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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 bu

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.

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.