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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    11/23/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    wow....that is out of control! gotta love technology
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    In essence, 1080²P.
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    Image of aquaosx aquaosx
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    I wonder if all of those servers are some sort of knock-off Walgreens brand.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    11/22/08

    @aquaosx: If anyone has tried to hawk low end server blades on infomercials you can be sure that Walgreens will have them in stock...
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    VIDEO SPAM!!!
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    Image of xc_kyle xc_kyle
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    Sorry to burst everyone's bubble but from my experience in the large electronic scoreboard and billboard industry, with work on the Coke sign in times square and by the pictures, you cant BSOD the sign unless it was as a picture. Windows runs the program for the display which is output through Ethernet to a controller that outputs to the sign. If the computer BSOD it would cause the section of the sign to just repeat or to shut off.
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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    11/24/08

    @xc_kyle: Agreed. The Dak software/hardware could only show a BSOD if you actually create a video or file of a BSOD and schedule it to play-- as a joke, I guess. Panasonic, on the other hand, they could show a BSOD when their software crashes...
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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    11/21/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    yeah, a dusty supply closet is where I want to locate the equipment that runs a multmillion-dollar sign.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    11/21/08

    In reply to The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard
    Their WOW! factor: pretty undeniable.


    Their cabling job: pretty lackluster.

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    Image of Blaxpear Blaxpear
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    I don't get it. BSOD??? I haven't seen one since Windows 98! Why do folks continue to talk about BSOD??? The only rationale I can come up with is, these BSOD articles are written by Mac Users who obviously are disconnected and out of touch with the other 98% of the world of Users. Amazing.
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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    11/21/08

    @Blaxpear: I only use PCs at work and like them. But I do get BSOD once every two months, I'd say. The two PCs I use do some pretty serious video work. Once machine is XP, the other 2000. BSOD happens. And it happens on both those OS's.
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    Image of Tony Bullard Tony Bullard
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    It's a good thing traffic in New York is so slow. Driving through Atlanta at night with full motion video ads going on right next to the highway is hard enough...I can't imagine what it's got to be like trying to pay attention to the road in an area like that.


    Amazing tech and all, but seriously...a historic landmark is now nothing but a magazine with all the content ripped out.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    A couple of my coworkers were there yesterday for the grand opening. As a result I got a promo card, which from the angle makes it look like there's a giant referigerator on the side of the building. Plus the red & white colored logos remind me of Coca-Cola now.


    It should be fun next month when they drop the New Year's ball on the roof....

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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    I swear I thought I saw this on weeks ago. Maybe just 2 of the 3 sides were on then? I don't know why Walgreen's would do this in Times Square. The top portion is so high you really have to strain to see it from the street. On the other hand, the new Budweiser sign next to it looks nice. Makes me thirsty....
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    I am pretty sure most shoppers, like myself, base their choice of drug stores on the criteria of "Which is closest to where I am currently standing?"


    Walgreens seems like a weird choice of companies to do this advertising...

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    11/21/08

    @Hiphopopotamus: This is for their new partnership, Star-Greens. Coffee and prescription drugs. YAY!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    Any guesses on what those news anchors have on their laptops sitting in front of them?


    And can I get one of those truck mounted signs w/Gordon Ramsay on it?

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    Image of LoganSix LoganSix
    11/21/08

    In reply to 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard Flipped On at 1 Times Square, Wraps Around Entire Building
    So, in 10 years NYC will completely covered in LED billboards. No wonder New Yorkers keep moving to the south in droves. Please stop, we're all filled up down here.
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    Image of MavrixWK MavrixWK
    11/21/08

    @LoganSix:

    Idk, an LED sidewalk would be cool. Although a bit distracting.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    11/21/08

    @Mavrix: Especially if you get a jerk programmer who has it flash an open subway grate or manhole cover while you walk over it.
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