[MRG] Best Christmas decorations!

[Irb]

http://www.cyclingcentralva.org/movies/WizardsofWinter-SM.wmv

now that's cool stuff

[SquealADeal]

no way! that was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

[pt78dragon]

lol

imagine how the neighbour must feel like...waking up to flashing lights and loud music in the middle of the night :D

[nfnx]

oh my god. how is that even possible?? WOW!

[Oni-kun]

Maybe its photoshopped frame by frame into the video.

[SquealADeal]

There are some people who really go all out with their Christmas lights. I lived in Newmarket and a ton of people would sign up for that Noma challenge for the best house back when they had that.

The reflections off the lights on the windows illuminates the top part and the gutters... If it is a frame-by-frame photoshop, which I don't think it is, its a pretty darn good one, so either way this is one of the coolest video's I've seen in a while

[Arrow]

Man, I wonder how long he spent on making that display.

[rc51]

I was thinking that it might be some kind of 'video editing' going on...that's pretty fast switching control, (unless its normal video sped up). And I'm wondering how they managed to hang the lights where there are 2 different colors on the same plane..unless tri-color LEDs were being used.

[Yaowsers]

I showed this to my friend and he says that a setup like this isn't that difficult. The timing of the lights is all software driven.

[rayesyn]

that was just SICCCCKKK :arrowu:

[bfg_16]

whoa that's awesome....
nice fine OP
defintely entertaining

[nexus-6]

that looks good with the music especially. but, i think..its a good design to be in a club or something.

[Jump]

I think there's two ways he could have done it. I don't know what exactly they're called but there's a lightswitch board you can hook up to a computer or laptop which controls lights. You can sometimes do it with a keyboard/synth to manually sync it up to music.

And the second way which is probably the way he did it -- film his lights in various sequences and edit the film together with FinalCut or Adobe Premiere to synch up with the music. Both ways are very time consuming though so in any case he deserves a pat on the back.

[Kasakato]

500 error

[700mb80min]

yep , bandwidth exceeeeeeded ! ;)

[SquealADeal]

I bet RFD is near the top of the Worlds Deadliest Bandwidth Killer lists

[bfg_16]

where else can we find this???
i want to send it out to a couple of ppl....
really cool display

[Chance]

Here is another link that might work:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/bet128/WizardsofWinter-SM.wmv

[bfg_16]

Here is another link that might work:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/bet128/WizardsofWinter-SM.wmv

thanks!!

[xIcewind]

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

Just make sure that you're not prone to seizure or epilepsy[sp] before watching.

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

Wow thats cool, it has eyes, and it changes so many colours...

[hyperion]

Wow thats overkill Christmas decorations :D

The last 30 seconds are a real tour de force..

[MizTEcK]

pure awesomeness :)

[LegiT]

Repost...a couple days back...still wicked nonetheless

[impronto]

that f'in awesome, where is that

yay 400 posts :)

[bfg_16]

yes a repost....but still pretty kewl to watch!!

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220124

[dell]

Very cool. I wonder what his energy bills must be like.

[that_staples_guy]

That is just so freakin' awesome!

[rayesyn]

this is a repost.

[B0000rt]

Cool, but I don't fancy the Nuclear Disarmament Symbol.

Imagine of those bulbs happened to be wired in parallel? :D

[DJ_Peanuts22]

spectacular!

[pandaharo]

Awesome. :lol:

The sound system must be superb since it sounds so good even through I presume a digicam. I'd like to see this live. :)

[CSR]

Awesome!

[DJ_Peanuts22]

encore, gotta watch it again for the end effect haha

[CSR]

How do you sleep at night?

[mistacal]

coolest video in RFD BY FAR!!!!

[mikey8]

lol

[gei]

this is a repost.

really rayesyn? thanks... because I didn't notice the first two people who said that... glad you said it a third time to clarify.... god only knows what might have happened if i had continued to read this post, not knowing it was a repost... i mean.. my computer may have blown up... its a good thing you alerted us

anyhoo, that is totally awesome.. wonder how long it took.

[sun]

Imagine of those bulbs happened to be wired in parallel? :D
i think you mean series.

i would go insane if i lived across the street...but since i don't, that looks really cool

[Evil Techie]

wow thats amazing
im guessing this family does stage lights or something for a living

[thendless]

This is great!

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

Hope it isnt a repost!

[Hellfire]

Who the hell has time to do that?

Pretty sweet though, cept more colors would have been nice, and at least a few seconds where all the lights were on so you could get a good sense of how suped up his house is...

[MizTEcK]

repost galore

[TheRaySta]

What is that I hear??? It's the repost police coming to arrest you!

[aquariaguy]

Not a repost to me! Nice post! That's aweomse.

[SwiZz]

i've seen this beofre...

how do u do things like that? hook it up to a computer or something? or program some kinda circuit?

[JimG]

I'd hate to be that guy's neighbour.

[yuprules]

You know Christmas lights are over kill when (turn up the sound!):
http://www.StupidVideos.com/?VideoID=1344

[Yaowsers]

Without clicking something tells me that this has been posted before.

[Kasakato]

Reeeeee post

[Ziggy007]

I will take a picture of my neighbours setup when he has it done in a couple of weeks. The guy is a retired electrician so he has all day to wire this stuff. By the time he is done my room is lit up like Kramer's with a Kenny Rogers Roasters next door. All I can see is non stop red and green lights being beamed right through my window.

Of course he does light setups year round too, for every event. He has Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, and Halloween, all differently and new each year.

[yuprules]

I will take a picture of my neighbours setup when he has it done in a couple of weeks. The guy is a retired electrician so he has all day to wire this stuff. By the time he is done my room is lit up like Kramer's with a Kenny Rogers Roasters next door. All I can see is non stop red and green lights being beamed right through my window.

