It would still reflect off something. It's like a cell phone in a movie theater.
Dude, it's a low power LED not a friggin' lighthouse. Put it on the sofa facing the backrest and I'm pretty sure it's undetectable.
It would still reflect off something. It's like a cell phone in a movie theater.
Are devs using it anyway? Hard to use a light for visual feedback when it's on the other side of your controller.
I think they're at least trying in that launch window gimmick way. I know one of the new Tomb Raider features is that it does crap wih the lightbar.
Are devs using it anyway? Hard to use a light for visual feedback when it's on the other side of your controller.
Turn the controller off?
Dude, it's a low power LED not a friggin' lighthouse. Put it on the sofa facing the backrest and I'm pretty sure it's undetectable.
Here's a handy youtube on how to disable it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkleTQXjezY
It's moronic that I would have to do anything like that with a controller. There's a reason they don't put giant lights on TV remotes.Dude, it's a low power LED not a friggin' lighthouse. Put it on the sofa facing the backrest and I'm pretty sure it's undetectable.
Here's a handy youtube on how to disable it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkleTQXjezY
If he was quoting the original comment then I understand better due to twitters character limitation. He isn't, so he can write "Not right now", or "We are evaluating this option", or "we are happy with its operation but will consider this".... anything. 'No' has a finality to it which we know for a fact isn't final so comes off as arrogant.
Vicious DS - But shu already shot that down, he of said the doubled battery life - "that's untrue"
Isn't this how he usually answers things? He's pretty pithy on twitter from what I've seen of his quoted responses here on GAF.If he was quoting the original comment then I understand better due to twitters character limitation. He isn't, so he can write "Not right now", or "We are evaluating this option", or "we are happy with its operation but will consider this".... anything. 'No' has a finality to it which we know for a fact isn't final so comes off as arrogant.
That's a shame.
Thankfully I've modded my 3 controllers and about 10 for family and friends so the light is disabled. If I ever buy the camera I'll install physical switches.
Takes about 5 minutes to open the controller and use tape to mask off half of the ribbon cable feeding the led matrix, you leave the other half of the cable live to allow for USB charging. I imagine if you have the charging cradle you can just unplug the ribbon altogether.
Regarding battery life, it is massively better, all day gaming sessions become a reality where they are impossible with the light on. With light the controllers would get charged 2-3 times daily for heavy use, with the light disabled that becomes charged every 2-3 days.
One caveat to having no light, it does make it less obvious your battery is low, and with it lasting so long a dead battery sneaks up on you. I can see myself modding a tiny low power led in to the controller at some point.
Here's a handy youtube on how to disable it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkleTQXjezY
You wanna see ghetto?
That's three layers of tape it's shining through. Red isn't bad but the blue, green, and yellow is bright. I like the colors and the info it gives so I don't want it gone completely but it's kind of nuts how powerful the light is.
Having my tv elevated the way i do, it'll never be a problem for me.
Probably someone who fell for the misconceptions that Sony simply copies other companies and doesn't do anything original, like inventing the walkman, CDs, pushing DVD players, blu-ray, motion/camera technology before the Wii, remote play before the Wii U, etc.
That's a shame.
Thankfully I've modded my 3 controllers and about 10 for family and friends so the light is disabled. If I ever buy the camera I'll install physical switches.
Takes about 5 minutes to open the controller and use tape to mask off half of the ribbon cable feeding the led matrix, you leave the other half of the cable live to allow for USB charging. I imagine if you have the charging cradle you can just unplug the ribbon altogether.
Regarding battery life, it is massively better, all day gaming sessions become a reality where they are impossible with the light on. With light the controllers would get charged 2-3 times daily for heavy use, with the light disabled that becomes charged every 2-3 days.
One caveat to having no light, it does make it less obvious your battery is low, and with it lasting so long a dead battery sneaks up on you. I can see myself modding a tiny low power led in to the controller at some point.
Where do the people complaining hold their controller while gaming?, in front of your face?, up to your chest?... i don't see how this is a problem. Is the telly on the ground?
He should have thrown it in the trash can.Here's a handy youtube on how to disable it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkleTQXjezY
He should have played some games for a few hours and had it run out of juice.He should have thrown it in the trash can.
I'm sure they'll come up with a DS4 v2.0 that has a bigger battery and comes with the option to turn that off. I remember when PS3 first came out and the controllers didn't even have rumble features. They added that back in with v2.0
Just keep on bugging Sony. They'll fix it.
After having my PS4 for almost a month, I didn't even have this bother me at any point.
Options are good though.
It must be possible to physically remove the LED from the controller?
Hahaha best post in this thread. Thanks for the laugh!Fortunately sony have a product that fixes the light reflection - the ps3 .