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So, Reliant is getting a badass new display screen

Goody. Houstonians are getting a BIG screen to see the game........at the game. Austinites are going to a bar because we can't watch it on TV.

Texans front office.....you suck.
 
infantrycak said:
I actually liked the season when the roof was broken and we got rained on etc. I understand the high temp concerns but wish the limits would be broadened some.
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I understand the 80 part of the limit, but not the 50. 50 degrees is awesome football weather.
 
TexansBlood said:
I like the roof being closed, walking out the stadium with my ears ringing is a nice feeling.
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awesome idea!
they can replace the roof with a paraboloid structure that can dynamically focus all reflected sound onto the field position of the opposing QB!

need this patented asap!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
 
TexansBlood said:
I like the roof being closed, walking out the stadium with my ears ringing is a nice feeling.
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qqert said:
awesome idea!
they can replace the roof with a paraboloid structure that can dynamically focus all reflected sound onto the field position of the opposing QB!

need this patented asap!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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It can get just as loud when it's open.
 
infantrycak said:
The roof has a marginal effect. The excitement of the crowd has a far greater one. JMO.
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That's how I feel about it. The stadium in Seattle is open air and is one of the loudest in the NFL. Sitting in the bull pen you can tell before anyone even scores what mood the crowd is in. It's almost like if the crowd is confident then we win, if the crowd feels like we are going to lose that feeling spreads throughout the stadium and consequently we win.
 
''From a video perspective, we will be able to provide the fans similar or even better than they have in their homes from a video presentation,'' Rootes said. ''We will have the clarity of high definition for the first time. This is the type of board that will pay dividends for us for years to come.''
The Texans wanted the screens to remain in the end zones as to not take away from the action on the field.
''That's where we want the primary focus,'' Rootes said of the field. ''But during break in the action, we'll have that available up in each end zone for the fans.''
The new boards will also have the capability to access a number of different feeds, allowing highlights from games outside of the stadium to be shown, which wasn't possible in the past. They'll also have statistics from the Texans game as well as scores and statistics from around the league on the boards.
Another addition will be a new slow-motion instant replay machine that will have four extra camera angles for replays.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/texans-video-boards-worlds-largest-222831583--nfl.html
 
one more to go..

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Wonder how it will be configured...
How much screen real estate for the game and how much for ads and such...?
 
ObsiWan said:
Wonder how it will be configured...
How much screen real estate for the game and how much for ads and such...?
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I was thinking the same thing.

Our Scoreboard is larger overall than the Cowboys'. However, I wonder if the Cowboys' screen is not of better viewing dimensions.

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CloakNNNdagger said:
I was thinking the same thing.

Our Scoreboard is larger overall than the Cowboys'. However, I wonder if the Cowboys' screen is not of better viewing dimensions.

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The Cowboys screen is 16:9, so the modern TV picture fits into that screen perfectly and fills it. I'm sure the middle portion (as close to 16:9 as is practical) of the new Texans boards will be used for video, and the rest will be used for ads, stats, etc. So, the TV picture size itself will be smaller than at the Cowboys stadium.
 
paycheck71 said:
The Cowboys screen is 16:9, so the modern TV picture fits into that screen perfectly and fills it. I'm sure the middle portion (as close to 16:9 as is practical) of the new Texans boards will be used for video, and the rest will be used for ads, stats, etc. So, the TV picture size itself will be smaller than at the Cowboys stadium.
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Substantially smaller if you extropolate the 16:9 from the illustration above.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Substantially smaller if you extropolate the 16:9 from the illustration above.
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Yes, and I don't really have a problem with that. That giant TV at the Cowboys stadium is a distraction, IMO, and makes it very challenging to watch the game on the field rather than on TV, unless you're sitting in the lower level.

The Reliant video boards are in the end zones rather than right in front of your eyes, so there shouldn't be a problem with distracting fans from actually watching the action on the field.
 
NitroGSXR said:
All I know is that I see the closed captioning screen was removed.

*paces back and forth nervously*
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I doubt the closed captioning will go away. Like they're saying, the thing is too wide to display any "reasonable" resolution. Some of the screen is going to be used for advertising. Some of it will be used for the closed captioning.

The actual replay will only be marginally bigger than it is now.
 
thunderkyss said:
I doubt the closed captioning will go away. Like they're saying, the thing is too wide to display any "reasonable" resolution. Some of the screen is going to be used for advertising. Some of it will be used for the closed captioning.

