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46k BTU Electric fireplace using Holograms & DTS stereo sound for a crackling fire & nature sounds?

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  1. don2222

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    Hello
    This fireplace has LED lighting & a smart phone app control!! Also touch screen control! Has a remote control.
    See demo - How does it look?? Anyone own one?


    Price at target
    magic flame fireplace : Target
     

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    I guess it would be okay for some but I still prefer the real thing.
     
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    To me it would be like watching a show about camping, vs actually camping.
     
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    You can really jazz up your party by setting it on "Chimney Fire!" and watch your guests scramble for a fire extinguisher.
     
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    Menards has all kinds of crap like these. They all various degrees of fakey... embarrassing fake.
     
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    Yep, no “likey” here... like Backwoods Savage said- we prefer the real thing...:yes:
     
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    I get why...it's a trend, and numerous folks yhith that a real fireplace or stove is too much work, cost, effort...but these are going to look just as silly as the molded translucent plastic log and coals that had the rotating plastic drum and lights from the sixties that our parents had in those awful orange metal fireplaces.
     
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    My great grandmother had one of them... as a real young kid I thought it was fascinating and got scolded numerous times for try to see how it worked...:whistle: :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Not sure if this is better or worse than the "wood burning yule log" tv channel. Basically the same visual but on your tv. HOW FUN!

    Also, a local fireplace dealer's website always comes to mind when I see things like this. Their description of some of their gas fireplaces basically says "almost as good as the real thing." That's a sales pitch that sticks with me.
     
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    I have the DVD Yule log and you can switch between a crackling fire or Christmas carols for sound!
     
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    My kids like the you tube videos with the crackling fire and classic Christmas songs
     
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