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MisterTeayesterday at 9:13 PM1 replyview on HN

The faint red glow is actual red light as many IR LED's (esp the ones used in cameras for night illumination) are close to the visible spectrum and have some visible light emission.


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formerly_provenyesterday at 9:47 PM

850nm is easily visible, but most remotes are 940nm, which is also visible as a faint purple glow but the source needs to be really bright.