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Sony won't offer option to disable PS4 DualShock 4 light bar
- Thread starter shinobi602
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double the battery life matters.
Are they constantly using the controller while watching netflix?
put the damn thing down and turn it away from the tv....
Because their launch success has already gone to their head. Didn't take long for PS2-era mentality to creep back in.
EL CUCO
Member
The lightbar doesn't bother me too much ATM, because I've been playing mostly shooters in with lots of stuff going on to even notice (in regular lighting).
However, I did have to put it on the floor facing the wall the other day while watching a bluray. I have too much OCD to not let it annoy me.
Man, playing Outlast in the dark is going to be annoying. I like playing horror games in pitch black with headphones on. I can already see it distracting me.
However, I did have to put it on the floor facing the wall the other day while watching a bluray. I have too much OCD to not let it annoy me.
Man, playing Outlast in the dark is going to be annoying. I like playing horror games in pitch black with headphones on. I can already see it distracting me.
Also anally retentive
CitizenCope
Member
Was doing this just last night in our home theater. "Oh wait I'll turn the controller off!"
Can't un-pause the video now.
WTF!
BumblebeeCody
Member
Found a way to fix the problem
1) Open the controller
2) Take the little robots out
3) Light should now be off
4) ???????
5) [Insert rest of overused South Park joke]
1) Open the controller
2) Take the little robots out
3) Light should now be off
4) ???????
5) [Insert rest of overused South Park joke]
Am I the only one who can't see this while playing? Even if I look down, I have to tilt the controller to see the color. Kinda hard to do while playing.
I guess I need to sit closer to the TV so I can see the reflection on the screen. lol.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
The only thing I can think of is that there's some sort of core functionality tied to it? I honestly don't know because people on here have already said that they've covered the light with electrical tape and apparently that doesn't cause problems.
Noble Neckbeard
Banned
This must be what I keep hearing about not going on the internet to diagnose yourself.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Still uses the battery
A) Some guy ran tests and proved that it draws more power with the light on, which is obvious.
B) I have one of the more reflective TV's (S60) and I never notice the light reflecting in the TV unless I strain my eyes and look for it, or nothing is on-screen.
C) I do however, always notice it when the lights are off - it lights up the room like your phone screen would, ruining the lightning of the room.
B) I have one of the more reflective TV's (S60) and I never notice the light reflecting in the TV unless I strain my eyes and look for it, or nothing is on-screen.
C) I do however, always notice it when the lights are off - it lights up the room like your phone screen would, ruining the lightning of the room.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Fuck off with your gimmicks sony!
Auto-Reply
Member
sony is going to release a non-lightbar version of the ds4
i think someone else said that its not as easy as this...its shared power with some other components? could be wrong...trying to find that thread someone posted.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=723148
Ricerocket
Member
It supposedly works perfectly fine with the the lights off on PC as well. It's not mandatory at all, 0 reason for it to be on for people who don't have a camera.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Agreed. I usually forget it's even there. That said, I could understand why it would bug some people.
This is pretty much what I do.
EL CUCO
Member
Are people actually doing this?? I'd hate to have all that adhesive gunk on my controller.
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Let's hope Titanfall kicks Sony in the pants, then.
YUP
My TV is low and glossy and my room is small so I have to sit pretty close. It's a shitstorm for reflections from the controller and I mentally can't block out reflections. My eye just focuses on them.
EteRnal PAL
Member
Unfortunately, in my case, my TV is eye level. When I game on my couch, I like to sit back and relax and have my arms on my lap so the damn lightbar shows up on the bottom parts of my TV. The controller is not flat unless I sit straight up and kinda aim the controller down.
As for my TV, I have the Sony w900a, a LED TV that is unfortunately, quite reflective. Just sucks that there isn't an option to simply turn off the lightbar. And from the sounds of it, seems like Sony won't ever make that feature available. :/
Please make that happen Sony... please!
Liberty4all
Banned
Love my Panasonic Plasma with antiglare coating.
#LovePanasonic
#LovePanasonic
BoboBrazil
Member
I don't have a problem with the light but I do have a problem with battery drain and the battery's drain fast on the ds4. Either offer one without the light or give the option to disable it.
That sucks, as I sit pretty much right in front of my TV when gaming and it's about level with my body when sitting. That would no doubt be a problem for me, so I'll likely put some black electrical tape over it whenever I get a PS4.
SolidusDave
Member
Man, I wish they put in a dimming option that only works by the PSEye adjusting the brightness according to the room's lighting. Just to read more outrage on GAF about a light mainly used as battery and profile indicator.
Still no idea how people have set up their TV that they can see reflections from something that's resting in their hands (and from nothing else).
