Projection Lights - A Christmas Light Replacement?

Yesterday I saw a commercial for projection Christmas lights on TV. I was so curious about this that I made a trip to Canadian Tire today and asked about them. As luck would have it, I managed to pick up the last remaining one from the shelves.

Setting up the lights was simple, basically run an extension card, plug it in, and poke it into the grass.

I waited until night fall to test it in a couple different positions.

The final verdict? 
The advertising and hype around these projection lights can't be any further from the truth. In my opinion, doing it the "old fashioned way" by hanging up Christmas lights from the roof is the only way to go and there is no way that these are going to replace conventional Christmas lights. Not only were these lights dim as heck, but they seemed to project just as much on to my neighbour's house, as it did to my own. I'm sure he's not going to be happy with me being that it's actually shining against his bedroom window.

I'm keeping my eye on the price of those image projectors that show a colourful image on the garage. Currently they are sitting at around $150. Drop that price by $100, and you've got a sale.