Dude you are great for going through all that effort. Shows a lot about your character and dedication to work at such a great hobby that lifts a lot of spirits. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I know your kids love it! Keep up the good work and have a great New Year!!!
Small houses dress up very well and you don't need nearly as many lights for the same effect. The hampster dance song was inspired by head family on a much smaller display.
For the high stuff, try renting an articulated boom lift from Home Depot or a heavy equipment rental company. That's what I did last year, for $200 it saves A TON of time (and no need for scary ladders)!
Nice job John! The city I live in does the same thing downtown, except they have about 50 controllers! I help every year and it takes us about 2 months to get everything up. Plus programming time! The electric bill for something like this is actually less than normal since you don't have all of the lights on all at the same time!
OMG 1st off I LOVE ALL ur displays I just recently discovered them here on CZcams just this year but they are AWESOME I LOVE to watch them. I love that you have an ACER laptop as well they are awesome we have 2 acers personally =) What you do with the lights is just fantastic if we are ever in the area which i doubt we ever will be I would sooo go buy and watch them in person my daughter would love them as well yall are amazing and gained a new subscriber today as well Happy Holidays =)
Wow! Very impressive! More work than I thought which makes me appreciate people like you who do these shows. Merry Christmas from the great wite north!
Dude, you're a genius ! My family and I enjoy your lights display greatly ! Thanks a lot for sharing them with us, here on youtube. Merry Christmas to you and your family !!!
Wow... can't wait to get started on my own light show !! You lost me about 1 minute in. :) Thanks, this is amazing... loved your Psy video. You could probably make a ton of money doing this on the side.... of course it looks like you'd need to start in January for the next season. Keep on rockin, this is really cool.
Thank you for such a thorough overview. I was curious as to how many parts there were to this type display and you have been the only one I found to share it. Impressive as to parts and effort. Happy New Year!
So each snowflake, tree, etc is on a separate channel? No wonder all the extensions! How many miles of cords to you have, do you know! Very useful video, always been into Christmas lights but haven't done anything animated yet. Once I'm a bit older I'll be thinking about it. Great video, and Merry Christmas!
If you don't do LED's you will need to watch your power bill and make sure you don't overload any one circuit or any one extension cord and cause a fire.
Out of all these videos, yours actually helped me get my dumb RGB controller up and running. I couldn't figure out why when I turned up channel 1, both controllers responded! I've only had 1 controller for 10 years, so after actually adding 1 RGB, I found you have to change the Unit ID to "2" ... duh, I felt dumb.
WOW! How long does it take you to set this up and how much does this cost? Very impressive. Thanks for sharing your 'How to' video. I was hopeful when it started that I might be able to do this but lost all hope after 30 seconds! LOL.
Man, great job and a lot of work! What do you do for a living, so you have time to do such a thing :) ? Btw are you EE or CE? Regular person wouldn't be able to connect that...
couple of redstone repeaters sprinkled in there too. By the way I have a huge tree with an ice-skating rink on the LavaCraft server. /plot home johnstorms
I don't even know what to do with the cables in my room and those cables are just like the lamp, charger, PC,.. so imagine me with all your cables. OMG.
Not to be mean or any thing since I think what you did was super cool but next time you make a video like this one try not to pick such a windy day or do something so your cam don't pick it up cause its hard to hear you with the wind!
What kind of board do you get that control the power on/off? I am planning to get Falcon board but it only control signals to Pixels lights but not controlling my dumb lights only one color per strip. Your video shows control power but not signal.
I really think you guys do an awesome job, but I don't know how you could even upload an instructional video with all that wind noise. Not trying to be negative, but it's really hard to understand you in certain parts. I wish you could get a video up without so much background noise. Other than that I think what you guys do is amazing.
I love the walk through but in the end its is a work work work out and wish to see all this long work in action... OMG you must have started in like september or so to get all this done and no to a simple person doing a Mr chrismas 20 song its not for the light harded... I would have to start in like june to get mine up and don and the cost of this is around what 10k?
You don't pay much for electricity due to his LED lighting but the light o rama controllers can get a little pricey. It may seem a bit overwhelming at first when you are trying to set up these light systems, he hires a crew to come set up the high stuff while total setup takes about two weekends.. The programming doesn't take that long either for an experienced light o rama programmer (or once you get used to it). It is something that he loves to do and is his passion, the same way with me.
I have never seen so many extension cords and wires in one small location in my life! How is all this not a fire hazard! In addition, that is a LOT of money spent on lights, boxes, storage and electricity...you could probably feed a couple of hungry families for a year on what you have spent on this. Christmas isnt about who has the best lights on their house. Im not normally one to post negative crap on someones page, but seriously, the time and money spent on xmas lights...wow.
