In this Episode we introduce a new co-host, JP - Talk about the Transworld Tradeshow, and our brand new fixtures in the Dominar Range.

Chapters:

00:56 Introduction

01:15 David visited the Transworld Trade Show

02:15 Who is JP and how does he fit in

03:20 More About Jp

03:40 Are animated Christmas light displays popular in South Africa?

04:05 Where are Christmas light displays popular in the world?

05:12 What are we talking about today?

05:18 What new things did we see at Transworld?

05:25 Our new Dominar X

05:53 What we had in our booth at Transworld.

06:14 Our new Dominar Par N

06:33 New products from Mattos Designs

08:31 Possibly building a Mega Tree with Evo Pixels

09:40 Our recent videos on YouTube

10:55 Animated Christmas light display cost

12:44 The Kraken Structural System

14:43 The Kraken Ridged System

15:25 Can you build your own props?

17:37 The X-Tool

17:52 The 2 most common connecters that are used

18:24 What we like about the Christmas industry?

19:13 Closing

Visit our sites/channels here:

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas  

Links:

What are Props? Where do I buy them? Can I make them and why aren't we discussing any new products? We work through all that in this Episode of What's Happening in Christmas Lighting.

Chapters:

00:59 Where’s Crystal?

01:32 Today’s Topic

02:10 Why use props?

04:02 Consistent Spacing

04:56 Where does Animated Christmas Light Shows come from?

05:26 Where can you buy props?

05:50 Props in the old days

06:30 What make props so great?

07:47 New Products

10:07 What we’ve noticed this year (Halloween)

10:58 Closing

Visit our sites/channels here:

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

Links:

Boscoyo Studios: https://boscoyostudio.com

Gilbert Engineering: https://gilbertengineeringusa.com

Do you need a high spec computer for Christmas Lighting? Do you need it after programming the show? Can you "daily" computer do the job? We answer all your questions in this episode!

Chapters:

01:15 Introduction 

03:18 What program we recommend you use to program your Christmas light show. 

04:41 What platform does xLights run on? 

06:14 Which platform would xLights not work on? 

07:40 How powerful of a computer do you need? 

11:10 What is FPP and what do they do? 

16:32 What specification do I need for my computer?  

17:15 Crystal upgraded her computer after 11 Years! 

20:46 Key information for the day 

21:28 David shares new products from Experience Lights - Genius Pro 16 port 

26:10 When should you start programming? Why it is important order in advance! 

29:33 Closing

Links:

xLights: https://xlights.org 

xLights Download: https://xlights.org/releases/ 

Genius Pro 16 Port Controller (Experience Lights): https://experiencelights.com/genius-pro-16-port-controller/ 

Experience Lights Genius Controllers & Receivers: https://experiencelights.com/genius-pixel-controllers/ 

Visit our sites/channels here:

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

Networking plays a large role of Christmas Lighting displays and in the hobby - In this episode we want to walk you through how it works and simplify it as well as help you in buying the right equipment,

Chapters:

00:57 Introduction

02:05 Selling of Pixels

02:54 Today’s topic

03:35 Computer Networking will always play a role in animated Christmas light shows.

04:50 Pieces you need to make everything work

08:42 Using your home network

10:08 Home networks versus show network

13:08 Do you need internet to run your controllers?

15:19 What router do you need?

16:53 What other pieces do you need?

17:49 What type of CAT cable to I need to use?

22:32 Do I need to buy premade cable or make my own?

25:27 Cable testers

27:09 Summary

29:04 Closing

Links:

Mattos Pixels from our store: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels  

Visit our sites/channels here:

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

Transworld! We had a great time at Transworld and wanted to share all of this with you - We saw some cool things, met amazing people and saw some old friends.

Chapters:

01:15 Transworld Christmas Show 

01:55 Crystal first impressions and idea of the show. 

03:48 What types of vendors you will get at this trade show 

05:37 Crystal experience as a first-time attendee. 

09:30 Highlights of the trade show. 

10:50 One of Crystal’s highlights 

13:46 Who is Tom? 

19:25 Why would you want to buy a sequence? 

22:57 David was pulled over on his way home 

25:00 Other Vendors we saw there 

29:58 Talking about P5 & P2.5 kits at https://yourpixelstore.com  

32:31 Mattos Designs 

34:49 Mixed shapes on your Christmas Display can make a difference 

43:23 Buscoyo Studio products. 