The actual replay will only be marginally bigger than it is now.
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Judging by the scale, I'd suspect a 100% increase. (twice as tall, teh remaining width for other uses)
 
I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this, but has there been any information about the stadium potentially getting WiFi? It is something that it desperately needs. If I fail to set up my fantasy lineup or a surprise injury comes up, I wouldn't be able to change it and that's happened before. I know some people will say you should be there to watch the game and I agree, but for timeouts and halftime having access to my nfl redzone or my fantasy teams would be nice.
 
ObsiWan said:
Wonder how it will be configured...
How much screen real estate for the game and how much for ads and such...?
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From what I understand, the ads will be basically the same as before... Only digitalized. Bummer I know. But im sure they can break away from them every now and then to show off its true potential
 
Ryan said:
I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this, but has there been any information about the stadium potentially getting WiFi? It is something that it desperately needs. If I fail to set up my fantasy lineup or a surprise injury comes up, I wouldn't be able to change it and that's happened before. I know some people will say you should be there to watch the game and I agree, but for timeouts and halftime having access to my nfl redzone or my fantasy teams would be nice.
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McNair mentioned Wifi when they did the press conference after getting the Superbowl awarded.
 
Ryan said:
I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this, but has there been any information about the stadium potentially getting WiFi? It is something that it desperately needs. If I fail to set up my fantasy lineup or a surprise injury comes up, I wouldn't be able to change it and that's happened before. I know some people will say you should be there to watch the game and I agree, but for timeouts and halftime having access to my nfl redzone or my fantasy teams would be nice.
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DX-TEX said:
McNair mentioned Wifi when they did the press conference after getting the Superbowl awarded.
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Even though Goodell has said that the goal was to have every NFL stadium delivering free Wi-Fi to their fans, only 8 have any semblance of the service as of the end of 2012 [New England Patriots, New York Jets and the Giants (who share MetLife Stadium), the Atlanta Falcons, the Indianapolis Colts, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the New Orleans Saints, the Carolina Panthers and the Miami Dolphins]. Gillette Stadium is the only Stadium to date which can deliver Wi-Fi throughout the stadium. There are many problems to overcome.........and it is expensive.........which we all know will be passed on to the fans. The Patriots tickets were the 2nd most expensive in the league last year........only 10 cents less expensive than the most expensive Jets tickets.

NFL dangles apps and Wi-Fi to boost lagging attendance

Bringing in Wi-Fi and a ton of multimedia bling sounds promising. Here's the catch: Delivering that experience to 70,000 fans packed into a relatively small area is extremely tricky. If you've ever tried texting, calling or -- God help you -- uploading a photo to Facebook (FB) while you're at a game or concert, you're aware of the problem. Washington's wireless networks jammed during President Obama's 2009 inauguration, and planners are braced for a repeat of that during his second inauguration on Monday.

Smartphones quickly become dumb phones when tens of thousands of people all try to access the same cell towers simultaneously.

Streaming video to individual devices throughout an entire football stadium requires hundreds of radios strategically placed throughout the arena, perfectly aimed and calibrated so they won't interfere with other equipment. A poorly placed radio could wipe out Wi-Fi for an entire section, as could radios placed close to television broadcast equipment.

The Patriots hired networking solutions provider Enterasys -- a Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500) competitor -- to build their network.

Enterasys essentially treated Gillette as a medium-sized town squashed into a tiny, dense area. It created a mini-Internet service provider (like a Comcast (CMCSA) or Time Warner Cable (TWC, Fortune 500)) inside the stadium, including a networking core that connects directly to the Internet. Enterasys custom-designed 300 Wi-Fi access points and snaked thousands of feet of cable throughout the venue.

It's a multi-million dollar project that many bigger names expressed interest in, but no other competitors were willing to guarantee the results, according to the Patriots' Kraft. The network at Gillette has performed well throughout the season, he said. It peaked at 10,000 people using the Wi-Fi simultaneously during last Sunday's playoff win against the Houston Texans, with no service disruptions.
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paycheck71 said:
Yes, and I don't really have a problem with that. That giant TV at the Cowboys stadium is a distraction, IMO, and makes it very challenging to watch the game on the field rather than on TV, unless you're sitting in the lower level.

