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New Scoreboard
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:25 pm
I couldn't make the game on Saturday, how did the new screen look?
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Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:26 pm to Slim
partially broken
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:27 pm to Rouge
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partially broken
Yeah, seems like they were having a hell of a time with that one rectangle on the bottom left. Helps to put into perspective how big the damn thing is...Did you see the guy's hand sticking out? Looked tiny.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:28 pm to Rouge
I am really disapointed. I am planning to to the ULL game and was looking forward to see it.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:28 pm to yessir
The state of Oklahoma was on the screen for the majority of the night
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:28 pm to Slim
It looked great, hopefully they fix that little problem before next week.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:29 pm to yessir
It did have some mess ups, but it is awesome.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:29 pm to Slim
I was a little disappointed. About 1/2 of the screen is devoted to advertisements. Every once in a while the entire screen was used but not very often.
Also, the down, distance, ball on yardline, qtr, etc. was in extremely small letters that I had a hard time reading them. The remaining time outs per team was totally missing.
Also, the down, distance, ball on yardline, qtr, etc. was in extremely small letters that I had a hard time reading them. The remaining time outs per team was totally missing.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:30 pm to gumbeaux
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Also, the down, distance, ball on yardline, qtr, etc. was in extremely small letters that I had a hard time reading them. The remaining time outs per team was totally missing.
Pshh..that's what the other board is for....
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:32 pm to Slim
waste of money unless you are Coca Cola
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:32 pm to Slim
i sit in the south endzone and found it very hard to read the yardage and what not. i have pretty good eyes also
Posted on 9/14/09 at 6:33 pm to crankbait
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i sit in the south endzone
Well, there's your problem. You just have to take a little walk if you want to read it.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:13 pm to yessir
Sure does make the other one look like CRAP.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:20 pm to Slappy
The scoreboard is terrible. They advertised Tiger View in a whole new way during the spring game. The only time it's full screen is when we get a first down. It's half advertisements. Typical LSU. Very disappointing.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:24 pm to Twelve
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It's half advertisements. Typical LSU. Very disappointing.
Exactly what UT fans said when they unveiled our new board. It's gotten better, but still way too much is used for ads. Since LSU's screen is smaller, it makes it look even worse. All in all, very disappointing.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:30 pm to Slim
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I couldn't make the game on Saturday, how did the new screen look?
beautiful...enormous high def screen, very bright and vivid colors.....
trouble is, as the others said, probably 40% of it is taken up with advertisements....to waste a jumbotron on inanimate advertisements is utter stupidity IMO...you could hang a lighted coke sign on the side of the screen and have exactly the same effect while using the jumbotron for it's intended use....I am irritated at both LSU as well as the advertisers....
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:42 pm to Spankum
I just signed up to post about this. I saw the other thread about this the other day and emailed Herb Vincent and Verge Ausberry about it today. Their response was essentially that LSU has contracts with these advertisers for the next several years and half of the big screen will continue to be occupied by these ads.
This begs the question - why spend so much money (this was part of a $7 million project) on upgrading a scoreboard to have an HD screen, if you're going to use half of it on permanent ads? Why not spend the money elsewhere, and just hang banners or lit-up ads (like there are on the south end zone scoreboard)? I think they may change their minds if more people contact them about this, and I imagine more people will contact them as the season goes on. The screen picture is great, but they only use half of it on game action or replays 95 percent of the time, which is a bit shortsighted.
They did indicate they will address the small game information at the bottom of the screen so everyone can see it, so that's good, but having the ads like they do is almost laughable.
In any event...
This begs the question - why spend so much money (this was part of a $7 million project) on upgrading a scoreboard to have an HD screen, if you're going to use half of it on permanent ads? Why not spend the money elsewhere, and just hang banners or lit-up ads (like there are on the south end zone scoreboard)? I think they may change their minds if more people contact them about this, and I imagine more people will contact them as the season goes on. The screen picture is great, but they only use half of it on game action or replays 95 percent of the time, which is a bit shortsighted.
They did indicate they will address the small game information at the bottom of the screen so everyone can see it, so that's good, but having the ads like they do is almost laughable.
In any event...
This post was edited on 9/14/09 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:44 pm to Bugs Bunny
Thanx for the info, bugs. Typical LSU, it's all about the dollars. It's almost like the old bait and switch from Sears. It's an HD ADVERTISEMENT BOARD....not a scoreboard.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:45 pm to Slim
i thought it would've been bigger. but the quality of the screen is awesome.
Posted on 9/14/09 at 7:48 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
Maybe somebody could sneak in some porn to put on it. Would probably look like a B-movie horror flick, "Attack of the Gigantic Boobs!"
People might actually flee the stadium, or run to the concession stand to order a glass of milk.
People might actually flee the stadium, or run to the concession stand to order a glass of milk.
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