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LED Christmas lights - love 'em or hate 'em?
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aargee:
I bought a hundred of those 'candle' flickering LEDs (the type they use in electric tea lights), I'm about to retrofit an old set of lights with them - they are warm white and have a very pleasing visual look.
S. Petrukhin:

--- Quote from: Cerebus on November 17, 2020, 02:15:13 am ---I'm a traditionalist, it doesn't feel like Christmas unless I've spent at least half an hour trying to find which bulb on the string is bust, and another half hour trying to find where I left the spare bulbs.

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And another hour to untangle the string. :)
AlbertL:
The photos in this article illustrate the hideousness of "warm white" LED Christmas lights: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/11/24/christmas-lights-early-decorations/ .  Note especially the third photo from the top, of the house with all of its windows outlined in that sickly, green-tinged LED light.

Not that I'm criticizing the homeowners - I'm always glad to see someone go to the effort of decorating - but the public has really been misled about LEDs being aesthetically equal to incandescents.
S. Petrukhin:

--- Quote from: AlbertL on November 27, 2020, 05:38:22 pm ---The photos in this article illustrate the hideousness of "warm white" LED Christmas lights: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/11/24/christmas-lights-early-decorations/ .  Note especially the third photo from the top, of the house with all of its windows outlined in that sickly, green-tinged LED light.

Not that I'm criticizing the homeowners - I'm always glad to see someone go to the effort of decorating - but the public has really been misled about LEDs being aesthetically equal to incandescents.

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It's a matter of taste, I think. Someone likes bright and juicy colors, and someone likes pastel and soft.  :)

Excuse me, is this a link to the legendary Washingtonpost? The site is 3/4 full of ads and an intrusive offer to buy a subscription?
This is the first newspaper I read in English when I was studying at the institute...
AlbertL:
Yup, that's the Washington Post all right - owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon!
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