We're all about creating dynamic shows by mixing lights, music and
electrical control of almost anything and everything. Our customers
are very proud of their displays and have sent us videos. Watch them and get some great ideas!
Click any image to watch their submitted video.
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Ryan Lissner
Salisbury East, South Australia Australia. In 2008 I
contacted an indie band with a difference after seeing their Wizards
In Winter contest video (check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InqsateEyXo&feature=related),
and since then have been using a special Christmas rock song called
"Suite Christmas Rush". To my knowledge I am still the only display
in the world using this song even though it was composed with blinky
flashy Christmas lights in mind. I am a student with a student
budget and have been long before I began decorating - but I think I
pull off an alright display by Australian standards :-) http://www.ryanschristmaslights.com
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Grant Willis
Highbury, South Australia Australia. My display
has ~20000 lights and 147 channels. 32 channels are 240VAC while the
remainder are DC at a mixture of 24 and 36V. It is mostly hand built,
with the decorations being fashioned from various sources - mostly
garden nurseries. Rose and Tomato arbor growing frames worked really
well to "grow" lights on. The presents are all hand built as well,
lit using car reversing and brake light bulbs. In full flight the
system draws about 4kW of power and runs for about 3 hours a night
(due to it being summer it doesn't get dark until 8.30-9.00pm). There
are today 9 sequences running for about 40 minutes in total.
This is my 3rd year with Light-O-Rama - next year - CCR's I think will be the
order of the day as we strive to bring yet more colour to the
display! http://christmas.darkeyrie.net/
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David Usher Kingaroy, Queensland
Australia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qkKHGSzJ1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tz6EWZGJvc
As our display is on such large land i have posted 2 utube videos. 1
is of the toy factory run by 14 channels in stand alone mode and the
other is our house controlled by 7x dc modules and 2x 240v module.
On out garage door we have video clips or slideshows for each
sequenced song.
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Geoff Harvey
Brisbane, Queensland Australia. My display
consists of about 80,000 lights running from about 360 Light-O-Rama channels
(10 AC boards + 19 DC boards)+ 6 CCRs which are connected end to end
in pairs with all 3 pairs running from the same address. I first
became interested in Christmas lights about 7 years ago (to impress
our young (then toddlers) grandchildren). I then found lights could
be computer controlled. Having always had an interest and
involvement with computers during my working life, this prospect
fascinated me. I bought my first Light-O-Rama boards about 6 years ago and
experimented. This year 2010 was the first year in which I have
achieved lights & music synchronization. While this had always been
my goal, I had a mental block in previous years. While I had
previously produced some nice animation shows with background music,
the synchronization had always eluded me for lack of knowing how,
time etc... My display is comprised of components which are mostly
Australian local components and the entire display has to be capable
of erection by one person - myself. I have adapted features from the
internet to suit my location - eg megatree, arches, minitrees,
firework stars, etc. This year I am very happy with the light
display and the performance of LOR, and in having achieved my goal
of synchronization. Even with the very wet and trying conditions we
have experienced this year, we have been getting good crowds and
have collected over $700 for charity in this, our first year of
accepting charity donations.
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Jason Trebilcock Perth, Western Australia
Australia. My first
year with Light-O-Rama, always wanted to "test" out the waters,
never had the time or money... Without having a house to display on
this year I noticed that the year before my wife's mum's street was
very quiet. As we were in an apartment I decided to shake the mother
in laws street up a bit, so out came the lights from storage...
After a few weeks of setting up my (new) wife suddenly realized what
I had been talking about - this Christmas light thing was no small
matter!!!! On talking a bit more, and showing her the Light-O-Rama website,
my Christmas present - a 16 channel controller was on order. I new
exactly what I wanted to do, but didn't want to use the old
incandescent lights I had, so purchased new LED's, and checked the
UPS web site every day hoping... Well it arrived in time, and setup
was easy thanks to the Light-O-Rama team and the great site and following.
As my first attempt (approx. 8000 lights including static display), I
thought it looked great, and it did "shake" up the street. From 1 to
2 to 5 to 10 people a night, it grew as it does... Thanks LOR,
next year I will start earlier :):)
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Zana Thiele
LYNDOCH, SA
Australia. This is
our second year of using the Light-O-Rama controllers...we have 80 channels
this year and plans to double it for next year.
The small red trees and the part of the mega tree are on
because of blown triacs....we have very gratefully received new ones
to fix it before next year....This year we had a lot of storms and
rain, so I think this really tested the system.We
have many people come and visit our house-often more than once over
the Christmas season-we are THAT house in our local area and we love
it! The computer contolled
section is only a part of our overall display- we have an acre and a
half block-so our front yard is very large.
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Paul Toole
wells, somerset United Kingdom. This
year i've added more lights and controller. I currently have around
40,000. We held the switch on, where over 500 people joined us
for free mince pie's and wine. Santa also came and gave out free
gifts to the kids. Judy Pancoast flew over and sung a mini
concert. The Display features, Mega tree, Mega Star, Leaping
Arches, Mini Tree's, Polar Bear, Penguins, A homemade waterfall and
pond for the penguins to swim in. A Huge 20ft Firework Light & 10ft
Ferris Wheel. I'm also using ALL 240v Lights, i found a great
suplier and they work great with LOR. I'm also using Santa's
Symphonies from the window, this was a great addition to thsi years
show, people were amazed that he was actually conducting the music.
Something they have never seen here in the UK before. A Happy Crowd
= A Happy Decorator. We have raised over £2,000 ($3,000) for
the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK this holiday season. Its made
the national news & newspaper, I've had a blast this year, and just
cannot wait to plan this years display. I kinda get all sad now
until i start once again in May.
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Jamie Taylor Warwick, Queensland
Australia. 2nd year
of synchronized lighting. 120+ Light-O-Rama channels and over 30 000 lights.
We enjoy bringing joy to the community at Christmas time and sharing
the real meaning of Christmas, the birth of Jesus.
http://christmasonbisley.com
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Chris Thedorou
Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Our 2010
display grew to 64 channels this year from 32, our h'light is a 6
1/2 metre mega tree. This year we added a falling snowflake and 3
leaping arches which were very effective. What a great way to meet
your neighbours (funny enough the complained that the music was
never loud enough, good problem to have). can not wait for the 2011
season. http://www.melbournechristmas.webs.com
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Todd Coggins Springfield, Queensland
Australia. Christmas
2010 using 240 channels of Light-O-Rama and 45000 + lights
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