Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall caught playing Xbox 360 during downtime Update: Video!
By Donald Melanson 
posted June 20th 2009 4:04PM
posted June 20th 2009 4:04PM
The 72 x 160-foot LED wall at the center of the new Cowboys Stadium is certainly impressive enough when it's showing game highlights or concert footage, but no giant screen ever truly earns its credentials until it's been put to some real use: playing video games. Thankfully, Jonas Brothers video director Steve Fatone somehow pulled himself away from concert preparations to do just that earlier this week, and apparently became the first person to ever play Xbox 360 on the display in the process. As you can see above and in the gallery below, the two certainly seem to be made for each other, although it looks like the controller can get a tad touchy if you stray too far while trying to play it.
Update: Our man Steve hooked us up with a video of the rig in action -- head after the break to check it out.
[Thanks, Steve; photos thanks to Troy]
Update: Our man Steve hooked us up with a video of the rig in action -- head after the break to check it out.
[Thanks, Steve; photos thanks to Troy]
Coolest. Thing. Ever.
Gonna be there for the All-Star game!
Speechless
that is so epic
My computer froze trying to watch the video. It's so epic..........Too epic some might say.
Awesome!
Can you say
The Way It's Meant To Be Played
That is awesome. I wonder how much it cost in electricity to run that giant screen.
Their necks must hurt.
so much win!
fire up so pornos baby.
@steve
sorry, wrong console. The xbox is powered by ATi.
WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAMN! I which I had the opportunity to do that LMAO..... Thats must be amazing! I would love to get my HALO3 or Killzone2 on, on that thing!
now if he were to play wii on it, would it be better to put the sensor bar above or below the screen?
at least if you let go of the wii-mote it wouldn't smash the screen
I don't think it would make a difference, the stretched mass of pixels would be indiscernible either way.
Remember that famous mac/apple superbowl add where the jumbo screen gets smashed by the hammer? that's what happens if you play wii on this.
Next year we should see them using with Project Natal with the whole Cowboys team inside the screen playing NFL 2010/2011 as training
Videoprove must be delivered!
...you want fries and english with your order?
Please. Make it Supersize.
Proof indeed. Though the proof I'd like to see is just where in the hell the RCA inputs are for this screen?? Its not like its got 'easy-access' ports on the side of the monitor. Chances are the xbox was half a mile away buried in a subterranean control room with no windows and hundreds of video screens.
Give me a 30" 1080p display over this, any day of the week, even Saturday.
they where able to use fiber and put the xbox and controller right in the seats. It was not looking up. It was looking straight in front.
No thanks, I have 30 inch displays at home. a 30 foot (30'), now I would take that for a Blu-ray movie any day!
:-)
Wow, just imagine curb-stomping someone on that huge screen!
I wonder how many friend requests SoneAF1015 is going to get after this event/post.
I was just thinking the same thing. Talk about giving up privacy.
Jonas Brothers!? Eeeeewww.... Just like Hannah Montana.
Except male. No wait... no. You're right.
sure it is... at $40 million, 600-tons, 60 yards long and 72 feet tall. Its win alright, but its measurable :)
that was for B3astofthe3ast a few post down..Er
The screen is almost as large as their ego!
I would sit on the ledge at the bottom and play.
sweetie, you're sitting too close to the tv.
oh man, i live just a few miles from the stadium. they need to rent that out!
I live in Arlington too - and I would LINE UP to pay for 15 minutes of game time in the stadium. Don't know what game I'd run, but a FPS for sure.
"I have a fence stuck in my cheek!"
My knees are weak.
Best get that checked out.
I bet you that screen got a RRoD after playing it lol
The screen does not RROD the xbox does and it does not matter what screen...
you obviously didn't get my joke =S
no one did
No, you didn't.
That is an immeasurable amount of win.
In fact, it's actually 11,520 square feet of win.
in fact or actually pick one
Or Infactually!
I would like to see a video of it to see the framerate.