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Dual Shock 4 lightbar can't be turned off
- Thread starter Pachimari
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Dude you have a giant TV. Or is that you, Peter Dinklage?
that´s not a TV.. that´s a closet.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Whats even more pathetic than the people trying to downplay the significance of this, (fuck you if you think buying a new television is a reasonable responce) is the xbox fans trying to draw some kind of false equivlance with the mountians of issues surrounding the X1. Especially the ones who have made it clear over several threads that they are buying an X1 and only an X1 but are pretending this is a deal breaker for console they had no intention of buying.
Stop it. You are embarssing yourselves.
shakin_haitian
Banned
"This TV shiny, sparkly, therefore best."
Goodacre0081
Member
I can see a change now that the camera isn't a pack-in. no camera plugged in? turn the light bars off to save battery power and remove glare.
at least we're giving Sony some feedback on these types of things prior to launch. I suggest we nitpick even more.
Yep--- since there's no such thing as having a TV that's a big enough size (e.g. 50"+) to cause light to reflect off of it regardless of its position.
Always amazed at the lack of understanding on gaming forums.
jts
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It's a LED, not a laser beam. It would still be observable.Well, from what I remember with the Wii, I always had to point it at the screen while playing Twilight Princess as opposed to when playing Skyward Sword which used the motion+ gyro for motion.
That said, I expect to hold it in a relaxed position when playing a game that doesn't require it, so the LED should be pointing down. Shitty drawing, but the I drew the LED in the direction it should be pointing rather than it's alignment on the controller
TOP: actively using the camera. BOTTOM: Relaxed position for normal gaming
Live Free or Die
Banned
This is news? Lol who cares. A non issue.
BRocknRolla
Member
I've rewatched the video a few more times and this is where I stand vs. my initial arguments. Based on the video, I'm not seeing anything definitive to say it is a reflection. I think that sort of point of light could easily be translated as such by the camera and without seeing it on a non-PSeye game, I don't believe a reflection that stark will exist.
I still hold to that statement, but I did notice something else I initially missed. (http://www.engadget.com/video/viddler/944416f2/ around 1:02) Seeing them turn the controller around near the start of the video to show the light bar, it looks bright. Very bright. Far brighter than I've seen it in any other demo of the PS4, and also flashing between white and blue. I argued that there's no way it could create a reflection given the intensity of the light source, but that argument isn't appropriate here, because clearly the lightsource is far more powerful than I've previously seen it, and potentially powerful enough to create a reflection. As such, the reflection seems possible.
What I want to know now is whether this light source has various states. I don't recall if ever looking so bright, so does that mean it gets turned up in intensity for move games? It would seem odd if it is that bright all the time.
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
No that's your cell phone.
Goodacre0081
Member
Well, from what I remember with the Wii, I always had to point it at the screen while playing Twilight Princess as opposed to when playing Skyward Sword which used the motion+ gyro for motion.
That said, I expect to hold it in a relaxed position when playing a game that doesn't require it, so the LED should be pointing down. Shitty drawing, but the I drew the LED in the direction it should be pointing rather than it's alignment on the controller
TOP: actively using the camera. BOTTOM: Relaxed position for normal gaming
holy shit, some people were balking at some of us who use glossy plasma displays. don't let them know your still using a projection TV from 1995
Understanding what? I have a 55" Samsung television and I sit approximately 7 feet from the screen and I've never had glare issues from anything except my windows, which is understood.
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
The best LCD ever made, the Sharp Elite has a reflective screen.
The best in class LCD's this year from Sony have a reflective screen, same goes for Samsung etc.
Sure go out and buy your crappy 500$ LG LCD with an anti-reflective screen. I'm sure it will offer cutting edge picture quality.
You can take the Dual Shock 4, point it at the moon and because the Apollo missions installed a retroreflector on there you can measure the speed of light and the drift of the moon away from the earth.
And people are saying games are dumb!
Edit: Oh and you can also see who is player one, two and three and such.
PS3 didn't come with the PS-Eye & you couldn't turn off the LED lights on the DualShock3.
I used PS Move and never noticed it while playing. I agree with you.
Goodacre0081
Member
those 2mm wide leds? I don't think that's comparable
I remember a guy complaining about the tiny red light on the Dualshock 3 here.
shakin_haitian
Banned
No one is going batshit insane, it's just a potential annoyance and distraction. I have a small room and with the way I sit in my chair the light will most likely be reflected in the center of the screen. It'll be annoying. Yes, I can and probably will just tape it but I wish there was a system option for it. The only people I've seen in this thread that seem legitimately mad are people who are calling out the people that are freaking out about the light, which is pretty much no one.
Well congrats on your seating position and non-reflective TV. Some of us don't have that.
I used PS Move and could always see it reflected in my screen. It didn't stop me from using Move, but it was noticeable.
Depending on the size of the screen itself as well as how far someone is sitting away from the screen, one wouldn't have to point the controller directly straight at the TV to notice it reflecting.
I'm talking about PS MOVE
And? That ball reflects just the same as any other light.
It actually did stop me from using Move. My eyes naturally fixated on the reflection and I had to strain them to look at the game behind it. Really annoying.
The point is that the Light bar is also a replacement for the small LEDs that indicated which controller was which & let you know when the battery was going low by blinking. so it's not all about the camera.
JetSetRadio
Banned
I don't play games standing up so everything is fine.
Goodacre0081
Member
is it already to late to have this done before launch?
I realize that but the actual amount of light it emitted wasn't a problem.
Where are we suppose to point the controller then? Away from the screen because of Sony's shitty design choice? Lol
Oppo
Member
I kinda don't believe you. Or feel that you are making too much of it.
Let us remind ourselves that TVs are typically glowing with light. You would only see a reflection if the bulb happened to line up perfectly with a part of the screen that happened to be dark at that moment, for however long. The rest of the time you can't see shit. Because you are looking AT A TV.
There's no way that reflection is going to overpower a plasma.
lol indeed. you're right there's no other solution. good thing you found out before you ordered, that's a bullet dodged.Xamdou said:
I have a 46" Sony Bravia HDTV and it has a glossy glass screen, any light source will cause a reflection. I don't plan to replace my Sony tv anytime soon.