gizmodo.com - 11/21/2008
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When we first wrote about this comically huge Walgreens LED sign — the largest of its kind in the world — construction was just getting under way. That was May, and now they're done. D3 LED, the firm behind the sign, finally turned on this 17,000 square foot, 340ft tall, three-sided ...
nytimes.com - 11/16/2008
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nytimes.com —
The first eco-friendly billboard is coming to Times
Square, entirely powered by the sun and the wind...
but there is one small catch. When there’s no sun, and no wind? The $3 million billboard goes dark: there is no backup generator. “We think if that ...
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An Eco-Friendly Billboard for Times Square
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World's Largest LED Display
Tech Blog —
... has now been turned on in Times Square, NY. It's comprised of "a mix of 13 60in plasma TVs and over 12 million individual LEDs arranged in diagonal panels." Video after the break.
..the screen is purported to display a resolution of "20 times the resolution of standard HDTV," though it's not completely clear what that's supposed to mean. As far as the back-end goes, to play just 30 seconds of video calls for 150GB of data sent from 30 computers.
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... Times Square is now showing off a 17,000 Square Foot LED Billboard that features 12 million individual LED lights. — Gizmodo ...
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