Hello Emu

The red illumination is not very bright and is not disturbing.
I have just tested it, the illumination is faintly reflected in the monitor when it is off or simply black. As soon as you have a picture on it you can't see anything.
I have my microphone about 45 cm away from my monitor (directly in front of my face) and have never found the red illumination disturbing or too bright.

LG

Dear Emu
From my point of view the illumination is (nevertheless) quite bright ca similar to a Ps4 controller if not even brighter.
Kind regards