Neither is distracting, which is a good thing as there's no way to adjust the brightness or disable them. There are two LEDs, one on the corner that lights up red, blue or violet depending on the state of the device (starting up, recording, etc.), and a blue one up front to indicate power. You shouldn't miss it, however, since this is a stationary box that can live anywhere in your home, as long as it has a wired network connection. That's because the Simple.TV depends on other devices to render the signals it tunes into. As you may have noticed, there's no video or audio output. Inside, you'll find a single tuner capable of beaming live TV or recording one show, while allowing up to five devices to stream the same live show, or five different previously recorded programs. Lastly, there's a single USB port for attaching external hard drives (more than one requires a hub) to store your recordings - there's no internal storage option. There are two coax and two network connections out back that pass through to make it easy to stack them. The coax needs to be connected to your cable provider's feed or connected to an antenna. That's because the device requires a coax and network connection.
The good news is that you probably won't put it in your home theater rather, you'll likely connect it where your cable modem or internet enters your home. The Simple.TV is an oddly shaped, glossy white device that looks out of place in any home theater - it reminds us of a wireless access point you'd see attached to the ceiling at work, except much lighter and with lower-quality plastic.
(Support for additional devices soon will come later, a Simple.TV rep said.) It's like a Slingbox but with fewer inputs and without the intelligence required to control a cable or satellite set-top box. A typical system will consist of the Simple.TV, an external hard drive, a tablet or PC, and a Roku connected to your TV. In other words, it doesn't do anything by itself.
The best way we can describe it is this: it's a networked TV tuner with optional storage for your mobile devices. Some things in life require a little additional explanation, and the Simple.TV is certainly one.
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