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Thx David for posting this! I pre-ordered before knowing that there are even concerns about the look. I’m sure it will still look great for those of us that have neighbors that just enjoy the blinking as you said! Any idea when the preorders start to ship?

Great video, would love to see bullet pixels vs seed pixels in a strip (seed pixels in 3D printed adapter)

What about the new EVO+ pixels? are you going to offer them, and do you recommend them compared to the standard?

Dooes EVO emit light behind it? Would this negatively effect a 360 degree mega tree? Can this be resolved by spray painting the back of a strip of lites with black spray paint?

Wow there’s a whole new channel, Learn Christmas Lighting !! Interesting !! ❤ Would there be regulations when lighting up the sky with these lights? Do we need permission from the city council or the airport authorities? Just wondering. 😅

Storage, weight, and current draw are the postives in that order for me. The bleeding can be a negative for some. Pushing them in coro is painfull though. Only long term concern is if they will corrode since the latest shipments leave some wire exposed where corrosion could work its way inside.

Thanks David for your honest opinion and the recognition that regular viewers don't/won't care. Keep up the great work.

Looks ok to me. Thanks.

I must say, David is the man! He raises the bar for customer service too. I agree with you on this one that the evos actually look better inside the white coro. I personally don’t care to look at a bunch of close “dots” on coro. I like the slight light bleed to fill in the gaps between nodes. Thanks for the comparison!

So far I have pushed over 1,000 EVOs into coro. My thumbs were a little sore after each session. Half were GE flakes and half(ish) were in a Showstopper Spinner. The GE without the little notches I would line the little tab in the void between the inner ribs of the coro and push with the handle of needle nose pliers the twist (gently) with the wire. If a coro rib was in the way it was difficult to turn. On the spinner, it had the notches. Most would go in easily but some near a coro rib required a little effort. I ended up using my pixel pliers to install and turn for the majority of the pixels. I guess I have tender thumbs. I am trying to use all black props. I have some that have 5V bullets (don't judge, I have my reasons) and when I have the flakes and arches lit up at the same time I can't really see much difference. My wife the artist doesn't see any either. Anyway I really like the weight saving and lower power requirements of the EVOs. Now if only they would make a 5V version.

Would you run the evo’s at 100% which will be better for colors

Hey David, I'm gonna email u a video from my show, on the right side behind the tune to sign is an EVO tree, as u will see, not much different from the other bullet trees.

I've had 2 k8's. 2 k16's and 2 k32's. I love the diversity of the k16 and use it for my mega mini tree with 32 strings x 50 pixels and stuff around tree including the topper with a smart receiver. Mega tree I use a k32 and have a k32 with a few smart receivers as a back up. 3rd year, 22k pixels on over 100 props. Love Kulps. Great video on a good choice to start this hobby. For repair purposes I chose not to try and make my boxes to compact. I attempt to keep it open enough for air circulation and quicker replacement of parts.

Just found out from another forum. One more question, is the Beagle bone necesarry to run just the controller? I already have a rasberry pi. Do i even need another board?

Might be a dumb question, but it looks like i am paying $80 for beagle bone premounted. What is that?

Could you use an f test powered by usb with a wall plug, to run pixels. I’m a newbie thinking of installing my first set of pixels to my eaves, and wonder if to start the f test could run the pixels before I learn how to use controllers, power pack, xlights etc.

Can you run Evo's and Bullets on the same controller?

Thanks for the content, is that a DYI box that you use to measure?

Thank you for the quality content as always!

Would using a Spiker 'H' at every 200 pixels be a benefit to go out further? For instance on a Showstopper Flake that has 750 pixels then beable to run off one channel.

Is it possible to configure a light o Rama pixie controller to xlights?

I’ve had my K32A w/Beaglebone for two seasons at your recommendation. Was brand new to the hobby and with your video to configure the controller in FPP, it has been flawless. I have a cheap WiFi adapter to allow me to upload from inside and to control from my phone and it’s amazingly simple. No experience with other brands yet but for people new to the hobby I’d highly recommend a Kulp. With the K32 I’m able to run my entire show from one controller. Thanks David!