55:00 Closing. The next dates for Transworld have been released.  

Visit our sites/channels here:

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

This is a power episode. Jokes apart, we are talking everything power supplies in this Episode and welcoming a new member to the Podcast - We also talk about the P5 UHD Kits from Wired Watts.

Chapters:

00:56 We are back, and welcoming another member, Crystal.

02:23 What are we talking about Today?

03:30 Why can’t you plug Pixels just directly into wall power?

04:28 Power supplies

05:12 5v vs 12v Pixels

07:46 Wattage on power supplies

10:42 Headroom on your power supplies

12:59 Waterproof vs non-waterproof power supplies

15:00 Plastic Enclosures and Moisture with Power Supplies

16:07 Cost differences

18:44 24v Pixels

20:05 Pixel Connecters

23:39 New Product on the Market (P5 Prop Insert)

28:30 Crystal might doing her own doing her own Display

Links:

Mean Well LRS 350: https://www.wiredwatts.com/ps12v350wm

CableGuard CG500: https://www.wiredwatts.com/encg500-weather-resistant-enclosure

RNI1500 by Multilink: https://www.wiredwatts.com/enrni1500

UHD P5 Insert for Coro Props no Computer: https://www.wiredwatts.com/pkp5o1x1  

Visit our sites/channels here:

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

Thank you for joining us on the third Episode of the What's Happening in Christmas Lighting Podcast. 

Join David Henry from Learn Christmas Lighting as we learn about Christmas lighting topics and cover the latest news and products in Christmas lighting.

Chapters:

01:18 What David will be talking about in this episode

01:31 What are controllers?

03:45 How to use controllers

06:51 What is a showplayer?

 07:41 Benefits to using a showplayer

09:00 Christmas Light Controllers History Lesson

15:52 How do Controllers work and what else do you need?

17:53 Long range Controllers and Receiver Boards

22:15 New Controllers from Experience Lights

23:28 The Dragon Controller from Mattos Designs and Experience Lights

Links:

Light-o-Rama: https://store.lightorama.com

WiredWatts: https://www.wiredwatts.com

Experience Lights: https://experiencelights.com

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

Thank you for joining us on the second Episode of the What's Happening in Christmas Lighting Podcast. 

Join David Henry from Learn Christmas Lighting as we learn about Christmas lighting topics and cover the latest news and products in Christmas lighting.

Chapters:

01:20 What we talk about in this Podcast

02:02 Our free guide on Learn Christmas Lighting

03:19 How to know you are buying the right stuff?

05:44 The Christmas season

06:03 What are Pixels and how are they different from regular Christmas Lights?

09:30 How to control loads of Pixels

11:36 Different shapes and types of Pixels and which you should use

06:11 New Products in the Christmas Lighting hobby

06:30 Pixel Pushing made easier

Links:

Electric Pixel Pusher: https://yourpixelstore.com/product/electric-pixel-pusher/

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Learn Christmas Lighting.com https://www.learnchristmaslighting.com

Our videos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas 

Thank you for joining us on the first Episode of the What's Happening in Christmas Lighting Podcast. 

Join David Henry from Learn Christmas Lighting as we learn about Christmas lighting topics and cover the latest news and products in Christmas lighting.

Chapters:

02:39 Why David started the Podcast

06:01 Sequencing

09:55 What Do You Need to Make a Musical Christmas Light Show Happen?

10:15 Pixel2DMX from Experience Lights

14:15 How the Pixel2DMX makes our life easier

15:38 How we can implement the Pixel2DMX

16:20 New products that are useful

19:47 xLights new version

Links:

3M ScotchLoks: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b10128463/

ClickIt from Experience Lights: https://experiencelights.com/clickits-super-fast-pixel-splicing/

Mattos Designs Gel LOK connecters: https://mattosdesigns.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/iii-lok-gel-lok-connectors-20pak

xLights https://xlights.org

Experience Lights https://experiencelights.com

Our Videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnChristmasLighting 

Buy Pixels here: https://aboveavl.com/collections/pixels 

Our Christmas Lighting Store: https://aboveavl.com/pages/christmas