Unbelievable!! I wouldn't have the patience to do this but I take my hat off to this guy. Bloody magnificent!!
Alot of time and effort put into making people smile!! Way to go!!
Dude you are great for going through all that effort. Shows a lot about your character and dedication to work at such a great hobby that lifts a lot of spirits. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I know your kids love it! Keep up the good work and have a great New Year!!!
Small houses dress up very well and you don't need nearly as many lights for the same effect. The hampster dance song was inspired by head family on a much smaller display.
Thanks for the tour and sharing your know-how. Merry Christmas!
For the high stuff, try renting an articulated boom lift from Home Depot or a heavy equipment rental company. That's what I did last year, for $200 it saves A TON of time (and no need for scary ladders)!
I hold you in a whole new respect man.....just Wow!
Wow, you are very ambitious, to create your show and you are totally organized. Fantastic!!
Wow! awesome light show! Thanks!
Nice job John! The city I live in does the same thing downtown, except they have about 50 controllers! I help every year and it takes us about 2 months to get everything up. Plus programming time! The electric bill for something like this is actually less than normal since you don't have all of the lights on all at the same time!
Holy crap, that's A LOT of work!!!
Great Job ! , I never realized all that goes into constructing these, especially all the cable.
Thank You for sharing !!!
OMG 1st off I LOVE ALL ur displays I just recently discovered them here on CZcams just this year but they are AWESOME I LOVE to watch them. I love that you have an ACER laptop as well they are awesome we have 2 acers personally =) What you do with the lights is just fantastic if we are ever in the area which i doubt we ever will be I would sooo go buy and watch them in person my daughter would love them as well yall are amazing and gained a new subscriber today as well Happy Holidays =)
Wow! Very impressive! More work than I thought which makes me appreciate people like you who do these shows. Merry Christmas from the great wite north!
Dude, you're a genius ! My family and I enjoy your lights display greatly ! Thanks a lot for sharing them with us, here on youtube. Merry Christmas to you and your family !!!
Wow... can't wait to get started on my own light show !! You lost me about 1 minute in. :) Thanks, this is amazing... loved your Psy video. You could probably make a ton of money doing this on the side.... of course it looks like you'd need to start in January for the next season. Keep on rockin, this is really cool.
Love it. i won't be able to do it this year, but next year for sure...
Wow cool dude, you inspire me to do something similar. great work.
Good question, the lights cannot be controlled real-time. You can have triggers that will kick off a sequence, but that is it...for now.
Not as much as you might think. Setup was about 2 weekends. Had some help from a crew for the real high up stuff.
Thank you for such a thorough overview. I was curious as to how many parts there were to this type display and you have been the only one I found to share it. Impressive as to parts and effort. Happy New Year!
that must be so much fun to take down:)
Good job!!! i love it!!
This is very complicated. Everybody does not get it! We do not succeed! Very nice!
I was thinking about doing this until I saw this video, I much rather drive to your house and watch yours.
So each snowflake, tree, etc is on a separate channel? No wonder all the extensions! How many miles of cords to you have, do you know! Very useful video, always been into Christmas lights but haven't done anything animated yet. Once I'm a bit older I'll be thinking about it. Great video, and Merry Christmas!
Lightorama d o t com sells a starter package for just over $300. You then add lights and extension cords. FM Transmitter is more.
You have every snowflake on a different channel? How would you hide all those extension cables going up the front of the house? Looks great.
Light o rama is great, this will be my 5th year using it
If you don't do LED's you will need to watch your power bill and make sure you don't overload any one circuit or any one extension cord and cause a fire.
Out of all these videos, yours actually helped me get my dumb RGB controller up and running. I couldn't figure out why when I turned up channel 1, both controllers responded! I've only had 1 controller for 10 years, so after actually adding 1 RGB, I found you have to change the Unit ID to "2" ... duh, I felt dumb.
WOW! How long does it take you to set this up and how much does this cost? Very impressive. Thanks for sharing your 'How to' video. I was hopeful when it started that I might be able to do this but lost all hope after 30 seconds! LOL.
I can see the tombstone in the back round:)
your wife must love this
Nice job! You are a genius for sure! I put up a wreath on the front door this year! No video yet! LOL! How much did this cost you ??
wow its really beautiful
Its awsome ,, your work and money you make pays off especially if you got a good job.. but I feel its alot of work .. if I got the money id hire ..
Man, great job and a lot of work! What do you do for a living, so you have time to do such a thing :) ?
Btw are you EE or CE? Regular person wouldn't be able to connect that...
THE WIND! >
couple of redstone repeaters sprinkled in there too. By the way I have a huge tree with an ice-skating rink on the LavaCraft server. /plot home johnstorms
Minecraft is the best game in the world!
this is seriously impressive!
