***Video Board Renderings Released***
- Thread starter CloneState1028
- Start date
Agreed, but now that the Jake is there and is what it is, we can build more seats elsewhere if that need ever arises.
I don't know why people feel the need to ***** about the coolest thing to happen for the football in awhile. I actually think there's a lot of potential for it to look pretty cool.
Didn't read the 14 pages before me so I don't know everyone elses reaction but, my initial reaction... I don't especially care for it. I think it needs to drop a little bit lower to the jake. And I'm a little surprised they are leaving the structural steel exposed. I would have thought a concrete pillar would have looked a lot better, but maybe more expensive.
But... I'm sure I'll like it when it's up.
But... I'm sure I'll like it when it's up.
Agreed. Double deck SEZ = 60k permanent seats i believe. We have no needs beyond that for the time being. If we're ever at the point where we're really showing we need more room there are ways (expensive ways, but ways) the stadium could be expanded further, but thats probably a long, long ways off.
To me, the artist didn't do the board justice. It doesn't look impressive to me. Looks awkward. I think once it is finished being built, it will look phenomenal though. Definitely will help with recruits as it will make the stadium look much more impressive.
Also, I'd rather have a gap than have the roof of the Jacobsen building cave in from snow drifts forming on the new board, but that's just my personal feelings on the matter.
Interesting that there are 1584 lines of vertical resolution. I wonder how the fullscreen video will work. I'd guess they'd shoot in normal 720x1280 and upscale and crop for the full screen video and scale it down for the normal view. I guess what I'm getting at is that the video (not including ads or the stat graphics) would be 485x1280 (upscaled to 600x1584) in "fullscreen", but normally about 600x1066 (downscaled from 720x1280).
I guess if they shoot in 1080, fullscreen would be 600x1584 (downscaled from 727x1920) and normal still 600x1066 (but now downscaled from 1080x1920).
As a comparison, normal standard definition is 480x640. I'm not sure how these things work, especially with costs, but I wonder why they wouldn't have given the scoreboard a little more resolution for the extra stats and ad so it could display true HD video.
Or maybe I am just misreading something or my math is bad or anything more than 480 is close enough to HD that no one will care.
I guess if they shoot in 1080, fullscreen would be 600x1584 (downscaled from 727x1920) and normal still 600x1066 (but now downscaled from 1080x1920).
As a comparison, normal standard definition is 480x640. I'm not sure how these things work, especially with costs, but I wonder why they wouldn't have given the scoreboard a little more resolution for the extra stats and ad so it could display true HD video.
Or maybe I am just misreading something or my math is bad or anything more than 480 is close enough to HD that no one will care.
That'd probably be where you'd go next, hanging a 3rd deck on the SEZ or east side. West side would be a bit harder due to press box.
Arkansas' is what I think ours will most look like, video wise and not structural wise. Notice They have a large gap as well.
At night it's going to be sick!
im so glad you brought up arkansas stadium. i think they have one of the nicest stadiums in all of college football. what a great place to play
I dont think we have ever agreed this much.
If we ever do Double deck the SEZ that will probably be our max and will be just fine.
And probably time to build a statue taller than this scoreboard for the coach that causes it to happen.
I just hope I'm done with grad school so I can afford a suite before that happens.
The fact they didn't have enough foresight so think we might someday want to bowl in the north endzone is just plain idiotic.
West Virginia's stadium was built just like ours. Look what kind of building they put in their endzone. The link is below. They did a great job. Our architects did one of the worst jobs ever IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WVU_Opening_Game_Mountaineer_Field.jpg
Wow. You're pretty over the top. You're complaining about a problem we don't even have.
I'm not impressed with WVU's stadium/ building. It's ugly. I like the Jacobson. See how opinions are? We are a LOOONNG way from needing to bowl in the N. Endzone. We don't even have the other one bowled in. If they do, I'm sure they'll knock it down.
