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For years I have been raging, albeit quietly and to myself, about super bright LEDs. When I bought my Playstation 2 I couldn’t wait to get it home, load Gran Turismo, turn off the lights and spend 48 straight hours earning enough play-money to buy my favorite car (a Nissan Skyline GTR). Imagine my sorrow when I powered it on, inserted the game, turned off the lights and sat on the couch only to be temporarily blinded by the uber-bright blue LED shining with megawatt LASER like intensity from the front of the device. Who in their right mind would put such a bright light on a device that most people will use in a low-light environment.

The same thing happened when I plugged in my M-Audio Studiophile BX-5 self powered monitor speakers. These speakers each have a bright blue LED right under the speaker. I use these speakers, as I guess most people do, as the primary monitors for my computer which I also use as a Digital Audio Workstation. This means that they are always turned on, and the LED is always emitting an intense amount of light.

Well, finally someone has validated my long held distaste for bright LEDs on electronics device, and that somebody is Wired News.
[Read the full article here: Backlash Brews Over Blue LEDs]