Am I a "Very dangerous. You go first" pioneer here with the Showbox for Halloween?
Am I a "Very dangerous. You go first" pioneer here with the Showbox for Halloween / The Other Holiday. Sorry, just an Indiana Jones movie reference (Salah to Indy on descending into the map room in the first Raiders film). Has no one else seen or considered it? I was at a way out-of-town Lowes the other day I'd never been to before. Looking for any lingering discounted Christmas merch. Saw a display unit--manager said he wasn't authorized to knock the price down on it; I was looking for a new-in-box third unit to have in reserve for use if this thing knocks my socks off.
The manager said he thinks he only got a total of three of the Showbox units in this season; and that perhaps the vendor didn't do a good job of marketing the unit, setting up a good display showing it in use. You know, coming in and giving a demo to staff, etc.
My two Showbox light controller units are still in-box and unopened as I try to put away and inventory my Other Holiday Display stuff. I keep thinking perhaps I'd be better off building a Raspberry Pi and/or Arduino based line-of-sight light controller using those remote control IR sockets you see during the holidays for turning holiday lights on / off remotely. Many claim a range of up to 80 feet if you have line of sight.
I'd need to find some affordable units that have receivers accepting different IR signals to get at least the 6 channels of power I'd like. This would be a great help in providing power on / off to the now two grounded plug fake snow machines I possess.
Am I a "Very dangerous. You go first" pioneer here with the Showbox for Halloween / The Other Holiday. Sorry, just an Indiana Jones movie reference (Salah to Indy on descending into the map room in the first Raiders film). Has no one else seen or considered it? I was at a way out-of-town Lowes the other day I'd never been to before. Looking for any lingering discounted Christmas merch. Saw a display unit--manager said he wasn't authorized to knock the price down on it; I was looking for a new-in-box third unit to have in reserve for use if this thing knocks my socks off.
The manager said he thinks he only got a total of three of the Showbox units in this season; and that perhaps the vendor didn't do a good job of marketing the unit, setting up a good display showing it in use. You know, coming in and giving a demo to staff, etc.
My two Showbox light controller units are still in-box and unopened as I try to put away and inventory my Other Holiday Display stuff. I keep thinking perhaps I'd be better off building a Raspberry Pi and/or Arduino based line-of-sight light controller using those remote control IR sockets you see during the holidays for turning holiday lights on / off remotely. Many claim a range of up to 80 feet if you have line of sight.
I'd need to find some affordable units that have receivers accepting different IR signals to get at least the 6 channels of power I'd like. This would be a great help in providing power on / off to the now two grounded plug fake snow machines I possess.