Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 lol, maybe we should have a special LOR section just for the wives to vent their frustrations out to each other. I myself have already been compared to Roy in Close Encounters of the Third kind and his fascination over that big mountain. lolNow I haven't gone as far as making a LOR unit out of my mashed potato's on my dinner plate, but the thought has crossed my mind. lol.. jkWHEN CAN I START SETTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS???? AAARRRRGGGluke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hey Dave - Nice, I like the shocked wife - I think all of us have experienced that from time to time!How do you like the light linkers?Do you have any other controllers besides the eleven you bought?I have five and programming 80 channels isn't as easy as it sounds - I can't imagine 176 channels!Bill Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 ordered 11 lor using 4-5 units Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Bill Jr. wrote: Hey Dave - Nice, I like the shocked wife - I think all of us have experienced that from time to time!How do you like the light linkers?Do you have any other controllers besides the eleven you bought?I have five and programming 80 channels isn't as easy as it sounds - I can't imagine 176 channels!Bill Jr.Bill, I love the Light Linkers -- one inside, one on each side of the drive, one on the roof. From what little testing I've done, they work great! As a noob, I am truly grateful for how easy this has become, thanks to pioneers who are a lot smarter than me (Dan) and the gracious help of the more experienced people on this board.I've been hanging around the edges of this site and thinking about going computer-controlled for a couple of years now. But these are my first controllers, clearly violating the prevailing best-practices suggestion to start small. The problem was that once began programming last December, by the time I was done it was pretty involved. There is also likely quite a bit of inefficiency here and there that could have cut out channels as well. I'm sure that most folks here do more with 80 channels than I'm doing with my setup. (Here's an unlinked page where you can see what I'm up to if you get REALLY bored. http://www.thesandersons.org/LOR) But I'm also set for about any show I could want to program in the future using my current light layout.Let me defend the "noob overkill" on the basis that I'm in advertising, so I like to think I have the advantage of going into a more complicated production with my eyes open. The part that I'm most out of my element is getting the lights themselves all strung right and keeping them lit. That part doesn't change no matter how many channels I have.Thanks for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 First year here. Ordered 4 16-channel boards.Not to mention all the extras and the Action Lighting snowflakes (20) and the FM transmitter and the.........Wife saw the boxes then the invoices. Now I have to take her to Jamaica in March!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Bought 1x 16 channel LOR this year. I thought it would be enough to get started and keep me busy, but I can see how you go through 16 channels rather quick.This is my first year using LOR. I used X10 in previous years just to turn lights on and off.Probably invest in an FM transmitter before the year is over...and if LOR has another SAVE10 deal after Christmas, I'd buy at least 2 more 16 channel units.After Christmas last year I bought a trunk full of string lights when Target discounted them to $0.49. Bought another trunk full when they dropped to $0.33!Should have shopped around for some extension cords though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I just ordered 500 feet of SPT2 from Action Lighting for the same price Home Depot had 250 feet for. That's the easiest way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Looks like 401 units so far. Surly Dan sold more than this to PC people.Maybe Dan will give us a Est. of How many Units were sold this year.I hope that LOR had a great year and plans to do even more Business next year.Maybe they will even sale stock. LOR symbol is already taken on NYSE, so maybe LORI?Great work LOR.Bret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I agree. Planet Christmas is big with us, but i'll bet there's a lot of people who don't even know about this website and thus not participating in the poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 hiddy hojust wante dto test the sig line.btw-got allthis cool stuff in boxes and no freakin idea of what to do with it. 2006 goal: to hook up at least 1 light and make it blink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ordered 9 or 10 CTB16Ds... Can't remeber exactly..Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I think a pole on how many channels were purchased would also be cool (not sure how that could be done).Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Or just how many everyone has like the light count type way. Hey! Wait a minute we did do that:Ok... NVM can't find the link. Is the topic Light count 2005 gone?Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Zac_Cutt wrote: Ok... NVM can't find the link. Is the topic Light count 2005 gone?Hopefully it's locked.It was an old thread. Didn't need to be added to.Besides, we don't usually start light count type threads until December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I know Don, but we should be able to see it. I did find the link to it and it says I do not have permission for it...Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Zac_Cutt wrote: I know Don, but we should be able to see it. I did find the link to it and it says I do not have permission for it...Zac*Shrug* I don't work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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