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Is my NAD AV receiver the only device smart enough to know I want the LED power indicator off when I watch a movie, either that or someone wired it wrong?

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Amen, the obsession with putting LEDs on everything is infuriating - especially standby LEDs.

This is compounded with the newer super bright LEDs. I've got a Asus chromebook that lights up a dark room every couple of seconds when it's charging. It's served as a great beater laptop for the past 5 years yet that LED has never once been of use to me but pissed me off dozens of times as I've had to get out of bed to cover it when in a hotel room somewhere.

Color it with a Sharpie to reduce the brightness, or cover it with a piece of electrical/duct tape. I have applied auto window-tint film over too-bright LCD clock-radio displays so they don't light up the bedroom.

The issue is that you think about it exclusively when sharipe-less, tape-less, angry and weak.

It's nice when you get a device with an option to turn the power/standby LED off (Have seen this on Sonos devices and Ubiquiti wifi access points. Would be good to see it in more places)

Onkyo receivers don't have a power LED, they have a standby one that is off when the device is in use. They also usually have a dimming feature on the display and I have seen some units have a "pure audio" mode that turns off the display unless you are actively changing things.

nice :)

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