Arizona Diamondbacks getting ginormous HD-X display from Daktronics

Daktronics is certainly no stranger to ridiculously huge displays, and it now looks set to expand it big screen empire even further, with it just announcing that it's signed a deal to outfit the Arizona Diamondbacks with one of its newfangled HD-X displays. Apparently scheduled for completion before the start of the 2008 baseball season, the new display promises to be the widest in the major leagues, measuring 136 feet wide by 46 feet high, or about eight times the size of the CRT display currently in place. Among other things, Daktronics' HD-X technology allows the display to be divided up into any number of zones, allowing for various configurations of video, animation and statistics -- and no doubt a few Halo 3 multiplayer games during downtime.

[DWells55 @ Jan 11th 2008 2:15PM]

Only 880 lines of resolution? That big and not even 1080p? Oh well, guess it's not a huge deal given the distance it's being viewed from.

[DWells55 @ Jan 11th 2008 2:15PM]

Only 880 lines of resolution? That big and not even 1080p? Oh well, guess it's not a huge deal given the distance it's being viewed from.

[Nikkoli @ Jan 11th 2008 2:53PM]

True, but at 440 feet away, do you really think you would be able to see the difference between 1080p and a lesser HD? I imagine you wont even be able to tell that there is only 1.5 lines per inch either.

[Kamokazi @ Jan 11th 2008 2:19PM]

That would look better in my living room, although I might be a little short on space to accomodate a 1722" TV.

[DonatoM3 @ Jan 11th 2008 3:51PM]

You mean a 20612' or 247344" TV.

[DonatoM3 @ Jan 11th 2008 3:55PM]

And I get an utter fail for seeing you were right and I forgot the last step of the equation.

[DonatoM3 @ Jan 11th 2008 3:55PM]

And I get an utter fail for seeing you were right and I forgot the last step of the equation.

[brian @ Jan 11th 2008 2:21PM]

yoo

[GreezyG @ Jan 11th 2008 2:48PM]

Blast!! It's slightly bigger than the Godzillatron at UT. We measure 134X55. Hey Mac it's time for an upgrade!! Hook 'Em

[DerekKramer @ Jan 11th 2008 2:54PM]

up thats definate home state publicity

[StrangeBum @ Jan 11th 2008 2:55PM]

Hey cool. This might give me a reason to go check them out again this year. At least one game, they really haven't been the same since they won the World Series a few years back. Oh well.

[SteveMB @ Jan 11th 2008 10:21PM]

How about them Brewers?

[Kenc @ Jan 11th 2008 3:36PM]

Awesome I have season tickets and love going to the games, Actually it will be nicer now with a crisp clear screen to look at!

[Joe @ Jan 11th 2008 3:56PM]

Alright!! I work at Daktronics.

[aoeu00 @ Jan 11th 2008 6:24PM]

FBI:WANTED takes over...

[badhack @ Jan 12th 2008 12:10PM]

In other news...

Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball shocked fans today when he announced, "teams will no longer compete on the field but instead entertain crowds by playing Major League Baseball 2K8 on really large screens."

"We think this is an important step for the safety of our players."

[Dan @ Jan 13th 2008 12:10PM]

If Daktronics is making it, it will be late, the LED's wont be color matched, and modules will need to be replaced over and over again.

As far as playing HALO 3? yeah, not with their junky computers and software.

[Santana @ Jul 1st 2008 4:59AM]

My best team of MLB is The Arizona Diamondbacks . This why I always fallow their games especially whenever I have some time. I’m always trying not o miss any of their game and hear about the team’s news. But The Arizona Diamondbacks tickets get more pricy especially when there are some hot games. But, if we’re really good fans we should try not to be mean when we’re talking about a favourite teams. It’s not only the Diamondbacks tickets that got pricy, but there are other major teams too, so the team needs our support and we should provide as much as we can.