Can you see Ir light from a TV remote?

[LRMNmeyer]

I can.
(To see how common it is.)

 

[rangedunits]

Well, i can too! But my Xbox DVD REMOTE doesn'T show any red light.

 

[styropyro]

I looked into a TV remote once, and I saw a dim red light! I thought my eyes were amazing, that was until I realized there was a red LED under the power button. :-[

 

[mikeeey]

Yes, i use my phone's camera.

 

[HumanSymphony]

Yes, i use my phone's camera.

ditto. just press a button on the remote and look at the IR LED thru your camera. you'll see a white light

 

[LRMNmeyer]

Well, obviously, but I think you know what I mean.

 

[rathat]

remote leds are reeeeeelly close to visible.

 

[Jimmymcjimthejim]

Wow, I didn't think I could see it at first. But then I waited for my eyes to dilate in the pitch blackness, and I started to see an amazingly dim red glow!
I feel special.

 

[Dr_Evil]

I can see a faint glow on two of my remotes. I can't see it on the other two because of a dark lens over them. I know my phone will pick up the IR on them though.

 

[mikeeey]

most of my remotes i cant see because it has that dark cover over it, but any that has the bare LED exposed i can usually see it, but some i cant.

[quote author=mikeeey link=1219101740/0#3 date=1219104526]Yes, i use my phone's camera.

ditto. just press a button on the remote and look at the IR LED thru your camera. you'll see a white light  [/quote]
actually its a violet color

 

[HumanSymphony]

maybe yours are more violet mine are not. of course that can be camera diffences, LED, etc.

 

[UMO]

I can easily in a dark room. In a lit room I can just barely tell.

 

[MarioMaster]

it depends on the leds, i've had some that glow quite visibly, others are nearly impossible to see

 

[nikokapo]

never tried to :S

i dont really know, is it possible to see like 803-802 nm?

 

[john_lawson]

yes you can get your cell phone and look through the camera as you change a channel or push any button

 

[MarioMaster]

never tried to :S

i dont really know, is it possible to see like 803-802 nm?

i can see my 808nm laser - then again it's like 300mw