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[QUOTE="TerryK, post: 111496, member: 32169"] String or strip; I would say it depends upon the prop. Quite a number of individuals say that maintenance of strips is more difficult. I'm kindof on the fence there but will say that swapping out a bad pixel is more complex (soldering individual wires rather than a linear flexible PC board). It's a matter of opinion but I like the WS2815 strips, won't use any other. The 5 volt pixels seem to be falling away. They are the lowest cost which keeps them fairly popular and because of their design they also run cooler. 12 volt resistor pixels have added components to allow them to be run on 12 volt. The internal IC (and LED too I think) still works on 5 volts which means the 7 volt drop from 12 gets dissipated as heat. 12 volt regulated pixels have different additional components but the 7 volt drop again is dissipated as heat. The advantage that most individuals appreciate is that the 12 volt regulated pixels are very resistant to voltage drop unlike the 5 volt or 12 volt resistor pixels. My impression is those that have 5 volt pixels are slowly upgrading their display as the 5 volt pixels age out. As previously mentioned, quite a number of individuals still use 5 volt pixels. It's simply a matter of strategically supplying and injecting power. [/QUOTE]
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