It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Sabres fans who show up Friday morning to watch the first practice of training camp will notice a large, gaping void above the ice that'll make HSBC Arena look more like an airplane hangar.

The video scoreboard will be gone.

No, the JumboTron didn't fall from the ceiling again. And it hasn't been taken down for autumn cleaning.

The Sabres are having a large, high-definition video scoreboard and ribbon boards installed in time for the regular season. The system will be similar to the astonishing setup used by the Bruins in TD Banknorth Garden.

Although the Sabres aren't going with the Mitsubishi version the Bruins have, I can speak from personal knowledge the TD Banknorth Garden display, from my perch way up in the press box, is like watching the television from my living room sofa. I would find myself drawn to the video scoreboard rather than tilting my head a few degrees downward to watch the actual game. Replays are so crystal clear, I could sometimes see the puck better on the HD scoreboard 100 feet away than I could on the TV monitor a foot to my right.

No offense to Jocelyn Thibault, but the Sabres have made a significant offseason acquisition after all.

---Tim Graham

http://buffalonews.typepad.com/sabres/2007/09/maybe-fewer-goa.html

here's what the new scoreboard is going to look like

[SkateZilla]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

Sabres fans who show up Friday morning to watch the first practice of training camp will notice a large, gaping void above the ice that'll make HSBC Arena look more like an airplane hangar.

The video scoreboard will be gone.

No, the JumboTron didn't fall from the ceiling again. And it hasn't been taken down for autumn cleaning.

The Sabres are having a large, high-definition video scoreboard and ribbon boards installed in time for the regular season. The system will be similar to the astonishing setup used by the Bruins in TD Banknorth Garden.

Although the Sabres aren't going with the Mitsubishi version the Bruins have, I can speak from personal knowledge the TD Banknorth Garden display, from my perch way up in the press box, is like watching the television from my living room sofa. I would find myself drawn to the video scoreboard rather than tilting my head a few degrees downward to watch the actual game. Replays are so crystal clear, I could sometimes see the puck better on the HD scoreboard 100 feet away than I could on the TV monitor a foot to my right.

No offense to Jocelyn Thibault, but the Sabres have made a significant offseason acquisition after all.

---Tim Graham

http://buffalonews.typepad.com/sabres/2007/09/maybe-fewer-goa.html

here's what the new scoreboard is going to look like

370,000 Pixels for SD (640x480) Stretched or downsampled to 78,00 Pixels (SD Lite/VCD, 320x480 on a low quality LED Light Board Being Fed by SD 640x480 Broadcast Camera's.

or

2,073,600 Pixels on a 500:1 Constrast Ratio HDTV Screen being fed by 1080p Broadcast Cameras.

MSG HD FTW

[SkateZilla]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

Sabres fans who show up Friday morning to watch the first practice of training camp will notice a large, gaping void above the ice that'll make HSBC Arena look more like an airplane hangar.

The video scoreboard will be gone.

No, the JumboTron didn't fall from the ceiling again. And it hasn't been taken down for autumn cleaning.

The Sabres are having a large, high-definition video scoreboard and ribbon boards installed in time for the regular season. The system will be similar to the astonishing setup used by the Bruins in TD Banknorth Garden.

Although the Sabres aren't going with the Mitsubishi version the Bruins have, I can speak from personal knowledge the TD Banknorth Garden display, from my perch way up in the press box, is like watching the television from my living room sofa. I would find myself drawn to the video scoreboard rather than tilting my head a few degrees downward to watch the actual game. Replays are so crystal clear, I could sometimes see the puck better on the HD scoreboard 100 feet away than I could on the TV monitor a foot to my right.

No offense to Jocelyn Thibault, but the Sabres have made a significant offseason acquisition after all.

---Tim Graham

http://buffalonews.typepad.com/sabres/2007/09/maybe-fewer-goa.html

here's what the new scoreboard is going to look like

370,000 Pixels for SD (640x480) Stretched or downsampled to 78,00 Pixels (SD Lite/VCD, 320x480 on a low quality LED Light Board Being Fed by SD 640x480 Broadcast Camera's.

or

2,073,600 Pixels on a 500:1 Constrast Ratio HDTV Screen being fed by 1080p Broadcast Cameras.

MSG HD FTW

[Ebenezer]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

win hockey games...all I need a scoreboard for is the score, time clock, penalties, shots on goals and out of town scores...

[Mitchy moo]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

win hockey games...all I need a scoreboard for is the score, time clock, penalties, shots on goals and out of town scores...

Exactly, who in the world goes to the arena to watch a scoreboard?

[JD]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!



..it looks sweet, come on.

Half you bills fans were masturbating to the fact that the Ralph was getting a new scoreboard anyway.

[Mitchy moo]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

..it looks sweet, come on.

Half you bills fans were masturbating to the fact that the Ralph was getting a new scoreboard anyway.

If your sitting upstairs you need it.

[JD]

Re: It's official...HSBC replays will now be in HD!

If your sitting upstairs you need it.

To follow gameplay? Not a chance. I love the upperdeck. The Bills didnt NEED a new scoreboard, just like the Sabres didnt NEED a new one. Nothing wrong with going bigger though, and clearer