like I said on twitter: that was almost as intense as Iowa NIT games
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I'm apparently the last person in the world to get this press release, but someone posted it up so it doesn't matter. Here are the relevant parts:
Michigan Stadium
The demolition and removal of the existing video boards began in March. Over the next several months, TS Sports will install new state-of-the-art LED screens in both end zones of Michigan Stadium, which will be 40 percent larger than the previous system. The new video screens will be 47’ (h) x 85’ (w) and be located in the end zones. The Big House upgrade will be completed in August prior to the 2011 season.
The new video display at the “Big House” features:
· Two (2) Lighthouse Impact 16 video displays measuring over 4000 square feet each (Resolution: 900 x 1632)
· New Custom Scoring System
· New Custom System Enclosure
- Size: 62’ (h) x 108’ (w)
Crisler Arena
The new center-hung at Crisler Arena will consist of 14 LED video displays:
· Four (4) 12’ x 16.8’ Pi10 10mm main displays
· Four (4) 6.28’ x 16.8’ Pi10 10mm scoring displays
· Four (4) 6.28’ x 6.3’ Pi10 10mm advertising displays
· One (1) 2.1’ x 81.9’ Pi10 10mm top video ring display
· One (1) 2.1’ x 44.1’ Pi10 10mm bottom video ring display
Yost Ice Arena
For the first time in its history Yost Ice Arena will get a facelift that will include LED video displays for the arena.
The new center-hung at Yost Ice Arena will consist of 9 LED video displays:
· Four (4) 13’ x 16.8’ Pi10 main displays
· Four (4) 12.5’ x 6’6’ F16 corner displays
· One (1) 2.5’ x 75.59’ F16 video ring display
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The new Michigan Stadium boards will vault Michigan to around sixth nationally. They'll probably end up nestled in between those at Neyland and the Swamp. Right now Wikipedia's insanely comprehensive list of college football scoreboard sizes doesn't even list Michigan, so… yeah. It's kind of a big difference. Getting replay at Yost is clutch as well. I love me some universe just for you moments but I also like knowing what happened.
April 5th, 2011 at 3:11 PM | 
OT: Danny O'Brien seen on campus
OT: Danny O'Brien seen on campus
April 5th, 2011 at 3:32 PM |
I like thread hijacks when
I like thread hijacks when
I like thread hijacks when they bring good news.
April 5th, 2011 at 2:54 PM |
You missed-
You missed-
Michigan Sports Television Production Studio The project also includes the conversion to high-definition video equipment. Due to the construction at Crisler Arena, the Michigan Sports Television Production Studio, which manages and controls the video boards, will be relocated to Michigan Stadium until the arena is completed in 2013-14.
Inside Michigan Football, in HD, FINALLY.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
April 5th, 2011 at 2:57 PM |
Video replay at Yost will be
Video replay at Yost will be
Video replay at Yost will be epic. I can only imagine what the student section will do with that new wrinkle in the hockey atmosphere.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
April 5th, 2011 at 3:07 PM |
What...
What...
.....no 3D?
April 5th, 2011 at 3:30 PM |
OH, God
OH, God
I can just about see 110,000 people in those glasses, staring up at the screen, rather than looking on the field in front of them...
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
April 5th, 2011 at 3:30 PM |
well
well
some 3D, just not on the boards
Is is August yet?
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
April 5th, 2011 at 3:10 PM |
"New Custom Scoring
"New Custom Scoring
"New Custom Scoring System"
Home team always wins?
Photography Facebook Page. Lots of Michigan sports photos. And planes, lots of planes:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barron-Photography/13379
April 5th, 2011 at 3:17 PM |
Edit please
Edit please
Someone with photoshop skills and an updated stadium picture please expand on this idea.
I'm impatient.
Dreads > Lil Boosie fade
April 5th, 2011 at 4:52 PM |
Like This?
Like This?
April 5th, 2011 at 3:26 PM |
Since this is Michigan after all...
Since this is Michigan after all...
I'm expecting your next post to contain an interview with some dude from www.savethebighousescoreboards.com bitching about how all of this is a big waste.
#onlyhalfjoking
April 5th, 2011 at 3:26 PM |
why does the picture in the
why does the picture in the
why does the picture in the scoreboard show an away game?
April 5th, 2011 at 3:34 PM |
next season will include road
next season will include road
next season will include road game watching parties in the stadium.
