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I have a tv that has an led to display that it is off. LED is obnoxiously over used for displaying things no one gives a shit about. But personally my pet peeve is the annoying beeping everything does. It doesn't provide any context or useful information. I've been at a self checkout and have the clerk turn it back on after I muted it while scanning items. It resets after the transaction anyways. Everything has beeps or bright LEDs.



Phones are my biggest complaint - not mine as all sounds have been turned off, but everyone else’s. You get a sound when you receive a message, when you unlock it, when you type a message and when you send a message. It’s just so pointless and annoying.


For most TV's you can turn the LED off (at least my experience with LG and Samsung TV's). It's usually hidden somewhere deep in the settings menu.


I will need to check that out, thanks for the tip. But honestly who even thought that was a good idea in the design?




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