Digital Signage

Idaho State University Adds ‘Spudvision’ to Holt Arena

Posted on Oct 9, 2009 by Jane Goodwin at 12:05 am

From the Daktronics.com website, we learn that Idaho State University has joined the digital signage crowd with “Spudvision” from Daktronics:

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Sept. 25, 2009 – Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, recently chose Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., to design, manufacture and install a new light emitting diode (LED) video display for Holt Arena, home of Bengal football and basketball.

“The new video display works out perfectly for the existing scoreboard that we’ve got,” ISU’s Director of Athletics Jeff Tingey said. “We’re very excited about the opportunities it will provide us. This is a big one for recruiting. Every student athlete wants to play a game and score a touchdown or make an interception and look up and see the replay. It’s a way of life these days, and it’s something that we needed very much.”

The new 16 mm video display, nicknamed “SpudVision” because of the funding from the Idaho Potato Commission, measures almost 12 feet high by 15 feet wide. This video display uses the latest Daktronics industry-leading HD-X technology. The high resolution of the video display will make it better than many of the displays in surrounding schools, according to Tingey.

This Daktronics HD-X display features LED pixels on 16 mm pixel spacing. They are ideal for applications requiring a wide viewing angle, ensuring every fan has a great view of the action on the field.

Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology offers a long lifetime with minimal maintenance and low power consumption, providing value and excitement for years to come.

About ISU’s Holt Arena

Holt Arena was built in 1970 entirely by voluntary student fee increases. It is the oldest enclosed stadium on a college campus in the U.S. and the second-oldest overall. (The Houston Astrodome, completed in 1965, predates it.)

The arena was originally named the Mini Dome, but was renamed in 1988 to honor former ISU Athletic Director Milton W. “Dubby” Holt. The arena serves as the home field for the ISU football, indoor track and field and men’s basketball teams. It also hosts Idaho high school football games and other sporting events, rodeos and concerts.

About Daktronics Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is the world’s largest supplier of, large screen video displays, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, digital billboards, and control systems. The company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of multiple complex displays showing real-time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems for customers around the world, in sport, business and transportation applications. For more information, visit the company’s World Wide Web site at: http://www.daktronics.com, e-mail the company at sales@daktronics.com, call (605) 697-4300 or toll-free (800) 325-8766 in the United States or write to the company at 331 32nd Ave. PO Box 5128 Brookings, S.D. 57006-5128. Safe Harbor StatementCautionary Notice: In addition to statements of historical fact, this news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are intended to enjoy the protection of that Act. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Company cautions that these and similar statements involve risk and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectation, including, but not limited to, changes in economic and market conditions, management of growth, timing and magnitude of future contracts, and other risks noted in the company’s SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its 2009 fiscal year. Forward-looking statements are made in the context of information available as of the date stated. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.

For more information contact: MEDIA RELATIONS: Mark Steinkamp Marketing Manager tel (605) 692-0200 e-mail Mark.Steinkamp@daktronics.com

Digital Signage at the Inauguration

Posted on Jan 20, 2009 by Jane Goodwin at 12:05 am

Thanks to digital signage, more people than ever will be able to watch Barack Obama’s historic inauguration “up close and personal.”

Digital Signage Expo gives us the details:

While Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in an inaugural ceremony projected to attract well over a million spectators, four enormous mobile video screens — including the world’s largest high-resolution mobile LED unit — will assure that everyone gets an up-close view of the historic moment.

The mobile video screens, provided by GoVision LP of Keller, Texas, and manufactured by Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, S.D., will provide live video footage of the event backed by state-of-the-art image processing. The largest of the four screens, known as “GoBigger,” boasts a massive 19-by-33-foot display utilizing Daktronics HD-X technology, which features higher contrast and wider viewing angles than any other display of its type, according to the company.

The event marks the second time GoVision, a leading provider of larger-than-life LED video walls and mobile units, has been chosen as the exclusive mobile video provider for the presidential inauguration ceremony. The company also provided four jumbo screens for President George W. Bush’s second inaugural ceremony in 2005.

In addition to the four truck-mounted screens in downtown Washington, GoVision also is setting up mobile units for watching parties at the Canadian embassy and in Chicago’s Grant Park.

“We think January 20 may go down as the biggest large-screen rental day in history,” said Chris Curtis, CEO of GoVision, who has been fielding calls from organizers of events in several cities across the country.

“We are pleased that our screens will be a little part of history on the world’s biggest stage,” added Myron Linde, Daktronics mobile and modular sales manager.