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Dual Shock 4 lightbar can't be turned off
- Thread starter Pachimari
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AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
But you need sun to give you energy throughout the day. Have you seen people who are sun deficient? lol!
Grover Cleveland
Member
I...I don't know man.
I really wanted to support Sony this gen, but this is a deal breaker. How can I game with a little blue reflection on my TV screen ruining the experience? How can I game discreetly with a GIANT FUCKING LIGHT on my controller (it's not like the bright backlight of my TV is on at night as well)?
I can't put up with this bullshit Sony. I just cancelled my PS4 pre-order, and have $100 down on a brand spanking new, obnoxious LED-free Xbox One.
I cannot believe how much Sony fucked this up.
I really wanted to support Sony this gen, but this is a deal breaker. How can I game with a little blue reflection on my TV screen ruining the experience? How can I game discreetly with a GIANT FUCKING LIGHT on my controller (it's not like the bright backlight of my TV is on at night as well)?
I can't put up with this bullshit Sony. I just cancelled my PS4 pre-order, and have $100 down on a brand spanking new, obnoxious LED-free Xbox One.
I cannot believe how much Sony fucked this up.
\sarcasm
sacrificengineer
Member
Not a big deal.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
And that aint exactly a dark room
I think people are interpreting this picture and this video the wrong way. The blue light in the game is in the controller as those little guys portal. When you cover it, the room gets dark. That is not a glare off the TV.. Did anyone watch the video at all? There was no glare straight through
EdwardTivrusky
Member
My Hori 360 pad has LED lights that can be turned off, i'll just tape over them on the DS4 if it becomes an annoyance.
Check the rest of the thread, it's a reflection.
FeiRR
Banned
Post a picture. We'll se what we can do.
BRocknRolla
Member
And that aint exactly a dark room
How could this possibly be a reflection unless that light is powerful and pin point like a flashlight?
Edit: Taking out the angry words because imo there's only debate, no proof, and I've no interest in fighting.
What I could imagine is that they let you choose the color. Maybe there is one that is less obnoxious
Have you read the thread? It's pretty clearly a reflection
Random Eclipse
Banned
What does a Kinect have to do with a DS4 PS4 controller?
On topic: Kind of sucks for my set up. Have a dark room setup, mainly because of my glossy tv, and i hate playing video games with glare and too much bright light.
don´t worry .. it´s not going to be a blue light... I asked a Playstation expert (he works with the new PS4) how bad it is.. he was kind enough to take a picture and mail it to me. He told me that this type of TV is the one most people buying a PS4 will be using..
so I guess it will only be bad for people who buy never tv´s.
FairXchange
Member
Got my electric tape ready.
Gemüsepizza
Member
But maybe it can be dimmed? Full power for games which make use of the camera in difficult lighting situations, low power for anything else.
Who is nobody? I complain about this. I can see this shit little red light in my TV.
Based on the pictures etc, I'm not sure the light bar is powerful enough to be reflected on a screen at normal viewing distances, unless you play really close of course. I've certainly never seen any battery indicators reflected off my screen or anything. Never even thought about it till now lol.
Sure they've tested this stuff.
3rdamention
Member
I thought the same thing. That Polygon love. Also, this has been discussed several times over and Yosh said that days ago.
Put some black electrical tape on your controller light bar if it bothers you, end of story.
Now, everyone that isn't interested in the PS4 can keep complaining about how this is a deal breaker and the system is doomed.
shakin_haitian
Banned
They make TVs that don't have anti-glare coatings on the screen, and people buy them?
statham
Member
classy.
The fact is that you shouldn't have to use tape to fix something that Sony could do in a day on OS level. I'm interested in PS4 but this is just dumb. Also what's up with 3 lines between paragraphs?
Dude, no. It's a reflection. If you look at the TV, the entire background of the gameplay feed is a super close up shot of the back of the DS4.
BRocknRolla
Member
After going back and reading the thread and researching the video, yeah, I'm going to say it's still not a reflection. I didn't see anything that convinced me otherwise. People are making interpretation and suggesting that angles mean something significant when I don't see why all of if it couldn't be interpreted and translated by the camera. So, while I think there are some people in here who are convinced it's pretty clear, I don't think it's clear at all. I'll believe it when I see a color projected onto another game.
Thanks man!
son_of_ottie
Neo Member
Grover has a good point. I HAD been thinking of jumping to my death inside the NYU library in protest and then I remembered they put barriers up few years ago to stop that. FASCISTS!
So I guess I'll just buy electrical tape for the front if I need to. It's far less dramatic but...
tada.. sorry.
TheBioLover
Member
Truly, it is over for Sony. They have lost, you can't turn off something that isn't that annoying on their controller. Microsoft has won.
lol
And that aint exactly a dark room
Hmm. Well that's not good.
I've only owned plasma screens over the last several years (Pioneer Kuro's and Panasonic's). Most come with some sort of anti glare tech, and aside from reflections in bright conditions because of the sun, I don't think I've ever seen any battery indicators or anything like that reflected off mine in darker situations.
Guess I'll have to wait and see. Hopefully they add an option to turn it off anyway. More options is better than none.
Gintoki313
Banned
If they don't want us to turn it off completely then at least allow brightness adjustments. If the light is a little too powerful I can just tune it down. I haven't seen the controller in person but that light on that controller looks pretty big.
Goodacre0081
Member
is this for real? this is like the NeoGAF equivalent of "why would I want to live there".
Metalmurphy
Member
That looks like it can become quite annoying.
This is an issue only where:
1. You play in the complete dark, and the screen is emitting no light at all in the area where your controller's lightbar would be reflected.
2. You play in daylight, and you play far enough from your TV and are holding the controller at an angle that will allow for the light to be reflected on the TV in a way that you can perceive from your point of view. ( also take into account parts of #1 ). Also, the daylight reflections of other objects in your screen somehow don't bother you as much as the dim light.
3. Completely black/dark loading screens.
1. You play in the complete dark, and the screen is emitting no light at all in the area where your controller's lightbar would be reflected.
2. You play in daylight, and you play far enough from your TV and are holding the controller at an angle that will allow for the light to be reflected on the TV in a way that you can perceive from your point of view. ( also take into account parts of #1 ). Also, the daylight reflections of other objects in your screen somehow don't bother you as much as the dim light.
3. Completely black/dark loading screens.