rainyoregonchristmas Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I was thinking, we are all laughing about how primitive the MR C. is. But just wait, all of us who had a MR C and gave it away will be truly upset with ourselves when 30 years from now they become valuable as retro collectors items. Like having an original "Pong" or a "Commodore 64, or all those "In-the-Box" Star Wars figures our mother gave away when we left home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMC Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I was going to say what Tim said.... I've seen some LOR sequences that don't seem to match the songs at all, Anybody been to Home Depot lately? they sell "lightshow" products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights_on_light_st_ct Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 hey i started Last year with a Mr. Christmas , and it did make me want alot more and better display well from this time last year to now ive gone from Mr. Chrsitmas to 32 Channel's of LOr with a third Controller being saved up for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeighan Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 hey i started Last year with a Mr. Christmas , and it did make me want alot more and better display well from this time last year to now ive gone from Mr. Chrsitmas to 32 Channel's of LOr with a third Controller being saved up for.i found a youtube video i made to show the 9' nutcrackers. the music and sequencing are from my 6 channel Mr Nutcracker. People enjoyed it even though it is pretty amateurish as compared to peoples shows on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I've seen some videos of people's LOR displays that are even more random, lol.You must've seen my videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ufmatt00 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 you may laugh at a 6-channel Mr. Christmas product now, but it is only a matter of time before someone truly commercializes a 16 or 32 channel (possibly expandable) product that can be sold at the big box stores. It obviously would never compete with a 128 LOR system, but it would be simple to set up with pre-loaded sequences. I agree that this system is good as it gets people hooked on the idea that they could do more with their lights than just plug them in at the beginning of every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orville Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You must've seen my videos! Mine too Jim. I know my first couple years were not as good as they could have been. And I still know my Christmas ones this year are still going to be fairly bad since I didn't take the time to tweak them to make them better and are still fairly the 1st year sequences with some minor changes. As usual I focused too much on my Halloween display instead of Christmas *again!*. Just seems I enjoy doing Halloween more than Christmas, even though I love both equally, just seems I *always* get caught up in Halloween and my Christmas display suffers. LOL Next year I'm going to try and force myself to NOT add or work on any Halloween sequences/music and try and get Christmas much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75redman Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Got mine for $13.50 a few years back on sale, Picked up 9 of them, Gave 7 away to neighbors who hung lights thinking they would like them. Shipped one to family overseas, and keeping one as a memory of what has been....Now you can imagine the annoyance on our street when you were taking an evening stroll...However It got you in the spirit, and during the season, it brought the street together LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilM0nkey Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 you may laugh at a 6-channel Mr. Christmas product now, but it is only a matter of time before someone truly commercializes a 16 or 32 channel (possibly expandable) product that can be sold at the big box stores. It obviously would never compete with a 128 LOR system, but it would be simple to set up with pre-loaded sequences. I agree that this system is good as it gets people hooked on the idea that they could do more with their lights than just plug them in at the beginning of every night.That sounds like a good idea for an enterprising LOR user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asetti Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Lol....I tried to get that at one of the stores do do a basic display last year....no one here sold it. So I just set up the static display and started looking around. 4 LOR controllers and $500 in after sale lights at home depot later....here I am.64 channels8 small tressone mini/mega treestar and 8 channel star trail (my favorite)2 leaping archesLots and lots of other lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWood Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Wonder how long it will be before we'll be saying, hey does anyone remember these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arteom Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) [...] but it is only a matter of time before someone truly commercializes a 16 or 32 channel (possibly expandable) product that can be sold at the big box stores. [...]Light bulb, lets go, we'll be rich, We will even make the controller possible to hookup to a PC via USB and we will sell sequences for even more profit. I've got a patent attorney, software engineer & a design consultant on the line right now... We need $600,000 In start up costs & projected break even point is 9 months with estimated $3,800,000 in profits by the end of 2014. Who's in? Edited November 9, 2012 by Arteom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Push Eject Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 It's like asking a brewer if they cringe when they see a Mr. Beer kit. My answer is "No. It gets someone into the joy of creating something great!" Not the best quality, sure. Still, worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hall Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 That reminds me. Time to start on my lager batch since it's cooler in the house now. Yes, it's a Mr. Beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefrus Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) Here is a video of my display in 2008,2009 and 2010 with Mr. Christmas before I went to Light O Rama in 2011. Edited November 10, 2012 by Reefrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundra52 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I have 2 Mr. Beer's. Gets me drunk just like the big guys stuff! Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Push Eject Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I have 2 Mr. Beer's. Gets me drunk just like the big guys stuff! Lol!When you're ready to get a bit more experimental join us over at The Brewing Network (http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com)Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanYouHearUmNow Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Started using Mr. Christmas in 2007, Costco version all 6 channels, modified for outdoor speaker. Neighbors though it was great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adIXXbpmzPwLOR for 2012, some one has to light up the neighborhood....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james campbell Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I still use my gemmy,,,,,,but just as a 6 output junction box for some static parts of my display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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