Christmas 2024 | DEL (LED) Lights and Tree in the Computer Room: Throwback to the Early 2010s

[@connorm955]

I don't remember when Windows 7 was new, but i knew about 2000 and XP from using it in elementary school. My first Windows PC was a new Gateway NE56R10U with Windows 8.

[@Ajcimo14]

Me too. I also used windows xp at home and in elementary school.

[@JordanU]

Thanks for letting me know.

[@LemontTheFanMan]

Good Video Bro I enjoyed the video and the LED lights look good

[@JordanU]

Glad you liked them bro.

[@fishbowl7098]

those GE sets you mention have very little flicker is due to those having a full wave bridge rectifier built in the plug, similar to all the newer commercial/pro grade sets sold online today

[@JordanU]

I'd expect there to be no flicker at all if it was set up correctly with a full bridge rectifier.

[@fishbowl7098]

@@JordanU these rectifiers flip the negative cycle to positive effectively going from 60 to 120 hz not "real" DC as many promote

[@1ChevyGuy375]

I enjoyed the video Jordan. I have a few of those GE engery smart warm glow LED lights. They were the first light sets that actually looked close to incandescent lights at the time. I have them in C7 and C9 varieties and would buy them on sale after Christmas at Home Depot. I still use them each year and still think they look good for what they are but Tru Tones do look better. I wish I had a few more boxes of the GE ones though.

[@JordanU]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@hellhound-si5oz]

I have one Windows XP system to this day. There is some software I use that will not work on any other system. I remember getting window seven when I just started middle school. Now, I remember I was probably about 10 years old when I bought my first D. EL set of lights add orchard supplies. They no longer exist. I still have the set. It does not work very well anymore.I still don't think the del ones work very well. I live in a pretty wet state, so the little iron pins on the d. EL tend to rust away in a few seasons.. You're probably not much older than I am. Then, 10 years ago I was out of high school in 2013.

[@JordanU]

I still have many old systems, for off-line tasks I prefer the older hardware and software, it's of much better quality. The lights typically experience several rain storms per year, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the failures are rust or corrosion of the contacts; the bulb sockets are very poorly made and not at all watertight. We're probably about the same age.

[@djbrucebanner9882]

I like it

[@JordanU]

OK