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LED Christmas lights still annoy me. Let's try some more fixes.

Technology Connections · 1.2M views · 2023-11-30 · 19:22

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Technology Connections complains about the harsh, overly blue color of modern LED Christmas lights and tries more fixes for them. It follows earlier videos by the same creator on holiday lighting.

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HN cites it whenever LED holiday lights look wrong or give people headaches, as an explanation of why they seem too blue.

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tylervigen · 2025-12 · Reference

Related to the final photo: you might feel like those Christmas lights feel too blue compared to your nostalgic version of Christmas. This is because LEDs can easily achieve a brighter blue than old incandescent Christmas lights which used color filters on a white light. Technology Connections vid: [VIDEO]

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bseidensticker · 2024-02 · Reference

The blue is nicer if you do that. Technology Connections has made 3 videos over the last 5 years mostly centering around how he hates the blue led lights used in holiday lights. I think I've only seen the 2 yr old one, but now that I have I can't unsee it. The blue is just too blue. If you see a set that is all blue instead of multi-color it's unbearable. It's just too blue. White light in blue plastic is where it's at. [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]

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bilekas · 2023-12 · Reference

I've read enough... A set of lights with BLE, I'm out. Thanks to the author for referencing them. It did remind me of the analog Technology Connections video : [VIDEO]

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