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Fixing annoying blue standby lights
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Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#32great hack my pet peeve is flashing indicators, especially when it means "all normal"
God the worst is bluetooth headphones. Oh people would never use these in the dark and especially not with other people trying to sleep directly next to them.
I like the way Sony's wh1000xm4 deal with this issue. The LED is inactive when you're wearing the headphones and wouldn't see the LED anyway.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#33Had an USB charger once that would shine through one layer of black electrical tape. Crazy.
I bought a USB charger to plug into my cars cigarette lighter plug. It lit up the whole cabin with blue light at night. This blue cancer has existed since blue LEDs were invented and immediately became a chinesium electronics favourite. Very tiresome.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#34Quality Street were wrapped in opaque paper this year. TP-Link's TL-WPA4220 powerline extenders (and presumably other models) let you turn off the status LEDs in software (there should be a list of hardware that lets you do this).
When candy companies and tech companies collude we’re really doomed.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#352 problems here: color and intensity.
1. Color. Blue is more rare in nature than other colors and it has a known association with daylight that is disturbing for sleep. Why not something more neutral like orange (not red, not green)?
2. Intensity. I think the manufacturers don't even think about this. For indoor use, full brightness makes no sese, but bad UX is the default choice for most, what TV manufacturer pays attention at their user experience with the standby led? I guess they never think about it.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#36Quality Street were wrapped in opaque paper this year. TP-Link's TL-WPA4220 powerline extenders (and presumably other models) let you turn off the status LEDs in software (there should be a list of hardware that lets you do this).
I wish they would remember the setting though. I have turned their lights off multiple times but they are currently on. Any blip in power supply (power cut, fuse trip, maintenance work) and they come back so it's like trying to keep a tide at bay.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#37Had an USB charger once that would shine through one layer of black electrical tape. Crazy.
The light on the end of a Dell laptop power adaptor is like that. I tried multiple layers of electrical tape, colouring it in with a sharpie and even painting over it and nope, that bastard light cannot be dimmed.
My main complaint is when using the laptop in dark bed to read ebooks and it is utterly blinding. I end up folding a bit of duvet over the bloody thing.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#38I can not stand blue LEDs either. I have replaced them with white LEDs when they haven't been surface-mounted.
I also have my computer equipment connected via an outlet with a power switch so I can turn things off completely.
Yellow vinyl "headlight film" seems to have worked to make the blue LEDs on Unicomp Model M green.[1] I didn't think that would have worked, and I don't expect all film to be created equal with regards to which wavelengths they let through.
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#39Why is it that manufacturers go for blue or bright white LED indicators? I assume that they are cheap enough that it doesn't matter, but green would probably still be slightly cheaper. We have a USB charger that cannot be used in a bedroom, not that you should, but it can light up an entire room. Why not just have a tiny green LED? Apple is really good about not using bright LEDs in their product, or really any LED i…
I think blue just feels "modern". Red LEDs feel like they belong to the 80's, and green to around 2000. While white feels "clean".
I agree 1,000% that they're ridiculous though. But the colors are definitely about achieving an up-to-date "look".
Re: Fixing annoying blue standby lights
#40They sell packs of various size stickers specifically for blocking these lights on Amazon. They’re very cheap and work perfectly.