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Trippy, huh? http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM

that was cool! that would be neat to see in person.

Awesome !

it was very cool, however i suspect it was made using still shots.

Cool editing...I agree with drunken...sounds like http://www.komar.org and the Internet Christmas Lights hoax.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »it was very cool, however i suspect it was made using still shots. who cares how it was made (nothing like shattering the illusion)

drunkenvibe: pissing on your parade, one post at a time.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »it was very cool, however i suspect it was made using still shots. I would have to agree with the drunken one. And continue to (removed) on the proverbial parade.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »it was very cool, however i suspect it was made using still shots. I have to disagree with Zuben and Drunken. You can see the the lights getting brighter and dimmer as they come on and off- especially the little Christmans trees in the yard. In particular, at the end, the trees light in a "rotating" pattern - you can see the glow fade as they turn off. You wouldn't with stills.I think it's genuine.

whether it's fake or not, it's awesome and took some serious effort.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »drunkenvibe: pissing on your parade, one post at a time. lol from a yellow cat.

Don't care how it was made. There is a smile on my face now. Great editing to a great song.

Definitely not stills. If you watch about 1.4 way through when the small trees are going back-and-forth from left to right, you can see certain trees on bith sides, but especially the left, turn off slightly slower than the others and leave "ghost" images.A little 'net research shows it was created by some guy named Carson Williams using 88 X10 Light-O-Rama controller channels. Info link:http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.aspSnopes is still undetermined. DD may have a point about being vid clips sequenced.

watch the grass.

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »watch the grass. looked like it was kind of flickering to me, however at the point i noticed that, i had decided to let it go and just enjoy the coolness. we may never know the truth!

Whether is real or fake, it's really creative! Would be really cool if they could be synchronized with other songs. I wonder how much that person's electric bill is going to end up at!

Cool CP, thanks for posting. That reminds me gotta get them lights out of the attic soon.

Quote, originally posted by Jaycie685 »Would be really cool if they could be synchronized with other songs.The site I posted previously has a link to another song - Jingle Bells - choreographed with the same house lights.For your convenience & enjoyment (and real or not)http://www.bartontech.com/funstuff/jingle.wmv(PS - I bet grass looks like it's moving due to all the changing lights moving the shadows in the grass)

Quote, originally posted by GMJAP »(PS - I bet grass looks like it's moving due to all the changing lights moving the shadows in the grass)That combined with compression artifacts.No matter what though, it's pretty cool. I would hate to be the guy's neighbor though. Can you imagine having all that blinking on and off constantly? Yikes!

A quick at snopes.com shows that they've changed their status to "TRUE". Great links to some background info.I'm glad I was wrong...that's amazing stuff. Hope the guy gets a job that pays him well to do this stuff..

that would be fun to anoy the neighbors with!!Kewl Stuff!!!

here is an article all about it. i retract my statement.http://news.enquirer.com/apps/...50331

Yep, it's all real...and the Colonel and I are going to see it in person at some point because it's not far from here.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »here is an article all about it. i retract my statement.Wow that may never happen again...witnessing history folks.You're lucky Kari I bet it looks so much better in person. But I must say that man might have too much time on his hands...oh well it's a good way to spend it I suppose.

Quote, originally posted by drunkengirlfriend »Wow that may never happen again...witnessing history folks.>

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »>Yep just wrapping your Christmas gift, a large bottle of Jergens. Guess I'll have to give it to you early huh?

Quote, originally posted by drunkengirlfriend »Yep just wrapping your Christmas gift, a large bottle of Jergens. Guess I'll have to give it to you early huh?Eww... Anyway, I can't wait to check this out in real life.

Well this sucks Guess we won't be going to see this light show in person, because the national attention has brought so much traffic to the neighborhood that there have been accidents and no one can get out of their driveways. So the show has been shut down indefinitely. I did get to see a much better video that was recorded by the newscrew though, and damn, it looks like it would have been awesome in person. That little compressed video didn't even begin to do it as much justice as what was on the news, and even that is still just video. Nothing ever compares to seeing something live. But I guess now no one will get to see it live.

I received a link to this about a week ago in an e-mail from my best friend and watched it more than once then, and then just now, I still couldn't keep from watching every last second of it again. It is AWESOME and that sucks that it has been shut down, so where was/is it located anyway?

It was in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.

wow, that's actually not too far away

That is awesome! Really is too bad it got shut down. So, they can really force him to turn off his Christmas lights just because they attracted too much attention? In some ways that seems to be taking away his rights.

No one forced him to do it; it was his own decision. He's broadcasting a message on the radio frequency he was using to broadcast the music that due to the traffic inconveniencing his neighbors the show has been shut down until further notice. I'm hoping he'll turn it back on after the hoopla dies down and we'll still get to see it.

This was on Inside Edition today by the way

The light show in general or the fact that he shut it down?

I actually missed it, I was hoping you could view it on their website, but I couldn't see anything except that it was supposed to be on today's show. so I don't know what they covered, my father in law said that the guy who did it was like a computer software engineer or something like that, some kind of computer savvy person

He's an electrical engineer...but even given that it's still a really impressive feat to get all of that synchronized like that.

an electrical engineer ok, well no matter what that is the most AWESOME thing I have ever saw!!!! I can't wait till Saturday, we're taking the Vibe on our first road trip, well actually he has driven it to Columbus the day we picked it up, to pick up his brother from the airport, but this will be the first Family trip. We are going to go see the Christmas Lights in Oglebay Park in Wheeling, I haven't been up there for 5 years so I can't wait, they have a great lights display.

here is another synchronized light/song from his house, but I don't think it is nearly as nice as the other one http://www.msftlabrat.com/funstuff/jingle.wmv

Quote, originally posted by Toolman »an electrical engineer ok, well no matter what that is the most AWESOME thing I have ever saw!!!! I can't wait till Saturday, we're taking the Vibe on our first road trip, well actually he has driven it to Columbus the day we picked it up, to pick up his brother from the airport, but this will be the first Family trip. We are going to go see the Christmas Lights in Oglebay Park in Wheeling, I haven't been up there for 5 years so I can't wait, they have a great lights display.that was actually supposed to be my post, I forgot to log out toolman & log myself in on the forum, ha ha ha

that house at the beginnig of this tread was done by a Computer panel.