The Reliant video boards are in the end zones rather than right in front of your eyes, so there shouldn't be a problem with distracting fans from actually watching the action on the field.
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thats the prbelm at toyota center, had seats in a suite and i would catch myself watching the game on the screen. despite telling myself to watch the action on the court, i kept staring at that screen..

theres a video on HT.com demonstrating exactly how it will handle the live video and it still looks great..
http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-med...nderings/ee61f382-4a1c-43de-a848-e19e1183dbaf
 
Premier said:
thats the prbelm at toyota center, had seats in a suite and i would catch myself watching the game on the screen. despite telling myself to watch the action on the court, i kept staring at that screen..

theres a video on HT.com demonstrating exactly how it will handle the live video and it still looks great..
http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-med...nderings/ee61f382-4a1c-43de-a848-e19e1183dbaf
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Not bad... looks (to me anyway) like a 20-60-20 split. The center 60% has the game action and the two 20% sections have ads, player info, down/distance/crowd noise "suggestions?" on them.
This newfangled thingie might just work.
:hmmm:
 
ObsiWan said:
Not bad... looks (to me anyway) like a 20-60-20 split. The center 60% has the game action and the two 20% sections have ads, player info, down/distance/crowd noise "suggestions?" on them.
This newfangled thingie might just work.
:hmmm:
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Your ruler tells a different story than mine..........mine says that the game viewing display doesn't make up any more than 45% of the total viewing display????
 
Ryan said:
I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this, but has there been any information about the stadium potentially getting WiFi? It is something that it desperately needs. If I fail to set up my fantasy lineup or a surprise injury comes up, I wouldn't be able to change it and that's happened before. I know some people will say you should be there to watch the game and I agree, but for timeouts and halftime having access to my nfl redzone or my fantasy teams would be nice.
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I can get unlimited WiFi at McDonalds, for the price of a cup of coffee. Doesn't make sense to pay $35 to park, $65 to get in the door, $7.5 for a beer, & $6 for a slice of pizza & no WiFi.
 
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The new board, that will be showing game action and replays covers 3 full sections of the 3rd deck in the end zone.

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The old board fell short of 3 full sections. The red lines in that pic show the new board's width.
 
thunderkyss said:
I can get unlimited WiFi at McDonalds, for the price of a cup of coffee. Doesn't make sense to pay $35 to park, $65 to get in the door, $7.5 for a beer, & $6 for a slice of pizza & no WiFi.
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Well, don't worry, when Reliant finally has unlimited WiFi, they'll probably be charging you $50 to park $100 to get in the door, $15 a beer. $12 for a slice of pizza, $10 for a cup of coffee, $10 to pee, $15 to poop, and $100 dollars a game for a proprietary app to receive your free unlimited Wi-Fi...................:chef:
 
Hell friends.... Forget about what chicks tell you that "bigger is not better"!! Bigger is BETTER!!!

Given my current eyesight, BIGGER is BETTER!!! I'm pretty sure that I don't give a rat's as about x:y resolution or pixilation... I just want to be able to see the screen and trust what I see -or-saw as it were!!!


*Disclaimer*

People that know me will get my sense of humor........ New folks will have no idea what I'm talking about.
 
Texan_Bill said:
Hell friends.... Forget about what chicks tell you that "bigger is not better"!! Bigger is BETTER!!!

Given my current eyesight, BIGGER is BETTER!!! I'm pretty sure that I don't give a rat's as about x:y resolution or pixilation... I just want to be able to see the screen and trust what I see -or-saw as it were!!!


*Disclaimer*

People that know me will get my sense of humor........ New folks will have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Que? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Speedy said:
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The new board, that will be showing game action and replays covers 3 full sections of the 3rd deck in the end zone.

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The old board fell short of 3 full sections. The red lines in that pic show the new board's width.
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the bottom pic does not look 16:9, more 21:9. if the new board utilizes a 21:9 aspect ratio, then it will cover closer to 5 sections.. if anythig, they atleast have the option to change aspect ratios at will..
 
PapaL said:
Que? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I have no idea bro! It made sense at the time I posted it.

I think I was speaking to "duality of man... Born to kill on one side and peace" on the other...

Seriously though, I think what I was saying is that with the current screen and sitting in the Bull Pen coupled with becoming an old bastard, I need all the help I can get...

Example given: My cell phone

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Notice the size of the keys! :choke:
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Your ruler tells a different story than mine..........mine says that the game viewing display doesn't make up any more than 45% of the total viewing display????
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Oh... I was just eyeballing it.
just a sec... Let me find my digital calipers.....
:D

yeah... just roughly it is more like 30-40-30... so 40% actual TV-type stuff and 60% game info/ads
 
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