Week 7 Bad UX Design

 Maybe I'm just dumb when it comes to this one but my brother installed a string of LED lights on the back of the TV that just automatically come on when the TV is on. He's been gone for a few months and I have messed with the remote buttons so many times to try to figure out how to do basic things like just shut them off when I don't want them on and nothing works that would be intuitive to me. I like to think I am fairly component with electronic things and to me, the power button should perform the basic task of turning them on and off but it doesn't. Maybe it's because they are also connected to the TV and not just a power source but they flash and cycle and do fancy patterns and it's annoying when I just want to watch a movie or show. They could be cool to set a mood if they were more intuitive to work but I ended up just unplugging them entirely. 
I think this design could have used some more testing or something so that the controls are easier to use if you don't have an instruction manual. 




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