New Billboards

[Centerback]

jbrown84, do you know what St. Anthony is being charged for those electronic billboards?

[Turanacus]

too many power lines draped across this town, okc should bury them, edmond as well, wires and lines everywhere!!!

[jbrown84]

jbrown84, do you know what St. Anthony is being charged for those electronic billboards?

I don't, but I really can't share that kind of information.

[jbrown84]

too many power lines draped across this town, okc should bury them, edmond as well, wires and lines everywhere!!!

I strongly agree.

[Centerback]

no big deal, I was just curious in comparison to the regular ones.

[jbrown84]

I can find out a general price-range.

[jbrown84]

I believe it's over $40,000 a month for Lamar. That's multiple boards.

[Centerback]

To me, that hardly seems worth it, even for multiple boards. I know they look good at night, but in the daytime I think the regular boards stand out better and you're the ONLY one on the board.

[jbrown84]

Yeah, the look kind of dull in the daylight.

I guess they aren't as bright as the boards all over times square that look just as bright in the day as the night.

[SoonerDave]

But if this generation of display boards is even remotely successful, it should continue to spur development of even brighter LED units in the coming months/years. If they can get them small enough, you'll start seeing this kind of technology in even thinner flat-panel TV's; point being I think the billboard companies sniff a huge new potential in these boards that has lots of upside...and keep in mind this same technology is already being used on a larger scale in NFL stadiums (and I believe will be going into OU's stadium both this and next year...big one going in next year - complete scoreboard/video replacement with solid LED panel, I think...)

-soonerdave