I've been building it up a little bit each year. Haven't been keeping track too closely :)
You did great jobs
Because I pull less than 15 Amps for the entire display. Everything easily fits into the power budget of a single circuit.
Thanks for noticing.
I don't even know what to do with the cables in my room and those cables are just like the lamp, charger, PC,.. so imagine me with all your cables. OMG.
That would be great.
Where can I find the long yellow cords and that blue you have coming out of the controllers to the computer
All that wiring .... spaghetti junction :O
jjejeje quedo emeñado comprando los metros de cable, y no me imagino el recibo de energia :D EXCELENTE CASA, ME GUSTO MUCHISIMO
Looks real good man, I was curious do you also do a display for halloween?
Funny, but I was more impressed with how organized your garage is. Must be an engineer thing ...
I'd love to do this one day. I'm just worried about my electric bill going through the roof! lol!
Do you know how much you spend in all that? :O thinking of doing that to my house.
I love your snowflakes. Have you found any new ones this year?
Must have taken a lot of time to setup.
wow ur so great can u do that to our house but its small
Nice Project Dude, but how much you got on the electric bill? O_O.
Not to be mean or any thing since I think what you did was super cool but next time you make a video like this one try not to pick such a windy day or do something so your cam don't pick it up cause its hard to hear you with the wind!
What kind of board do you get that control the power on/off? I am planning to get Falcon board but it only control signals to Pixels lights but not controlling my dumb lights only one color per strip. Your video shows control power but not signal.
The wind... >.
I like it nice ditails how can we get in contact see if u can help me get preparing for next year please. Nice shows merry christmas!
how much to do this love it so much
And how are you going to take it down after christmas
Bridgit Mendler sent me here :)
Stay in touch, love to see how it turns out.
Flabbergasted!
dude i couldnt hear a single thing you said because of the wind
Please Respond to this comment, How did you get bridget mendler to upload the video?
how much was it in all??????
you don't set this up every year do you?
This is very complicated. Do you consume a lot? Is there a lot of electricity bill?
Yes, I do this every year.
how much was the rent after that? o__O?
HOLY MOTHER of CONTROLLERS O_O
That's a lot of drop cords... Wish I had money and time to do something like this
you need a wind block for your mic
DID he soundcheck this at all
How much would a setup like this cost to build? Thx
cleaning up all those cords has to be the most time consuming thing ever
Setting it up is a chore lol I heard some people start in October setting up
Okay, but we'll be keeping an eye on you ;)
Done!
real life redstone
I know that wind did terrible things.
Love the video ? But why not show the light show at night..!!!!!
Bridget who? :)
wow
I really think you guys do an awesome job, but I don't know how you could even upload an instructional video with all that wind noise. Not trying to be negative, but it's really hard to understand you in certain parts. I wish you could get a video up without so much background noise. Other than that I think what you guys do is amazing.
I love the walk through but in the end its is a work work work out and wish to see all this long work in action... OMG you must have started in like september or so to get all this done and no to a simple person doing a Mr chrismas 20 song its not for the light harded... I would have to start in like june to get mine up and don and the cost of this is around what 10k?
You don't pay much for electricity due to his LED lighting but the light o rama controllers can get a little pricey. It may seem a bit overwhelming at first when you are trying to set up these light systems, he hires a crew to come set up the high stuff while total setup takes about two weekends.. The programming doesn't take that long either for an experienced light o rama programmer (or once you get used to it). It is something that he loves to do and is his passion, the same way with me.
Does anybody know where this guy lives
Cedar Park, a northwest Austin suburb.
All that effort for the lights, but you can't get the mic to record your voice properly!!
Nice, but there is no way this conforms to code. He better hope the fire marshal doesn't show up at his house......
His Electric Bill must be Insanely Huge
No it's Really not because he's has LED lights
Man..ever time you something i wanna hear the wind comes.. :(
Bridget Mendler To upload Ready Or Not Song
LOL thats so simple..NOT But great work.
I have never seen so many extension cords and wires in one small location in my life! How is all this not a fire hazard! In addition, that is a LOT of money spent on lights, boxes, storage and electricity...you could probably feed a couple of hungry families for a year on what you have spent on this. Christmas isnt about who has the best lights on their house. Im not normally one to post negative crap on someones page, but seriously, the time and money spent on xmas lights...wow.
I know I sound like an a-hole, and I'm sorry. his lights are beautiful. Merry Christmas.
$1000 LIGHT BILL I KNOW CAUSE MY FAMILY DO IT TO BUT THIS YEAR GANGNAM STLYE
Anyone else think he has way to many cords?
WOW someone is scared of the dark lol