Texas Longhorns prepare to steal biggest HDTV crown

by Richard Lawler, posted May 10th 2006 at 12:44PM

It was good while it lasted Miami. Daktronics, the same company who built the Dolphin Stadium twin-monster HDTVs has been contracted by the University of Texas to make one even bigger. As a part of renovations to their south end zone they are installing a 134x55-foot scoreboard, 370 square feet bigger than Miami's. As Engadget points out, it's actually slightly narrower and a little taller, bringing some conflict to the question of who is the biggest. All the same, if you want to check it out while everything is still bigger in Texas, you better hurry as a horse track in Tokyo is installing a 197-foot wide display.

If they had announced this last year, maybe Vince Young would have returned to lead them to another National Championship.

[Thanks for the tip Scott M!]

Tags: 720p, biggest, daktronics, dolphin stadium, DolphinStadium, hdtv, high definition, HighDefinition, largest, longhorns, miami, miami dolphins, MiamiDolphins, scoreboard, texas, university of texas, UniversityOfTexas

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clay @ May 10th 2006 1:02PM

Hell yeah! i cant wait to see this. i live in austin and go to as many longhorn games as possible. its nice to see that the money from expensive tickets goes somewhere useful, and not womens sports. HOOK 'EM HORNS!

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Wayne @ May 10th 2006 2:11PM

The diagonal measurement of this TV is 1738-inches. The diagonal of the Dolphins' TV is 1750-inches. Since TV's are generally sized by their diagonal measurement and not their area, I would consider the Dolphins' TV to be the larger of the two.

Sorry, Texas. At least your football team is better than the Dolphins.

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