[LU'sbestmanager]

has anyone heard anything about those shutters that go over the lights? when are those going up?

[TDDance234]

I had heard they were supposed to go up after the Coffeehouse production was over..

[LU'sbestmanager]

that was what i thought too. but that didn't happen

[PAmedic]

good points Tally.

many of us know exactly how it feels to get, lets say- hosed- by a vendor

[Purple Haize]

PA Are you allowed to say "hosed" on this board??
After being witness to a multi million dollar fiasco, I have a new rule: If they have never done this before (be it size, scope, product whatever) take a pass and pony up for someone with experience. Hopefully LU will now do the same? Lesson learned?

[Hold My Own]

I personally dont like the new screens as much as the old ones...they are divided up into 6 sections then put together, you can see the seam in every section and in a few places even see daylight between the sections. I noticed ripples where the seam is tighter in one place then another. Doc says that they will look good during movies, although thats not my concern b/c i'll never watch a movie on them, my biggest concern is during basketball...and with the lights up it just doesn't look as good as the one solid piece.

Does it seem like I'm being picky....indeed...the amount of money being spent on these you want everything to be perfect

[Fumblerooskies]

What was wrong with the old ones?

[Hold My Own]

i guess they were to small...or maybe these are better for the "HD" I dunno....i wish they would have just kept them though

[PAmedic]

I personally dont like the new screens as much as the old ones...they are divided up into 6 sections then put together, you can see the seam in every section and in a few places even see daylight between the sections. I noticed ripples where the seam is tighter in one place then another. Doc says that they will look good during movies, although thats not my concern b/c i'll never watch a movie on them, my biggest concern is during basketball...and with the lights up it just doesn't look as good as the one solid piece.

Does it seem like I'm being picky....indeed...the amount of money being spent on these you want everything to be perfect

not picky at all. what the freak? are you kidding me?

that's flat out ridiculous, considering I highly DOUBT they were a donation

put it this way- would any MAJOR program accept that kinda work? ummmm, NO. they'd be in a dumpster out back and the check would be cancelled.

[LUconn]

I just thought they were supposed to be wider. Due to most HD programming and movies being in a wide screen format. Not sure why they couldn't have just used title bars like most people do.

[TIMSCAR20]

By 2009 ALL TV will be in HD. Right now if you have a program not in HD you can use the title bar or smash or stretch your picture to make it fit your TV. After Feb 2009 if you don't have an HD TV you will have to have a converter to revert your HD broadcast back to an analog signal. That is why (I think) they needed to upgrade the screens to HD because the picture would look distorted once we start doing all the Liberty channel programming in HD.

[Hold My Own]

I personally dont like the new screens as much as the old ones...they are divided up into 6 sections then put together, you can see the seam in every section and in a few places even see daylight between the sections. I noticed ripples where the seam is tighter in one place then another. Doc says that they will look good during movies, although thats not my concern b/c i'll never watch a movie on them, my biggest concern is during basketball...and with the lights up it just doesn't look as good as the one solid piece.

Does it seem like I'm being picky....indeed...the amount of money being spent on these you want everything to be perfect

not picky at all. what the freak? are you kidding me?

that's flat out ridiculous, considering I highly DOUBT they were a donation

put it this way- would any MAJOR program accept that kinda work? ummmm, NO. they'd be in a dumpster out back and the check would be cancelled.

Well, I'm used to the solid screen...when looking at these it reminds me of looking at the back wall at best buy or going to a sports bar and watching their 50 TV's to make one giant TV...you can even see the staples, I believe there are 3 in each section infusing them together....for someone walking in off the street they'll be impressed b/c they wouldn't have expected screens, but if your used to the old ones then you'll be a little disappointed, esp if you knew the price tag

[PAmedic]

esp if you knew the price tag

(shudder)

don't tell me

[Hold My Own]

By 2009 ALL TV will be in HD. Right now if you have a program not in HD you can use the title bar or smash or stretch your picture to make it fit your TV. After Feb 2009 if you don't have an HD TV you will have to have a converter to revert your HD broadcast back to an analog signal. That is why (I think) they needed to upgrade the screens to HD because the picture would look distorted once we start doing all the Liberty channel programming in HD.

