That's a real bummer Brad. Mine have functioned flawlessly, however I'm not overly impressed by visibility in daylight/sunlight. If you're in the shade, or it's dark out, they're bright as hell, but in direct sunlight they're less than impressive. Id go as far to say barely visible. Not sure if it's specific to these boards, or just an LED problem in general.
Ya I hope they do! Do they have a sequential option?
According to their website, yes ...
"DIGI-TAILS is the only fully sequential LED kit. We utilize advanced technology by lighting LED’s in a fluid and sweeping pattern, rather than merely lighting up blocks of LEDs.
DIGI-TAILS allows you to choose standard operations or our fully sequential feature with a flip of a switch, conveniently located on every board."