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What's going to be new in your display 2009

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    Posted: 14 Jan 2009 at 4:03pm
Just for grins... Since for many of us 2008 Christmas was out first real experience with this stuff I thought it might be fun to see what we're planning to add for 2009!
 
As for me, I plan on adding:
- More channels (duh) - 4 or 5 ACx16's
- More LED (having ~50% sure was noticable on the electric bill and alot less failures after taking down the lights)
- Projector (picked up a good eBay deal, good deal on large wreath from Craigs List, and Santa's Symphony - plan on rear projection into wreath)
- 20 LED Strobes
- 2 more arches
- New Megatree little fuller and little taller - Flagpole was a 2008 casuality - was ok till I put the flag back and tried to raise the pole. The cold, cheap twist to tighten telescopic pole, ice, and plastic parts didn't mix well.
- Some more static (non-controlled) lights and items
- Not really new but making more permanent the many adhoc modifications I did while the 2008 display was running. (My mailbox converted to collection box had many and has really come togther nicely)
- Few other ideas up my sleeve for 1 or 2 things I don't recall seeing anywhere else - test, decide, then incorporate for 2009 if feesable.
- would like to dabble in DMX just a little but seems rather costly at the moment (probably forget this idea)


Edited by bdkeen - 14 Jan 2009 at 4:06pm
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  Quote Slinkard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2009 at 4:27pm
I have actually already started to work on this over a PC.
 
Fully interactive ELF DJ to navigate through the show via animation/Flash
 
A RDS system to broadcast messages to car stereo display
 
A few arches but instead of arched they will be twisted up the front colums like DNA strands
 
I think that is about it, and this is money willing!
 
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  Quote Tony Furst Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2009 at 6:34pm
I am adding two firefly units as well as two more 16 channel controllers
 
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  Quote bdkeen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jan 2009 at 8:14am

For sure - 1 DCx16. Found some 20 LED MR16's at 5 for $6 so I got reds, greens, and blues. I'm going to give them a try on a DCx16. They look good just hooked up to a power supply. Awaiting the DCx16 and a few other pieces to finish the MR16 project and will test this all out probably within the next 2-3 weeks. If it works out ok might just double up on the bulbs for a little more wash area.  Have the MR16 holders almost completed.

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  Quote BigDPS Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jan 2009 at 3:52pm
In 2007, we had about 2100 led lights. It was our first year and I got hooked on lighted animated display. In 2008, we had 5400 leds. We had more than doubled the previous year and had added a second controller.
 
For 2009, I already purchased more leds for a total of 11260 led which is a bit more than double the 2008 display.
 
We'll be adding 2 more controllers, a mid sized mega tree (half the one we had of 22 and a half feet tall), make a few arches and other gizmos. We have less than 10 months to have all of this done. Time goes by pretty quick!!!

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  Quote christmas 01 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Feb 2009 at 3:14am
ive just got aurora and am loving it :) ordered 2 ac16's of dlight and may have to add aniother 1 hint hint if mom and dad let me :)
im intergrating the catenary into the display, 2 shooting stars, 2 bells
1 mega tree with 16 channels, 2 small trees that will be voices lights.
spot light, floods, smoke machine in the glass house with strobes x2
plus 1 sleigh and reindeer x9 
plus stars, led lights in the pine tree, static lights in cherry trees, conifer ;ights, alsorts of displays going to be going in.


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