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[QUOTE="AAH, post: 101813, member: 543"] Hi Ray in my opinion you can't go wrong with Xlights. It is out in front with features and is being developed very fast with feature and bug fixes released typically at least once a week. 5V vs 12V pixels is an old argument. The argument really is as simple as can you justify using more than twice the amount of power to get the same amount of light. 5V require more power injection due to being less tolerant to voltage drop but 12V ones drop the additional 7V in heat. As well as the heat going into every pixel you need twice as many power supplies for a given number of pixels. 12V for modules or strip is okay. 12V for nodes is simply giving up and saying that you'd rather spend twice as much rather than putting in a bit of extra effort and some additional copper. There's a fair range of controllers on my site. The easy option for controlling all the dumb elements is a DMX controller. If you want to put in extra effort and save money then the 2811DC controllers work out a fair bit cheaper but have distance between prop limitations (unless using null pixel buffers). DMX allows you to go 100's ofmetres between controllers, 2811 is limited to 3-10 metres though this can be extended to 30m plus via the buffers. [/QUOTE]
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