Pretty damn sure having any laser light source shining in a players eyes is illegal.
Is it a laser or and LED? I bet there is an OSHA regulation they are violating

So, who pissed in y'alls Cheerios?
Regardless of a laser or a super bright led .. still not in anyway cool it shines in the eye player.

OSHA still counts if it's on location... When it clear this product is aimed at businesses.

Y'all really arent into leaps of logic much, huh?

That doesn't jive with my understanding.
So your saying; that OSHA would not care about the bar employee serving drinks to "players" in a bar? Or than janitorial staff? or the random vendor on premise?
I'm not saying *IN THIS CASE* they would care. That said; OSHA has complained about some trivial stuff before... so; no, I don't believe at all that this QR code reader could not be a source of issues for the pinbar operator.

To the others; no, I haven't seen this QR reader in person and probably wont for the foreseeable future.
That said; others here have voiced concerns - so, it probably is a concern. After Ball 1 is finishes - Stern needs to turn off the reader until Last ball drains. Solves the problem for all parties.

I legitimately didn't know if its a laser or a LED; hence, the reason I asked.
Super bright LEDs directly in the eye aren't as bad as lasers; but they aren't trivial either. I'd be amazed if OSHA didn't have some rule about the Coherentancy of light vs power vs distance.

At Houston show with GodZilla.
No; the QR reader is not distracting. No, its not blinding. Don't have a clue why I thought this was like a laser checkout scanner or something.

I retract all my statements above.

IF you don't like it and Stern won't put a disable setting in the menu - unplug it or cover it.

I get why he's pissed. I wouldn't want to disconnect the reader then have software problems with the game.
That said; put a light blocker over the scanner and leave it plugged in.

It honestly doesn't bode well for the game to malfunction when this non-critical node board goes bad. That needs to be fixed.

Remember when you could disable features of a game that broke... Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Pretty sure he was talking out his arse.
Don't count on that promise to be fulfilled

I'm sure I shouldn't insert a "your mama" joke here... so I won't.