JTS Improvements - Want More
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Just the NEZ and not the SEZ too?
I wish the original boards were expandable - they look like they were built with that in mind, but probably not. Seems to me if you could move the sound system to the top, the video portion of both the SEZ and NEZ boards could be widened to the full width.
Here's the RFP with all the bid documents.
Looks like JTS includes both video boards, not just the NEZ. Also gives bidders options to quote the ribbon board. I didn't think the ribbon was very old.
For Hilton, if I'm reading the specs correctly, they are asking for 15’ 6”H x 22’ 2”W.
If this is right, the current board is 28'x21'
Daktronics To Install Display Boards In Hilton - Iowa State University Athletics
New boards will be ready for next season.
Seems odd they'd go smaller so maybe I'm not interpreting the RFP correctly.
Here's the RFP with all the bid documents.
Looks like JTS includes both video boards, not just the NEZ. Also gives bidders options to quote the ribbon board. I didn't think the ribbon was very old.
For Hilton, if I'm reading the specs correctly, they are asking for 15’ 6”H x 22’ 2”W.
If this is right, the current board is 28'x21'
Daktronics To Install Display Boards In Hilton - Iowa State University Athletics
New boards will be ready for next season.cyclones.com
Seems odd they'd go smaller so maybe I'm not interpreting the RFP correctly.
I didn't see it, but I wonder if there's going to be an elevator/crane of some sort. I know that's been a complaint for the media in the past that there isn't a convenient way to get equipment/personnel to the NEZ vantage point on top of the video board.
Regardless, this is a welcome improvement. Not completely necessary at this specific moment, but welcome nonetheless.
From my quick uneducated research I think the new JTS video boards will be larger and include the two blank spaces on each side which currently have the big 12 logo and i-state logo.Here's the RFP with all the bid documents.
Looks like JTS includes both video boards, not just the NEZ. Also gives bidders options to quote the ribbon board. I didn't think the ribbon was very old.
For Hilton, if I'm reading the specs correctly, they are asking for 15’ 6”H x 22’ 2”W.
If this is right, the current board is 28'x21'
Daktronics To Install Display Boards In Hilton - Iowa State University Athletics
New boards will be ready for next season.
Seems odd they'd go smaller so maybe I'm not interpreting the RFP correctly.
Jack Trice
current: 36 x 79
proposed: 36 x 158
Hilton
current: 18 x 15 (includes top, middle, and bottom displays)
proposed: 15.5 x 22, plus underside angled displays and corner strips
*PLUS lower corner displays to replace the fixed-digit boards
current: 36 x 79
proposed: 36 x 158
Hilton
current: 18 x 15 (includes top, middle, and bottom displays)
proposed: 15.5 x 22, plus underside angled displays and corner strips
*PLUS lower corner displays to replace the fixed-digit boards
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It better. Those logos/mesh/cover/whatever the hell they are look so cheap and cheesy and the Cardinal faded to pink in about 12 days.
I assume if they do increase the videoboard size for the full length of the structure that the next thing they will replace will be the sound system since it's currently behind the faded out logos in the north endzone.
Seems like a good idea but video display technology moves so fast that you don't want to be investing in outdated technology. And the old portion of it is old enough that you are just going to have more and more frequent problems with it.
Yup, I think you're right - I think what we've all been wanting is happening! IT'S HAPPENING! The full width will be video board instead of the mesh logo-bars on the sides.
I am curious about the sound systems - were there speakers behind the mesh? If so, I wonder if the new video board is able to pass sound through? or if speakers will need to be relocated. Just a curiosity.
This is another win for JP in my book. We are incredibly lucky to have that guy as our AD. His success record is well beyond the average AD.
The speakers were behind the mesh side pieces. What stadiums have been upgrading their audio to for some time now is a bunch of small speakers spread throughout and pointing down into the bowl. Avoids the weird echo and delay that makes leading chants so darn tough.
That's what all the little boxes are above the suites in Lambeau:
The video boards will continue to get thinner and thinner. However, speakers that need to produce that amount of sound DBs will almost always require sizeable horn loading to achieve the volume. I don't see those getting smaller anytime soon. There is only "so much" enginnering of a sound wave you can do before you start to lose fidelity.