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CharlieMac
12-22-2005, 03:53 PM
This video is just straight up awesome.

http://www.mercola.com/2005/dec/22/the_best_christmas_lights_ever.htm

sa_butta
12-22-2005, 04:45 PM
Apparently this this video is in a beer commercial and the guy who set it up is an engineer. This came from another forum so dont quote me on it.

CharlieMac
12-22-2005, 05:04 PM
Oh. Well, it still looks amazing. I shouldnt be tapping my foot to thaat video.

sa_butta
12-23-2005, 09:20 AM
Here's more info from Snopes.com:

The engineer spent three hours sequencing the 88 Light-O-Rama channels that controlled the 16,000 Christmas lights in his annual holiday lighting spectacular (from Christmas 2004). His 2005 display includes over 25,000 lights that he spent nearly two months and $10,000 to hook up. So that the neighbors aren't disturbed by constant noise, viewers driving by the house are informed by signs to tune in to a signal broadcast over a low-power FM radio station to hear the musical accompaniment.

The rough quality of the video has led some viewers to believe it was put together in stop-action form from still photographs, but that is an artifact of the high compression used in the clip circulated via e-mail. Mr. Williams has posted instructions for recreating his "Wizard in Winter" sequencing, and another of his choreographed Christmas light music shows can be viewed here (http://www.msftlabrat.com/funstuff/jingle.wmv).

ZStomp
12-23-2005, 12:08 PM
Already posted Erik :D

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29654&highlight=house+christmas+lights