New Scoreboards: Not THAT Much Larger
Many of you may have already seen this as it was in a video sent out by the Alumni Association, but here is a visualization of how the new scoreboards will compare to the old:
I'm certainly not complaining, and I still can't wait to see these on Saturdays, but this definitely falls short of the size upgrade I think most of us had in mind. If you'll recall, this is the size difference Brian suggested we'd see:
Old:
New:
Edit - Christ, you guys can be frustrating. See the explicit note that I'm not upset nor disappointed about this -- I simply thought they were going to be larger.
Is anyone else having problems loading the webcam feed of the new scoreboard today?
Now THAT is what I call an increase in screen size.
EDIT: Awesome first entry into the mgopoint domain.
The new screen is over twice the size of the old screen. The OP was apparently forgetting that the video screen on the old scoreboard didn't even take up half its size.
When people see the new boards in person for the first time they're going to shit their pants.
Thankyou,
and this is correct!
i know i did. I've got the tread marks to prove it.
It matters how often DR runs in for a TD.
For your sake.
Let's say that the old board had standard resolution of 640 x 480. It was indeed standard resolution, though obviously at that size it had higher numbers, but I degress. Let's make the argument. Let's also assume the new HD boards are a widescreen 1280x720.
This is 2 x 1.5 times greater definition. IF the board is three times as wide by twice as high (moe than that, but again, argument's sake), that becomes 6 x 3 times the total display area or the capacity to display more that 18 times as much visual data. Epic.
Well looking up the press release is the easy way, but for arguments sake which is more fun?
Okay...Max...I know it has been explained below, but if you didn't get it, compare the size of the HD screen, not the scoreboard
like when the extra large pizza is 30% bigger but only adds an inch and a half to the diameter of the pie.
I'm lovin' this solely because of all the old school scoreboard pics. Good memories.
This Scoreboard goes to 11
Will our scoreboard operator continue that bizarre tradition of entering in "4" in every space during the pre-game?
I wasn't aware of that...guess I need to terminate the tailgate a tad sooner.
OR, I could say "pic, or it didn't happen".
I don't have a pic, but they've been doing it for years. The score will say 44 to 44, all the yardage totals will be 44 to 44, etc. They usually don't clear it until a couple minutes before kickoff.
By my extremely accurate calculations, the new replay screen (which is what everyone cares about) will be about 5.4x bigger than the old one. So...yea, it's kind of a big deal.
Pixellated graphics FTW!
You know we all felt the same exact way.
I'm pretty sure some of us thought, "Jesus Tapdancing Christ that's a large scoreboard"
As the OP stated, they are smaller than Brians mock up. Yes, they are bigger and very nice but even if you consider only the screen size, clearly there is a bigger difference in size in Brians .
That's what she said
Any judgments on the size of the new boards should only be made after seeing them in person. I took a look in person yesterday, and they quite impressive. They are as big as they can be without being monstrosities.
I think perhaps penis size correlates with perception of the size of the scoreboards. You just find yourself wanting everything to be bigger.
I'd want to see the pair of them together before drawing any conclusions about their size. Also, we haven't really had a chance to see the backside. So I'm reserving judgment, but excited to see everything live.
This is talking about the scoreboards?
I'd want to see the pair of them together before drawing any conclusions about their size. Also, we haven't really had a chance to see the backside. So I'm reserving judgment, but excited to see everything live.
No, it wasn't.
is the size of our score compared to our opponents. Hopefully, our new D will prevent the latter from increasing at a video game score rate this year.