensive device. It could be that the "privilege" of having that option is locked behind the price tag.

masklinn 3y ago

I have an even funnier one: I bought a Rowenta table fan because it was reputed to be very quiet, and I’ve bad sleep. It even has a sub-1 “sleep” mode where it uses a really minimal airflow, still improves comfort on a muggy night but you can barely hear the fan spin. The sleep mode, and only the sleep mode has a bright white LED. The fan is completely dark on (1), and it lights up the entire room on (sleep). The level of stupid is unfathomable. On that front I was actually surprised by the meaco 1056, while it’s way too expensive for what it is and I would not recommend it and it’s got way too many unnecessary LED behind piano black surface… it does have a “light off” mode which turns off the lights, and even in the base mode most of the LEDs draw down or turn off after a bit.

bloopernova 3y ago
Sounds like the 2 LG monitors I have. In sleep mode it has a bright white LED that flashes. So cover it? Nope, LG designers have thought of that! The LED is built into the menu joystick nub. So covering it with electrical tape won't work. Cover it anyway? Nope, LG designers are one step ahead of you! The back/bottom of the monitor is translucent white plastic, so the entire thing flashes in sleep mode!! I complained to LG about it, got told that it was working as designed. The customer service rep was very confused about me wanting to stop 2 bright white flashing lights at night. Never going to buy LG again. Utterly ridiculous.
- LinAGKar 3y ago
  At least my Acer and Gigabyte monitors have a status LED that's more easily covered. But the Gigabyte monitor will whine while in sleep mode, so you have to turn it off anyway before going to sleep. And to turn it off you you have to keep the control joystick depressed for several seconds, being careful not to move it. Because it feels like if you move the joystick so much as a millimeter while depressing it, you'll fail to turn it off.
  - gnampolo 3y ago
    Similar to my AOC monitor, that has this joystick-button hidden in the rear of the frame, that is very annoying during the power-off procedure. Also, if the screen passes from "source lost" to standby (after turning off the pc) the pressing procedure should be repeated, and if you don't take care to the monitor, you stay here pressing the button 30 seconds for nothing... Also x2 this AOC gaming monitor is the worst screen I've ever seen, its okay for gaming/video, while for every else use is absurdly too darker or too brighter (too bright even with luminosity set to 0 and adjustable only by a "shadow control" option, which is causing loss of image detail).
- cassianoleal 3y ago
  My LG Ultrawide has the same joystick nub + LED (I agree it's a stupid design), but at least it has an option to disable the LED.
  - bloopernova 3y ago
    Holy crap, did they listen to end users?!? Well, now I no longer have a reason to avoid their monitors at least.
    - cassianoleal 3y ago
      Possibly. I'm not defending LG, even though I have both this monitor and an OLED TV and they're both great. For reference, the monitor in question is the 38WN95C-W (https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/ultrawide/38wn95c-w/ https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/ultrawide/38wn95c-w/). It's an expensive device. It could be that the "privilege" of having that option is locked behind the price tag.