LOL...lets not act like these are the same screens that will be there in 2009...we've gone through more bulbs, screens, etc then PA has heightening shoes

[LUconn]

By 2009 ALL TV will be in HD. Right now if you have a program not in HD you can use the title bar or smash or stretch your picture to make it fit your TV. After Feb 2009 if you don't have an HD TV you will have to have a converter to revert your HD broadcast back to an analog signal. That is why (I think) they needed to upgrade the screens to HD because the picture would look distorted once we start doing all the Liberty channel programming in HD.

Who knows if that'll happen. The switch was supposed to be in '07, 2 years ago. and I beleive in '06 a few years before that. I know it'll eventually happen but they keep pushing this back.

[TallyW]

The quote I heard was $16 million to upgrade the Liberty Channel.

BTW: Does anyone have any insight into the Liberty Channel? I see an opportunity being wasted with that station. There are plenty of Christian homes begging for some high quality content and LU could use it to make a much bigger splash nationally.



As for the screens. My source is coming into town this evening... I'll see if he can give us more insight as to what is going on with those screens.

[thepostman]

The Liberty Channel is part of that sky angel thing, and I think that is just about it. So if families really want Christian programming bad enough Sky Angel is the answer to their problems.....I am not sure you would call the Liberty Channel "quality" Christian television but i guess it has its place...

I think it is kind of wasted and could be a huge thing, get some more students involved as well. Have some more Liberty based program that is really focusing on Liberty and not Jerry Falwell Ministries....it would be great...but JFM takes priority to everything, even if its called the "Liberty" Channel or even Live at Liberty...please

[SuperJon]

I would love to have a weekly show about what's going on at LU. Coastal has one called Coastal Today and they don't even have their own tv station. If used right, it can be a very good show and very good tool to get people here.

[Hold My Own]

I'm pretty sure Liberty Chanel is only offered on sky angel...I dont think it's any different then BYU Chanel being offered on Direct Tv...there are no ties like LU and Liberty Council

[LUconn]

talk about the Liberty Channel: http://www.flamefans.com/viewtopic.php?t=2944

[Rocketfan]

By 2009 ALL TV will be in HD. Right now if you have a program not in HD you can use the title bar or smash or stretch your picture to make it fit your TV. After Feb 2009 if you don't have an HD TV you will have to have a converter to revert your HD broadcast back to an analog signal. That is why (I think) they needed to upgrade the screens to HD because the picture would look distorted once we start doing all the Liberty channel programming in HD.

While for now this is true....to broadcast an HD signal to those screens we would have had to buy HD cameras as well. Not sure if we made that investment as well. I am also wondering if the studio or whatever is called in the vines was upgraded to broadcast that signal. The screens aren't the only investment to go to HD and if they aren't buying all the other equipment now, why not wait till a year from now for some new technology or a new company who doesn't take 10 months to figure out how to build these things right? Some just needs to call Bruce Carey (i think thats his name) and get the low down.

[LUconn]

It seems to me, while I'm certainly no expert I do dab a bit, that the screens would be the least of our concerns when going HD, if we even plan to do that. (remember that going to a digital broadcast, which is what is being required, is not going HD) You have the input (the cameras) the output (the projectors) would need to be HD and I'm sure everything in between would need to be compatable as well. I would imagine that since we did just buy new projectors they would be 1080p, which will eventually be the standard some day.

[LUconn]

oh man, I dropped by after work today and watched them for a bit, putting up the screens. What on earth did they buy? It's as HMO described. 2 rows of 5 panels (that's 10 total for any Radford lurkers) each one held to the next by a few giant thin fasteners. It seriously looks like if you tried to make a big peice of paper with 10 sheets and all you had was a stapler. It looks like the type of thing you'd get used to while watching but if you're switching to this becuase of HD, don't the giant seems in your picture defeat the purpose of having such great detail in the images?? I just kept thinking, maybe this is not the end result. Maybe that's just how the construction is done and once their in place they have some kind of tool that makes seems disappear. Much like a carpet installer does.

[PAmedic]

keep thinking that.

or maybe the whole thing will collapse with an almighty crash and be taken out in a dustpan.

whatever you do, don't stand underneath it, LUconn

[Rocketfan]

Some one really needs to get som pictures of this cause if its true, i am sure if someone e-mailed Barber him might be able to explain further. I highly doubt he WOULDN'T know something at this point.