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dale_grass

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« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2010, 08:03:47 AM »
I do enjoy the new board compared to the old one.  However, can we lose the Arial?  The pricing games should be elegant ladies, not tawdry whores.

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« Reply #46 on: April 29, 2010, 10:17:12 AM »
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'240119\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 07:03 AM\']I do enjoy the new board compared to the old one.  However, can we lose the Arial?  The pricing games should be elegant ladies, not tawdry whores.[/quote]

I didn't think it was that bad, but the same font that was used for the numbers down below would have been a better match. As it is, we have a font that simulates a 7-segment (vane) display, Arial, and more font that simulates a 7-segment display.
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« Reply #47 on: April 29, 2010, 11:53:10 AM »
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'240119\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 07:03 AM\']However, can we lose the Arial?  The pricing games should be elegant ladies, not tawdry whores.[/quote]

Amen, brother! They could lose the Dom Casual (as on Pick-A-Pair and others), too.

And if they're going to simulate a 7-segment vane display, they may as well stick with a 7-segment vane display.
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« Reply #48 on: April 29, 2010, 03:13:59 PM »
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'240119\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 08:03 AM\']I do enjoy the new board compared to the old one.  However, can we lose the Arial?  The pricing games should be elegant ladies, not tawdry whores.[/quote]
Beautiful analogy. If they can simulate old-school scoreboards for games and Contestant's Row, they can make it work for the used numbers. Besides, they already use Helvetica on the new Temptation board, why not be a little consistent?
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« Reply #49 on: May 04, 2010, 12:32:24 PM »
I like it better that they didn't use the 7-segment font for the used number row. It makes a kind of sense to emulate a calculator-type display for numbers that change and a printed slide or something for the sequential, unchanging row. 20-30 years ago they'd have done the same thing, but with light bulbs behind individual numbers, going out as they were picked, had they only thought of it.
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« Reply #50 on: May 06, 2010, 12:24:18 PM »
Slightly tangential, I think one of the prize backdrops has been revamped.  It's used for cars, it (well, they; there's 3) sort of resembles the new Most Expensive pyramid things, and each had three rather large lights which have now been replaced for a line of neon.

Again, I could just be hallucinating, but I've seen them like 3 times and the feeling is nagging.
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« Reply #51 on: May 06, 2010, 01:03:33 PM »
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'240454\' date=\'May 6 2010, 12:24 PM\']Slightly tangential, I think one of the prize backdrops has been revamped.  It's used for cars, it (well, they; there's 3) sort of resembles the new Most Expensive pyramid things, and each had three rather large lights which have now been replaced for a line of neon.[/quote]

Not having my full volume of Mello-to-English handy (expensive, but worth the monthly storage fee) I'll assume you're referring to the revamping of these?

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« Reply #52 on: May 06, 2010, 01:49:17 PM »
Yes, actually.  I also misremembered, which didn't help.

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« Reply #53 on: May 06, 2010, 02:34:53 PM »
If they changed those, I'd love to see what they look like now. Those are among my favorite backdrops. :)

These days I've seen them painted in various metallic hues, and I believe they were blue at some point too.

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« Reply #54 on: May 06, 2010, 05:43:11 PM »
[quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'240461\' date=\'May 6 2010, 02:34 PM\']If they changed those, I'd love to see what they look like now. Those are among my favorite backdrops. :)[/quote]

They replaced the light bulb strips with those LED-strip things. (I think that's what they're called)
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« Reply #55 on: May 06, 2010, 06:13:53 PM »
[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'240466\' date=\'May 6 2010, 05:43 PM\'][quote name=\'Allstar87\' post=\'240461\' date=\'May 6 2010, 02:34 PM\']If they changed those, I'd love to see what they look like now. Those are among my favorite backdrops. :)[/quote]

They replaced the light bulb strips with those LED-strip things. (I think that's what they're called)
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Don't think they really have a name
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« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2010, 06:19:17 PM »
[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'240467\' date=\'May 6 2010, 03:13 PM\']Original was eggcrate, second gen was lit seven-segment displays, and new one is seven-segment font on LCD monitor[/quote]
I do not think you are talking about what they are talking about.
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« Reply #57 on: May 06, 2010, 06:20:04 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'240468\' date=\'May 6 2010, 06:19 PM\'][quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'240467\' date=\'May 6 2010, 03:13 PM\']Original was eggcrate, second gen was lit seven-segment displays, and new one is seven-segment font on LCD monitor[/quote]
I do not think you are talking about what they are talking about.
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I just noticed what they were talking about (they took out the bulbs on one of the prize backdrops and put LED strips of some description on them.)

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« Reply #58 on: May 06, 2010, 06:23:20 PM »
[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'240467\' date=\'May 6 2010, 03:13 PM\']Don't think they really have a name[/quote]
Assuming we're talking about the same sort of LED readouts that you see around the rim of arenas and stadiums these days, they are usually known as "ribbon displays" or "fascia displays." I'd be more likely to use the former term since they're not really being attached to a fascia like they would be in a stadium.
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« Reply #59 on: May 07, 2010, 01:36:43 PM »
Well, today it appears we had an adjustment on the Any Number board, the unused numbers now have a red background instead of black.
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