Big Screens

[ladysaint]

Did anyone miss them yesterday and will we not have them for the rest of the season. Personally I didnt made me concentrate more on the game than being distracted by the screens.

[saint.tom.clancy]

Yeah. Didnt really make much difference to me tbh.

[s0108787]

i was a little dissapointed at first, but got used to not having them quickley. Has there been a reason given for not having them?

[Andy_Porter]

The only thing I missed was the clock really, gets annoying having to look at my watch to see how long we've got left.

 

Ended up going for a beer much earlier than normal so It's not all bad...

[ladysaint]

The only thing I missed was the clock really, gets annoying having to look at my watch to see how long we've got left.

 

Ended up going for a beer much earlier than normal so It's not all bad...

 

Yes I agree that was annoying the only clock was the Omega one by the directors box and too far away to see what time was actually left. I thought it was a cost cutting exercise as they had to pay the extra to police this game but then the steward said they were broken so not sure what the real reason was.

[Danny]

The one above the Northam Stand was working, although there were a few glitches.

[Andy_Porter]

The one above the Northam Stand was working, although there were a few glitches.

 

Must not be a cost cutting exercise then.

 

Yes I agree that was annoying the only clock was the Omega one by the directors box and too far away to see what time was actually left. I thought it was a cost cutting exercise as they had to pay the extra to police this game but then the steward said they were broken so not sure what the real reason was.

 

Hopefully it will be fixed ready for Tuesday, seems strange that it could break though must be a pain to get up there and repair anything.

[NickG]

one was working

[Bristol_Benji]

they said on the tannoy before the game that they are hoping to get the chapel screen fixed by next week.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

i was a little dissapointed at first, but got used to not having them quickley. Has there been a reason given for not having them?

 

So fans couldn't see any protests close up?

 

OK, call me a cynic.

[Colinjb]

one was working

 

Barely.

 

Due to advertising being sold for those screens it must surely be in the clubs interest to keep them operational.

[Ponty]

So fans couldn't see any protests close up?

 

OK, call me a cynic.

Cynic.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Cynic.

 

I can't argue with that synopsis!

[Whitey Grandad]

Barely.

 

Due to advertising being sold for those screens it must surely be in the clubs interest to keep them operational.

From what I know about this type of business, the company that made them (Daktronics) supplies them at low cost to the host institution and then manages the advertising sales for them. Depending on the details of the deal it is not uncommon for all the revenue from the advertising to go to the led video screen provider. The host institution gets the use of the screen for free. It can't be a coincidence that both screens should fail at the same time. The one at the Northam end had two groups of modules intermittently failing completely and two other individual modules that had lost their red signals. The Chapel end was presumably turned off because it was too bad to use. They're probably not significant faults but there will certainly have beeen a loss of revenue to somebody.