Re: A Xmas Show
 

Other than the lights, the controller driving the sequence of the show would cost about 4 or 5 dollars for someone that has a microntroller programmer, or maybe 10 dollars to use a FPGA... Dunno how much the lights would cost, but I imagine they were purchased in bulk for a few hundred. Doubt the whole thing cost 1000s. The electricity bill will probably be a few hundred bucks though.

Re: A Xmas Show
 

Heh, reminds me of something I saw on the news a while back, where a man shot his neighbour a couple weeks after the neighbour put up a huge Christmas light display. The shooter claimed he'd been driven insane by lack of sleep due to the multitude of lights shining in his window. Can't remember if the jury bought it or not though.
Still, important lesson: Turn off your bleedin Christmas lights overnight!

Re: A Xmas Show
 

well, went out and bouth the album the lost christmas with the song on it.... good album.... tks to everyone for the info on the music and video

Re: A Xmas Show
 

...I like the old classic Christmass carols. But then, the radio I listen to doesn't play them much.

Re: A Xmas Show
 

Thanks for posting this, Mac! Tim and I are thoroughly enjoying the clip...over...and over... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif We'll have to check out the music CD. Hope you don't mind if I post the link in the Shrapnel General forum.

Merry Christmas!!!

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np Annette, glad you and Tim enjoyed it. The song has a certain something to it that I just liked. It went very well with the music. In fact they just showed the house on our TV channel news tonight with the music and lights. The owner did an outstanding job. The music is hooked up to a low level radio band, so you have to turn to it on your radio as you drive by or else you can't hear it. Thats how he keeps his neighbors from evicting him from the neighborhood. hahahah.
hope you and Tim have a merry xmas as well as everyone else here on the forum..

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**Bump**

And a link:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=ab...f-715edb504cc2

The Today Show interviewed the creator of the display and he explains some of how it worked. I bumped this because I saw it on the Miller commercial and my son asked me to find the link to the video, and because I heard that the city made him take it down because some idiot wrecked in the traffic lined up to see it.

Happy New Year All!
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