/sarc, not a bad idea though
2013 resolution - make it onto the 2014 favorite MGoPosters post, not ironically
April 5th, 2011 at 3:52 PM |
on january 8th? in ann arbor?
on january 8th? in ann arbor?
on january 8th? in ann arbor? you are hard core
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April 5th, 2011 at 3:32 PM |
Compare Usable Screen Size
Compare Usable Screen Size
So, since we shouldn't be wasting space on our screens with advertisements in Michigan Stadium, how do our screens compare with the "usable" area of the top ranked scoreboards in the NCAA?
April 5th, 2011 at 3:38 PM |
All this technology
All this technology
...and they still won't be able to get a shot of Denard that isn't blurred.
April 5th, 2011 at 3:45 PM |
NEEDZ MOAR SCOAR BOARDZ
NEEDZ MOAR SCOAR BOARDZ
scoreboards are great and all, but aren't we all carrying around hi-res smartphone screens in our pockets, or at least will be in 5 years? it would be great if you could connect your iphone or whatever into the scoreboard feed so that you could have it in the palm of your hand. i would pay $20 a game to be able to play and rewind replays in my hand at halftime.
additional revenue stream and they could mostly likely get ads on it since it would not be "in the stadium."
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April 5th, 2011 at 3:51 PM |
Cell data can be scarce in a
Cell data can be scarce in a
full Michigan Stadium. I had trouble getting a usable data connection during Big Chill intermissions; I could get a usable connection during the game action, but it was still pretty slow. For people to be able to stream game video on their phones, the networks would have to be significantly reinforced.
Sportscenter.com raves: Sgt. Wolverine, "Michigan's biggest fan"!
April 5th, 2011 at 3:55 PM |
Forgive me, as I'm not a
Forgive me, as I'm not a
Forgive me, as I'm not a master of IT, but couldn't you just put up a shit ton of wireless connection? It wouldn't even need to connect to the internet, perhaps, just whatever system was in place to replay plays. Of course, that would probably mean a multimillion dollar installation in the big house of epic proportions, so I'm not sure if that's feasible.
I miss King of Belch.
April 5th, 2011 at 4:00 PM |
i would think a little thing
i would think a little thing
i would think a little thing in the corner of the screen that says "mobile replays brought to you by verizon" would pay for it in a single game. lots of captive, young, spectators - just the kind of demographic marketers stay up at night dreaming how to get.
second thought, what the hell am i doing this for free on a blog for?
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April 6th, 2011 at 7:26 AM |
unlikely
unlikely
Wireless itself wouldn't be as much of a problem - smaller pro stadiums already do that - but serving freshly-made video to that many customers could be an issue, because of course YouTube does that already and a sea change would be required to get the NCAA to allow any school to post replays on YouTube during the game. (Without existing infrastructure - on a smaller scale, of course - it would be a challenge to prepare and serve that much video that quickly, especially if it's HD, to mobile customers in some fashion.)
April 5th, 2011 at 4:03 PM |
Here you go
Here you go
http://www.mden.com/shopping/product.cgi?1042350548900977?0991?FV100
Additionally, if you could get reliable data service in Michigan Stadium, you could buy a Sling Box and run your replays from home.
April 5th, 2011 at 4:15 PM |
fanvision
fanvision
was available last year if you wanted (couple hundred $ on ebay). i think broadcasting was free last year and $10/game moving forward. you can thank stephen m ross for those, cuz i think miami and us were the only places where they were available
April 5th, 2011 at 4:16 PM |
great, just what i need,
great, just what i need,
great, just what i need, another recharging chord to lose
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April 5th, 2011 at 3:47 PM |
This is to scale. Old boards
This is to scale. Old boards
This is to scale. Old boards were 70x40, these are 85x47. I divided the feet by pixels for scale and then made a new dark blue box at the right dimensions. Dark blue is the new board.
The structures themselves won't be massively larger, but the fact that the entire surface will show video is going to be dramatic:
The old screens were 24x32. These are, of course, 87x45... an increase of 509%.
[Source: http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/stadium/stadtext/stad1998.htm]
April 5th, 2011 at 3:47 PM |
47x85 is just the screen.
47x85 is just the screen.
47x85 is just the screen. Press release says the enclosure (i.e. the board itself) will be 62x108
April 5th, 2011 at 4:07 PM |
Revised version attached. OK,
Revised version attached. OK,
Revised version attached. OK, that does look pretty GD huge. Blue is the video screen. Embiggen the image via right click, it's scaled down to fit in here.
April 5th, 2011 at 4:51 PM |
Thanks. That is epically
Thanks. That is epically
Thanks. That is epically huge.
April 5th, 2011 at 5:29 PM |
Money.
Money.