Of course he does light setups year round too, for every event. He has Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, and Halloween, all differently and new each year.

This is when you call the city and get him a nice fine :)

[Ziggy007]

This is when you call the city and get him a nice fine :)

The township loves the guy, he is well known by them. Everyone takes their kids there on Halloween because of his setups, and he has won the township contest for most beautiful garden or some junk like three years in a row. Doubtful they would do anything, but I will snap some photos on Friday night and upload them here. It is almost funny aside from the brightness of it all.

[yuprules]

Just as long as you don't mind the lights, then more POWER to him (ha ha, oh that was bad :) ).

[rayesyn]

LOL...........you read my mind.

Without clicking something tells me that this has been posted before.

[MooseTits]

That... was hillarious! I nearly fell out of my chair when that peace sign popped up.

[Audiogenic]

The city of Toronto spends over 70,000 annually of tax payers money for Xmas lights that only cover the downtown core.

[gei]

The city of Toronto spends over 70,000 annually of tax payers money for Xmas lights that only cover the downtown core.

Is this a complaint? Or do you think its a good thing.

Personally I think it's a good thing.

[yuprules]

That... was hillarious! I nearly fell out of my chair when that peace sign popped up.

I know...it's a crazy house! I wonder if this person tries to top him/herself every year?

[UncleSteve]

There's a guy here in Burlington (Spruce Ave., for any locals) who continues to grow his display every year. He works for an electrical contracting firm, so the firm actually sends out a couple of workers to help him set it up, and I think he even takes a couple of weeks vacation to build it.

[B0000rt]

That... was hillarious! I nearly fell out of my chair when that peace sign popped up.
But really it's the Nuclear Disarmament sign.

[fozzey]

That was a cool video, thanks.

[Rogue_77]

There's a guy here in Burlington (Spruce Ave., for any locals) who continues to grow his display every year. He works for an electrical contracting firm, so the firm actually sends out a couple of workers to help him set it up, and I think he even takes a couple of weeks vacation to build it.

where abouts is that? I work in Burlington but not familiar with the area outside the main roads

[UrbanPoet]

Just as long as you don't mind the lights, then more POWER to him (ha ha, oh that was bad :) ).

HAHA! you comedian.

[jerryhung]

cool video indeed, sure overkill

[crabby1997]

hahahah, i wonder if they actually play that music outside their house to match the lights, hehehe but to be honest, if i live right in front of this house and it freaking flashes every night like this, i would eventually throw rocks at them..

[UncleSteve]

where abouts is that? I work in Burlington but not familiar with the area outside the main roads

Spruce runs east/west, about half-way between Lakeshore and New Street. I can't remember the exact location of the guy's house, but it is definitely west of Appleby and east of Guelph Line. I just can't remember whether it is east or west of Walker's Line.

[yuprules]

hahahah, i wonder if they actually play that music outside their house to match the lights, hehehe but to be honest, if i live right in front of this house and it freaking flashes every night like this, i would eventually throw rocks at them..

I'd just set the darn front tree on fire if the music was blasting all night with those flashing lights!

[Rogue_77]

Spruce runs east/west, about half-way between Lakeshore and New Street. I can't remember the exact location of the guy's house, but it is definitely west of Appleby and east of Guelph Line. I just can't remember whether it is east or west of Walker's Line.

Cool. Thanks, will have to check it out

[mlc2000]

What a joy it must be to live on the same street as these nutjobs.

I drove past that guy in Burlington a few years ago.
People couldn't get out of their driveways, there was so much traffic.

You know what overkills Christmas lights?

When its November and people have their lights on already.
Sorry, but thats just sad.

[plisk3n]

Old but funny. The house should have exploded at the end. That would have been hilarious/

[Ziggy007]

What a joy it must be to live on the same street as these nutjobs.

I drove past that guy in Burlington a few years ago.
People couldn't get out of their driveways, there was so much traffic.

You know what overkills Christmas lights?

When its November and people have their lights on already.
Sorry, but thats just sad.

My neighbour starts to put up his lights as soon as the one event passes, so as soon as Halloween went by he started to throw up his Christmas lights, they have been running for a few weeks now, so far this year his house has been suprisingly basic for lighting though. I suspect he has some sort of major lighting planned at some point soon....

[UncleSteve]

I drove by the place on Spruce a few years back, and yes, the traffic there is a nightmare.

As for the original video, it turns out to be true. Our good friends at snopes.com have got the info.:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp

The music is broadcast over a low-power radio frequency.

[Rehan]

i've seen this beofre...

how do u do things like that? hook it up to a computer or something? or program some kinda circuit?Get the full details at http://www.wonderlandchristmas.com/wizardsofwinter.php

[yuprules]

I drove by the place on Spruce a few years back, and yes, the traffic there is a nightmare.

As for the original video, it turns out to be true. Our good friends at snopes.com have got the info.:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp

The music is broadcast over a low-power radio frequency.

Thanks for the update!

Oooh..there is a SECOND VIDEO with Jingle Bells! (links in article don't work sometimes)!
http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1636842/

[HughG]

this really was a cool video, lol

too much time ini your hands and the stuff you can think of.

..

now back to inventing that car seat toilet.

[SquealADeal]

This guy's house was just featured on Global News... The owner is a computer engineer from Ohio... He uses 25,000 lights, it costs him $150 per month to run, and he broadcasts the synchronized music by radio, so as you are diving by you can tune in and take a look.

[Rehan]

Torontonians can go see a similar display locally:
http://www.lindsaylights.com/