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Author Topic: Eggcrate Display Mystery Solved!  (Read 8669 times)

MSTieScott

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Re: Eggcrate Display Mystery Solved!
« Reply #30 on: January 20, 2021, 06:17:44 PM »
/Doesn't mean you can just slap Arial up on the screen and call it a day

Speak the word, brother.

That's right! You slap Impact up on the screen and call it a day!

tomcat

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Re: Eggcrate Display Mystery Solved!
« Reply #31 on: January 20, 2021, 06:49:29 PM »
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Kevin Prather

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Re: Eggcrate Display Mystery Solved!
« Reply #32 on: January 20, 2021, 07:17:34 PM »
When Contestants' Row first went to monitors in 2009, all four monitors displayed white digits on a black background with a colored scrim on top -- I thought it was a really sharp-looking way to combine old and new.

I stopped by the casino the other day, and I think that this same method is being used on roulette tables now. Thinly-woven felt over top of a large TV screen allows the winning numbers to light up, as well as "PLACE YOUR BETS / NO MORE BETS".