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Post by Pedro on Sept 13, 2015 16:45:33 GMT
Why portrait and not landscape?  Just for the ads? Certainly not for replays to be seen by anyone in the North stand or in the nothern half of the ground. Did anyone notice the replays? In landscape but taking up about 1/4 of the screen - what a joke. And the size of the clock!!!! Lucky enough I am close enough to be able to see it but no chance in the NSU as Andy has mentioned. |
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Post by Phil from Smithills on Sept 13, 2015 18:48:52 GMT
I must say, the picture quality of the new screen us far superior than the previous one, but the size of the screen is ridiculously too small.
I sit in the north stand and could just make out the time at the top of the screen, although some fans near to me found it difficult.
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Post by westandlower on Sept 14, 2015 0:20:14 GMT
Overall the new screen appears smaller than the previous one but I agree the resolution is better. Resolution without without a decent size of screen is no advantage though. From my vantage point (about ond third of the pitch length from North goal line) the time was just about visible but replays were hopeless.
I wonder how much of the £2M perimeter advertising and screen cost actually went on the screen? Why portrait when every modern day TV or computer screen is landscape? It should only cost a couple of hundred to rotate it 90 degrees.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Sept 14, 2015 15:35:19 GMT
I also thought the picture quality was much better, and as long as I had my distance glasses on I could read the time, but the the whole screen needs to be about 3 times bigger and as I have said since I first heard about it's installation, it needed to be landscape and not portrait.
Anyone who watches videos on the smart phone or tablet, generally turns it sideways to be able to see the video in full screen mode. Funnily enough all TV are sold and show films/TV in a landscape format....I wonder why that is?
When the cheerleaders were on screen you only got to see one of them at a time, and then only the back of them, can we not afford cameras on both sides of the pitch? While on the subject of cameras, when they do the fancam for the "one step beyond" dancing thing, does the operator not have a tilt facility on the camera, as it never pans into the top tiers of the stands, not that I would want to dance or win the prize, but it's hardly inclusive is it?
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Post by realtrottersforever on Sept 15, 2015 21:43:13 GMT
How bad is that screen, when they played an action replay at one point you couldn't make out anything it was so small, and you could see the cheerleaders better on the pitch than you could on the screen, were any fans actually consulted on whether they would like this, seeing as it was Goldline and Lifeline monies that paid for it?
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Post by spanishjonny on Sept 15, 2015 22:28:02 GMT
From NSL you can't see anything it's way too small and while I'm having a moan, does the loud speaker system have to be so loud pre kick off and at half time you can' t talk to someone next to you
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Post by bonaparte on Sept 16, 2015 6:39:15 GMT
What a terrible waste of money.
I sit in E stand upper and can only see top 1/4 , replays if I stand up are distorted.
Only redeeming feature is the ads do not cover the clock.
Well done BWFC.
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Post by andyl on Sept 16, 2015 7:28:42 GMT
Loudspeaker system cacophonous and content dreadful. That raucous Bladon race intro suits the speaker system but nothing else
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Post by realtrottersforever on Sept 16, 2015 14:09:26 GMT
I know last season the P A system was useless, and at least you can hear what is being said, but do we really need it that loud?? They even turned it up at one point, my ears were nearly bleeding and that "Welcome to the Jungle" (I think) by Guns N Roses is appalling, and the Burnden Aces although not a bad song at a normal tempo, is almost impossible to sing along to as it's too fast. If the working party of fans that the club has been talking to has agreed to all of this, they all need to be strung up.
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Post by Pedro on Oct 1, 2015 16:40:29 GMT
This reply to me from Richard Gough re screen and PA system volume.
Thanks for the feedback on the PA system, glad to hear that the clarity is better in the north upper I will ask the sound engineer to adjust the volume accordingly.
Appreciate the views on the new screen as well, it’s a new format and as such will take a match or two to work through what works and what doesn’t. The clock was enlarged for the Sheffield Wednesday match and will be adjusted again using a different style of number for the next match and beyond. Regarding replays, that too is being worked on to improve what is being shown.
Richard's email for any of your constructive criticism is: rgough@bwfc.co.uk He is Chairman of a committee/focus group of fans and I think he is the Head of sales although I could be wrong on that one. Just checking back through emails and committee started meeting in June 2013.
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Post by andyl on Oct 2, 2015 7:54:12 GMT
Thank you, Pedro re this name. I have written to him to make the point that the loudspeaker system is cacophonous and injurious to health. Aside from disruption to conversation I'm having to cover my ears. Might do that anyway during the dreadful Bladon races nonsense ..but at these decibels..... I encourage anyone who feels similarly to say so to him and follow your lead!
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Post by Pedro on Oct 2, 2015 17:53:36 GMT
Short article in BN online just published with facility for comments under.
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Post by andyl on Oct 3, 2015 9:28:46 GMT
My email bounced back..but will keep bouncing off their server for another day it seems
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Post by andyl on Oct 3, 2015 9:30:57 GMT
Can't find article. Maybe later!
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Post by davidm on Oct 3, 2015 9:38:55 GMT
Can't find article. Maybe later! Hi Andy, The article is not on the Bolton News Wanderers page but is on the Bolton News "News" tab. Copy & Paste below:- OPINION: Bolton Wanderers new big screen at the Macron Stadium
Steven Thompson, news editor / / News
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I WAS at the Macron Stadium last weekend for the first time since Bolton Wanderers’ new big screen was installed. I’ve got to say, I’m not a fan.
For those not in the picture (see what I’ve done there?) Whites have installed a new big screen — but in a break from the norm, the screen is in portrait format, similar to a huge smartphone rather than a big television.
This is all well and good for displaying the team, the time, the score and match statistics — but when it comes to highlights, the results (much like our form so far this season) are mixed at best.
Match action is either confined to a small landscape rectangle in the centre of the screen or zoomed in cropping off half of the picture — it just doesn’t work for highlights.
What do you do when you watch videos on your phone? You turn it on its side so you get a proper picture — but clearly this isn’t possible when your phone is 20ft tall and weighs a tonne.
When Whites introduced the screen for the game against Wolves they said it was a first in European football.
They said they were “breaking from tradition” and that the screen features a new vertical layout offering fans “a whole new perspective on the conventional match day experience”. You can say that again — conventional it is not.
And I’m not the only disgruntled supporter. The people sat around me in were saying the same thing about the screen — and the reaction on Twitter has been similarly negative.
A quick search of ‘BWFC screen’ online brings up comments like ‘When’s the other half of the screen being delivered?’ and ‘We could have bought a new striker with £800,000’.
Some of the other Tweets are not printable in a family newspaper — but suffice to say fans are basically saying there’s a reason why this screen is the only one in Europe.
Some people have mentioned the cost of the screen — especially given our lack of transfer funds at the moment.
However, this is clearly a money maker for the club, bringing in a lot of advertising revenue.
I'm certainly not against that, especially if the money is used to get Whites back to the Premier League.
But surely a way can be found to deliver a decent big screen for highlights as well as making some much-needed dosh? Is it too late to just turn the screen through 90 degrees?
More people will look at the screen if the match action is watchable — so surely that means a better product for advertisers and more revenue? That would be a win-win — something we all are hoping for on and off the pitch.
Have a good trip - fingers crossed!! |
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Just for the ads? Certainly not for replays to be seen by anyone in the North stand or in the nothern half of the ground. Did anyone notice the replays? In landscape but taking up about 1/4 of the screen - what a joke. And the size of the clock!!!! Lucky enough I am close enough to be able to see it but no chance in the NSU as Andy has mentioned.
