SAMS CLUB: Light Show/ Color Organ $29

[MrD]

I picked up one of these for $29 from Sam's Club, after Christmas Discount.

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=398478
or
http://www.gemmy.com/product.cfm?productId=80232

It's designed for outdoor lighting (but would certainly work indoors)  I haven't had a whole lot of time to play around with it, but it seems like it's basically a 6 channel color organ (x2).  It doesn't seem to have any adjustment for each channel (but for the price I don't think it's a bad deal).  Would work great in any jukebox project. It has an AUX input with a headphone jack cable.   

I have a 3 channel color organ in mine, that I had to buy a kit for.  It was at least $40, and this is a 6 channel.    The same thing is listed on ebay in the $60-70 range.

My Sam's Club has at least 6-10 of these still left.  I'm assuming they are discounted similarly around the country.  I'm going to play around with mine later today and see how it works.   I might actually buy a second one and use it for what it's designed to do!

[mrclean]

Can it do this ??
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks[/youtube]

[MrD]

Not a chance!  :-)

[whatzcrackn]

Can it do this ??
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks[/youtube]

nice!

[Ummon]

Yeah, I wasn't hip to the emergence of rock 'n' roll Christmas themes in the 80s, and I'm still not. But pretty much any kind of music...except electro-ambient....is gay for a light show.

[moloch]

There have been a bunch of videos showing how that guy built his light show. It was in a beer commercial three years ago.

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

[Lilwolf]

yeah, it was really close to my old work.  I didn't get there until after it was shut down by neighbor complaints traffic... then the next year you had to wait in line for hours to get to see it... so I didn't bother...  I wish I took the time before it because news worthy....

[Aceldamor]

I personally am a big fan of flashy houses that contribute to epileptic seizures.

[Hockeyboy]

If you're looking to try to start up this hobby yourself, try looking up on Youtube 'animated Christmas lights' then look for a guy who is in Utah. There's a link on the videos to his own webpage, and he's got a video in there that lasts about 30 mins that talks about the setup, the cost, and the time involved. Apparently it's best to go to the after-Christmas sales at Lowe's and HD and Target and... to get all the lighted pieces.

All I can say again, is    to people like Clark/Mark and thanks for sharing.

[rovingmind]

for any hobbyists interested, go to :

www.doityourselfchristmas.com

its forum based like this, has plans, info on group buys, friendly helping each other atmosphere........

basically a christmas lights version of this group.