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PYL and TPIR readouts
chris319:
Nobody calls them \"sports type\". They're 7-segment lamp readouts, no fancy nickname.
Brandon Brooks:
--- Quote ---Makes perfect sense. Seven segments, seven lights, diffuser on top of each one, like the old J! readouts before they went plasma. That's how the center-hanging board at KeyArena works.
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Yeah... vane displays. I didn't know I was describing those, but in hindsight, I guess I was.
--- Quote ---But look at the One-Bid readouts. They're not seven-segment readouts in that sense. They appear to use two bulbs for each of the traditional seven segments, and then individual bulbs to connect the segments together where warranted. This is how the end-clocks are displayed at San Jose Arena.
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Now this is what I meant to explain. They aren't digital vane displays; they are just bulbs that light up inside a frame.
--- Quote ---I guess my point is that to call 'em \"sports-type\" is somewhat of a misnomer because sports facilities use all manner of readouts for displays.
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I gotcha.
Brandon Brooks
clemon79:
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jul 10 2003, 08:12 PM\'] Yeah... vane displays. I didn't know I was describing those, but in hindsight, I guess I was.
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Well, you weren't, tho, Chris has it right, that's a standard seven-segment display. To my way of thinking, a vane display has no lamps, instead, reflective pieces are moved in and out of view by electromagnetic impulse. (Think of the score readouts on 80's Pyramid, the clock above Summers' podium on Double Dare, the keypad on Check-Out on TPiR when they still had a Beauty entering in the numbers.) The toteboard we used for our CMN Telethon every year when I worked at the TV station was a vane.
cmjb13:
So would I be correct in saying that the one bid readouts and Check out display are vane and the TPIR showcase podium and PYL readouts (similar to Wintution) are 7-segment lamp readouts?
Brandon Brooks:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 10 2003, 11:45 PM\'] [quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jul 10 2003, 08:12 PM\'] Yeah... vane displays. I didn't know I was describing those, but in hindsight, I guess I was.
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Well, you weren't, tho, Chris has it right, that's a standard seven-segment display. To my way of thinking, a vane display has no lamps, instead, reflective pieces are moved in and out of view by electromagnetic impulse. (Think of the score readouts on 80's Pyramid, the clock above Summers' podium on Double Dare, the keypad on Check-Out on TPiR when they still had a Beauty entering in the numbers.) The toteboard we used for our CMN Telethon every year when I worked at the TV station was a vane. [/quote]
Well, there are some light vane displays, like one that used to be on HS and DD2003. I was actually thinking of the \"flip\" type when I was writing the messages though.
Brandon Broks
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