I have been working on some singing Christmas Trees. And I have gotten 2 songs ready to go and I wanted to add 2 snowflakes to the display. I did the drop down and plopped them into the display. When I hit play, I lost all the animation I had on my trees. While poking around, I saw that when I added the flakes, xLights added them to the display and the Start Channels / End Channel and Ctrl Conn numbers were no longer sequential. It was like the snowflakes were added geographically not added at the end of the display. Yes, I am new at this and know that it is user error, but was hoping that you can tell me how I have messed up.

This is huge! Looking forward to using this functionality this year with my moving head

Nice video, you know you can set the color all at once on that same screen up at the top right.

I bet the stakes really do come in handy. Especially if they don't need power injection!

Dang! What an honest BTS conversation, David. Well done, you! I wish more companies would be as candid as are you in this. After hearing you talk about the industry, it makes complete sense.

How did you secure them on the roof for your roof outline?

Shut up and take my money! Just ordered 3! Thanks and appreciate all the content you supply us!

Which xLights model in your drop box is for the Dominar X? I've had my sequences setup with YPS outdoor moving heads. Need to revamp my sequences.

Really like your background. Are those strips or something else?

Agreed on wanting to see them lit in your yard. Would love to see your whole 2023 show like you’ve done in previous years! These look like something interesting to try!

Cool lights.. do you have any images/videos of your display with these?

If i use Onex to program fixtures, can i transfer that data to Grand Ma?

@LearnChristmasLighting David, I am a big fan of the EVO, but you missed the biggest drawback: the wire used is really thin and prone to ripping. I had 3 strands rip last year when putting up my mega tree. No worries though, Mattos replaced them under the warranty. I purposely bought extra, so I wasn't delayed all that much during setup. For those thinking of buying EVOs--Do not hesitate! Just treat them with care (don't yank on them). This year I am using 3300 EVOs on my mega tree (2400 on the tree and 900 for the Boscoyo Sphere V5 as the topper).

PI doesn't blow fuses, users do. Use the lrs-600s so you can feed both sides and can even have some room for pi and you'll be fine. Couldn't agree more on the FPP based especially Kulps; that's all I run, K8 are awesome.

I don’t know if you already have a video about this, but for those of us that don’t do outdoor lighting and pretty much just indoor why is it not worth using a bunch of wemos d1 minis(or those seed esp32 minis) running wled and write your own programs there? Using the esp32 c6 or h2 you can use matter to control it with your normal smart home stuff. At $8-$15 per board I just don’t understand where the extra work to get it all going isn’t worth it? Power delivery isn’t really a problem since power supplies are so cheap now as well.

Had flashbacks when you mentioned Network cable running to outside and a PC in a box.

Can you make a video showing your of season architectural light design 😃👀

I'm just double checking here, but your able to have a LOR controller CTB16PC and don't need to do this or you need to do this for the controller to work on Xlights ?

Thank you for your videos. Very informative. I followed along your other video getting loopMIDI and ShowCockpit configured. When I send DMX from xLights, ShowCockpit receives the ArtNet packet. Should the loopMIDI "Total data" and "Throughput /sec" indicators update when I send DMX data from xLights?

Thank you, just Thank you so much…

Every year I seem to feel like I'm starting from the beginning. Thanks,

Any chance you can create the color black

Nice!

How do you modify your power calculations. If I had 1000 standard bullets run at 30% I would just multiple . .06 x 1000 x .3 = 18 Amps. If these are constant current, what is the draw? I've seen both .05 and .08. Assuming .05 for 1000, I don't think you can just take 30% would you need .05*1000= 50 Amps?

I belong to a large non-profit model railroad club that has a permanent model train layout inside a building. We want to use RGB LED strip lighting for the lights above the layout as it weaves around the room. I think we will need both a RGB and a Daylight LED strip to provide enough light for the daytime scenes. What do I need to make a simple day/evening/night/morning/day transition with the lights? I have zero experience with specialty lighting, so do you have a video that shows how this is set up or what equipment I need? We have computers to control the lights, and have heard about Xlights app. Is it possible to control without stringing cable all over the layout? We have WiFi for the building. Any help would be appreciated.

WHY DOES SOMEBODY COME OUT WITH A VIDEO/ SERIES THAT I NEED FOR MY LIGHT SHOW? IT'S THE PERFECT TIMING!!!

David--THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO!!! OMG.. exactly what a newbie needed!!

Hello David! How do I run my XLights in a wireless network?