Money.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
April 5th, 2011 at 3:49 PM |
If I read the article
If I read the article
If I read the article correctly, the actual board will be like 62x108, with the 85X47just the screen size. Could you do one to give us a mock up of the actual size of the board.
April 5th, 2011 at 3:55 PM |
This goes here
This goes here
So, that should be Bo's disembodied head, yes?
"Why would you ask a dumb question like that?" -Lloyd Carr
April 5th, 2011 at 4:07 PM |
Okay,
Okay,
That's awesome, but could you please revise your projection, which is great, to have the actual board as 62x108, with the 85X47 as the screen size, still compared/superimposed on the old scoreboard?
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April 5th, 2011 at 4:03 PM |
Sounds like a lot of
Sounds like a lot of
Sounds like a lot of advertising space to me:
Crisler:
· Four (4) 6.28’ x 6.3’ Pi10 10mm advertising displays
· One (1) 2.1’ x 81.9’ Pi10 10mm top video ring display
· One (1) 2.1’ x 44.1’ Pi10 10mm bottom video ring display
Yost:
· Four (4) 12.5’ x 6’6’ F16 corner displays
· One (1) 2.5’ x 75.59’ F16 video ring display
April 5th, 2011 at 4:08 PM |
True...
True...
But three things:
1). Yost and Crisler are not sacred "advertising free zones". Really, Michigan Stadium isn't either, just regular season Michigan football games.
2). If this is the price of getting new video boards in Yost and Crisler, so be it.
3). That freeeeeeee piiizzzzzaaaa doesn't pay for itself you know.
Craig Barker || The Hoover Street Rag || Twitter
"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."
April 5th, 2011 at 4:11 PM |
They look great
They look great
For branding, thought, the Yost ones should have the Yost Ice Arena logo on them and the Michigan Stadium ones should have the Michigan Stadium logo on them. And when Crisler finally gets its own logo (which it seems that lettering may be a first step), then it should go on the floor.
Then again, I'm one of the people who wants to restore the giant portrait of Yost to the back wall of Yost, so don't mind me.
Craig Barker || The Hoover Street Rag || Twitter
"The Michigan fanbase: a cynical, Eeyorish bunch even in the best of times."
April 5th, 2011 at 4:31 PM |
The Big Board
The Big Board
My mind went directly to this:
Hoke: I'm to understand that Ohio State fans are to be admitted entrance to the Big House?
Brandon: that is correct Coach. They are here on my orders.
Hoke: I... I don't know exactly how to put this sir but are you aware of what a serious breach of secuity that would be? I mean they'll see everything! They'll see the Big Board!
Brandon: That is precisely the idea Coach. That is precisely the idea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZV_lIwmz5E
enjoy.
-meh
April 5th, 2011 at 5:08 PM |
The perfect segue to...
The perfect segue to...
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
April 5th, 2011 at 4:44 PM |
Does anyone have any pictures
Does anyone have any pictures
Does anyone have any pictures or videos of what Yosts and Crislers can be compared to? ie other stadiums with comparable scoreboards?
April 5th, 2011 at 5:01 PM |
wow,
wow,
...but those renderings are just TERRIBLE. seriously, there are a thousand people within five miles of the stadium that could do a photo-realistic rendering of the whole thing in place (probably with moving video images and everything) instead of the crappy floating images that the sign company did in what they un-ironically call their "design department.
April 5th, 2011 at 6:25 PM |
Awesome.
More of Adidas
Awesome.
More of Adidas
Awesome.
More of Adidas pissing on everything in sight.
Other than that should be good though.
CJK5H
April 5th, 2011 at 6:34 PM |
WOO
WOO
my avatar is famous and will be blasted all over new yost...that's what you're saying right?
Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick
April 5th, 2011 at 11:28 PM |
The scoreboards for all the
The scoreboards for all the
The scoreboards for all the venues are budgeted at $20 million! If Michigan's athletic department took student funds, I'd be pissed.
April 6th, 2011 at 12:36 AM |
But they don't, so you
But they don't, so you
But they don't, so you shouldn't be. The AD actually helps to subsidize the school, not the other way around.
April 6th, 2011 at 8:03 AM |
Score - stats - down???
Score - stats - down???
So will they be running commercials for the volleyball and soccer teams instead of showing the time, down, distance and stats? I did like the statistical side of the scoreboard that was always available.
Then again, if they show away games like the mock up shows - I'm all in!
Should we point instead of fist pump during the Victors?
Tom Beaver from Scout is reporting that O'Brien was seen today on campus in Schembechler Hall.
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