Ptone, I think its pretty easy to understand. I am speaking for myself but I do beleive it applies to many guys here. We are consumers with a bit of techie and the main concern is that this thing works. I don't care what chip it has as long as it works. But this thing is 12vdc if that tells you anything. Also keep in mind, MPH does everything he can to degrade these products, so take information with a grain of salt. 90% of his "concerns" are of no concern at all, to most of us anyway. So the string uses up .001278 more current than somebody else and the last node has a reduction of .0003456 illumination........bla bla bla bla Just because something is different doesn't mean is wrong or bad, ie...Chevy vs Ford. Just be paitient Ptone, its gonna all be good. Its not like there are a lot of choices out there at this time anyway.