Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights
by carlosjobim on Monday January 01, 2024 @04:53PM
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Red doesn't bother the eyes in a dark environment.
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It's not just bothersome; red is in the sweet spot of visible but doesn't interfere with your night vision.
There's a reason lots of camping lights have a red mode, and why astronomers use it exclusively while observing.
Unfortunately it does bother me. It's so bad I must turn off or at least cover red LEDs before I can sleep. E.g. TVs. Thankfully for our bedroom TV we recently switched to a Sony TV recently which doesn't seem to have a standby LED at all – such a godsend as it can be turned off simply by pressing the remote and it turns off without a standby LED.