Still no idea how people have set up their TV that they can see reflections from something that's resting in their hands (and from nothing else).
Sleepwalker
Member
Why is this such a big deal? it has literally never reflected on the tv for me, nor I have been annoyed by it. I actually like it.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Fuck off Yoshida. There should be an option to shut down this gimmick.
Or point it into something that smothers the light. A couch. A pillow.
CouchMaster
Member
I'm just going to open my DS4 and disconnect the cable going from LEDs to the board. Thanks anyways, Sony.
Sons Of Anarchy
Banned
Was expected but light doesn't bother me
You're not alone. The light is useless in games.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Everybody should know about this. It absolutely does work and I bet pretty much nobody knows about it.
I don't get why so many people are complaining about the light bar while watching a movie or Netflix.
Do you really hold on to the controller and use it like your playing a game while your watching a movie?? I would find that kind of weird and uncomfortable.
Just put it down... face it in a way the light wont bother you or the TV. My controller turns itself off after a short while when im on Netflix or watching a Blu-ray.
Do you really hold on to the controller and use it like your playing a game while your watching a movie?? I would find that kind of weird and uncomfortable.
Just put it down... face it in a way the light wont bother you or the TV. My controller turns itself off after a short while when im on Netflix or watching a Blu-ray.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Ugh, that's annoying. I couldn't give a shit about 'glare' but the battery drain is no doubt going to be annoying. Come on, Shu. -___-
Between this and the other thread, you're really working overtime on the hyperbole.
Can't wait until somebody makes a good third party controller. The battery life pisses me off even more than the light, which in and of itself is the most annoying controller related issue I've dealt with since the disintegrating Atari 5200 joysticks.
It IS a fairly arrogant thing he said. What happened to, "We are always listening to our customer base, and looking into ways to make your PS4 experience the best it can possibly be!"
It IS a fairly arrogant thing he said. What happened to, "We are always listening to our customer base, and looking into ways to make your PS4 experience the best it can possibly be!"
turnbuckle
Member
This could be a good explanation.
And it's not like Sony is new to releasing updated versions of controllers.
PS1 had at least 3 versions. Normal, Analog, Dual Shock.
PS3 had Sixaxis and Dual Shock 3.
I suspect there'll be an updated version of the Dual Shock 4. At the very least they'll do something about the rubber on analog sticks.
Because for some people Sony is always right and pretending the contrary is heresy.
I don't see the big deal about giving people the option to turn it off.
Nymphae
Banned
What the hell is with this defence force for a feature no one really wanted, a huge bright shining blue light that is absolutely unnecessary 95% of the time?
No, I'm not constantly using my controller while I watch Netflix, but the DS4's battery life sucks compared to other devices I own, and I like to turn it off when I'm not using it to save power.
Telling me to turn it away from myself or wait 10 minutes for the software to do it for me is missing the point. I was able to shut of my controller while watching Netflix on PS3, I kind of expected that to stay the same.
Can't you choose the movie in you phone and select to play it on your PS4 while the controller is off? I do that with my PS3
Mr. PlayStation
Member
Gaf I have a question to all of you who own the PS4 and this is about the lightbar on the PS4. The moment you turn on the PS4 with the dualshock4, the light on the light bar turns white, but the light on the PS4 is blue and pulsating, once when the initial start up screen appears the Ps4's light has turned white while the Dualshock4's lightbar is now bright blue. I find this rather odd, because when the system is in standby mode, the controller is blinking orange when plugged in and the light on the PS4 is bright orange, and even my monitor has the orange light when it's on standby and the blue light when it's powered back on. Can Sony change the PS4's pulsating blue light upon starting the PS4 to white and then once you get to the start up screen it should turn to bright blue. I am just nitpicking, but the bright blue on the pitch piano black console felt visually pleasing than white.
tokyo slim
Banned
The only way to actually tell how much draw the lights are using is to take the lights out and see what they are rated to/actually physically use to light up with a meter. The test that xn0 did was fairly speculative. His test did not replicate real world use conditions, he could not test actual power draw, and when he removed the led's he removed the entire USB controller board from the battery as well so that you cannot actually tell how much battery life you would actually get if just the lights were off. The USB board draws and uses constant power, hooked up or not. Until you can isolate the LED power draw alone from the controller, you cannot accurately measure the effect on the battery life.
I'm not saying that the LED's use no power, I'm just saying that it's reckless and likely incorrect to assume that turning them off will give you any appreciable extra battery life. LED's are not really known for being huge energy sinks.
I'm not saying that the LED's use no power, I'm just saying that it's reckless and likely incorrect to assume that turning them off will give you any appreciable extra battery life. LED's are not really known for being huge energy sinks.
