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That's pretty fascinating if you can see it. I just tried with three different remotes - and alas, I can't see a thing, no matter how hard I try. All three giv
by ay 12y ago
That's pretty fascinating if you can see it. I just tried with three different remotes - and alas, I can't see a thing, no matter how hard I try.
All three give very bright flash when viewed via my Mac's camera (just launching Facetime with no call and pointing the remote to it).
- StavrosK 12y agoHuh. No, I can definitely see it. I just looked at my HTC One's IR transmitter for the first time, without knowing where the LED is. It's pretty clearly on the right side of the lock button, just under it.
- ay 12y agoI don't have HTC One to make a comparison - but if you have some "vanilla" remotes laying around and can see the IR LEDs blink in all of them when active - then yeah, probably you do see into the IR and I don't!
- StavrosK 12y agoYeah, I just tried both TV remotes (one is just a Samsung remote). I can see all of them, but it's only a faint glow. Try it in a dark room, you should be able to see it.
- simias 12y agoI'm like the parent, I just can't see the common IR LEDs with the naked eye, not even faintly, not even in pitch darkness with the led 1cm from my eye. I think you just have a skill that we don't. Or maybe you just have IR leds with shorter wavelengths...
- StavrosK 12y agoHmm, this thread would suggest that many people can see it: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Alert-Security-Systems/IR-LEDS-Visible-to-the-naked-eye/td-p/931630 http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Alert-Security-Systems/IR-LEDS... Security cameras with IR leds are pretty bright to me. I can easily tell when the IR leds are on. Have you noticed anything like that?
- ay 12y agoNope, I just tried and went into a pitch-black room with a remote control whose LED on the Mac camera looks very bright, and tried to look at it while activating the LED - nothing, not a blip, I can not see the IR LED with my eyes...
- StavrosK 12y agoHuh, weird. I'm going to ask a few friends to see if they can see it, thanks.
- gone35 12y agoFWIW, from his Twitter profile [1]: Astronaut, part-time dad, professional voice actor, F1 driver, liar. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/stavros https://mobile.twitter.com/stavros