Daktronics to build world's largest HD LED display

Big news, people: we've just placed an order for a new TV set, and we guarantee it's gonna be bigger than anything you've ever seen. Arriving soon at Engadget Stadium (currently Dolphins Stadium, but Santa knows we've been extra-good this year) is a megaginormous flat-panel LED screen that measures—are you ready for this—freakin' 1,750-inches diagonal (props to our man Pythagoras for the assist on the calculation). Our new baby is being custom built by South Dakota-based Daktronics, and will feature a 2,112 x 736 (that's like 1.5 million pixels) resolution with a super-widescreen format that puts 16:9 to shame. Unfortunately, this won't be available till next season, but that just gives us extra time to build the 50TB DVR we're gonna need to capture all the action.

[Thanks, Omer]

[Mark @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I don't know if that screen can contain Ronnie Brown. What'll be the price tag on that?

[Dave @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Wow! It's almost as big as Frank's 2000 inch TV...

[Austin @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Go Broncos!!!hehe

[Biochemlab @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I did some math, for boredom...

Aspect Ratio: 66:23
# of Pixels: 1,554,432
Actual Screen Size: 1,652.5" x 575.9"
Pixel Size: 0.61"

[Adam Wyss @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

i think its funny how engadget photoshopped this picture. that shot they used is from week one when miami played AT denver, and that the picture shows dolphins stadium. nice try engadget, but you can't fool a true dolphins fan, even if i only live in indiana

[slim @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

nope, the game is played at miami

[Kesey @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Correction -- AOL just purchased you a new... ;)

[Samuel Lago @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

SONY had something similar, a cinema projector which utilised some technology called super-HD. So whats this?

[Matt @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

It'd suck to get a crack in that.

[Jon in Ft Lauderdale @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

"Posted Oct 8, 2005, 2:00 PM ET by Adam Wyss

i think its funny how engadget photoshopped this picture. that shot they used is from week one when miami played AT denver, and that the picture shows dolphins stadium. nice try engadget, but you can't fool a true dolphins fan, even if i only live in indiana"

Thats funny b/c the game was @ Dolphin's stadium week one against Denver. I was there ;)

[charlie @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

um who cares where the game is played of course its photoshoped it has not been built yet.

[ModusOperandi @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

post 2: That's exactly what I thought when I read that!

[embassy @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

maybe im not in the " know" anymore..but i was pretty certian " dolphins stadium" is called " pro players stadium" ...: shrugs:

[Hafu @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

The huge HD screen (worlds largest) at Turner Field in Atlanta is amazing. If anything it's too distracting during a game.

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Pro Player went out of business. It's now just Dolphins' Stadium. They even call it that during Marlins' games.

[Mikael @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Cool didn't know dak was doing this, I worked there this summer as a Video Products Engineer Intern. VERY cool place to work.

[Paul @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

On an LED screen like these, 3 LEDs make up one pixel, one each for red, green, blue...

So thats 4,663,296 LEDs!

[Grant @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

the only thing there gonna use that for is to watch themselfs get whooped in high def.

[Shotime @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Actually, the game was in Miami. Take notice to the white home jersey and it was 90 degrees that sunday.

[LED Display @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Good Topic

[Amol @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

There's going to be a bigger HD one built at a Japanese racecourse not too long after this.

[David @ Jan 8th 2006 7:41PM]

wow we have a lot to wait for in the UK WE ARE STILL IN BLACK AND WHITE, no colour predudice meant!!.

Bigger is always best