Blacking out LEDs

mdaudioguy
mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
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I want total darkness below my TV. Displays are turned off, but I'm left with 3 blue LEDs on my amp and a white LED on the Roku, and I swear I look at them at least twice a minute while watching anything. Anybody else this obsessive? How do YOU cover/block them?
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  • mpitogo
    mpitogo Posts: 504
    Black electrical tape
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,261
    Dan told me, but I can't remember what they are called. @EndersShadow
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    https://www.amazon.com/Blocking-Electronics-Appliances-Stickers-MySpyBlocker/dp/B0769QYWN8
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited May 2018
    Clipdat wrote: »
    https://www.amazon.com/Blocking-Electronics-Appliances-Stickers-MySpyBlocker/dp/B0769QYWN8

    Yup. They come in preconfigured sizes, or a cut our own size pack. Pick your poison. Layer them if one isnt enough.

    *Edit* Mine were not 100% light blocking but like a very high tint so you could still see some of the LED just not nearly as bright. Then you layered them if needed to block out MORE.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,012
    Yeah, LightDims.
    They come in a few different darkening strengths and a couple of different colors, last I ordered - black or silver. Like Dan said, pre-cut in different sizes, and you can layer them on.

    There's also a full sheet available if you wanted to custom cut a piece for something larger than an LED, say a car stereo face, or an alarm clock with no dimmer. I think there's a discount for combo packs.

    I've found that placing them with tweezers is more accurate than fingers. If you're OCD, go straight for the tweezers.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    I can't decide if I like my LEDs or hate them. I'm day to day.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,281
    Some devices you can turn these off in the GUI... :/
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,542
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I want total darkness below my TV. Displays are turned off, but I'm left with 3 blue LEDs on my amp and a white LED on the Roku, and I swear I look at them at least twice a minute while watching anything. Anybody else this obsessive? How do YOU cover/block them?

    Ed, my black dot mod is just what you need and I've got plenty of extras. The great thing about them is you can remove them down the road and they won't leave any residue.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,791
    edited May 2018
    Clipdat wrote: »
    https://www.amazon.com/Blocking-Electronics-Appliances-Stickers-MySpyBlocker/dp/B0769QYWN8


    One has got to love the 21st Century. Imagine, e.g., the Ingalls family, out on the prairie --- or MacGyver -- buyin' such things.

    To quote Dr. Zachary Smith:
    We're doomed!

    ;)

    (sorry for the predictably curmudgeonly thread hijack!)
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    F1nut wrote: »
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I want total darkness below my TV. Displays are turned off, but I'm left with 3 blue LEDs on my amp and a white LED on the Roku, and I swear I look at them at least twice a minute while watching anything. Anybody else this obsessive? How do YOU cover/block them?

    Ed, my black dot mod is just what you need and I've got plenty of extras. The great thing about them is you can remove them down the road and they won't leave any residue.

    Link?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,012
    Forgot to mention in my other post, LightDims has a blackout version, as well.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I want total darkness below my TV. Displays are turned off, but I'm left with 3 blue LEDs on my amp and a white LED on the Roku, and I swear I look at them at least twice a minute while watching anything. Anybody else this obsessive? How do YOU cover/block them?

    Ed, my black dot mod is just what you need and I've got plenty of extras. The great thing about them is you can remove them down the road and they won't leave any residue.

    Link?

    What??? You're not familiar with the BDM?? Allow me to enlighten you! ;)
    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/174247/the-black-dot-mod/p1
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Some devices you can turn these off in the GUI... :/

    Yeah, that would be preferred.
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    Viking64 Posts: 7,056
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,791
    lightman1 wrote: »
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    Is that... black paint?!?

    Do you have some?

    How much do you want for it?

    That stuff's like gold, you know?!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,791
    Viking64 wrote: »
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    not to put too fine a point on it...
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