Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall caught playing Xbox 360 during downtime Update: Video!
by Donald Melanson 
posted Jun 20th 2009 at 4:04PM
The 72 x 160-foot LED wall at the center of the new Cowboys Stadium is certainly impressive enough when it's showing game highlights or concert footage, but no giant screen ever truly earns its credentials until it's been put to some real use: playing video games. Thankfully, Jonas Brothers video director Steve Fatone somehow pulled himself away from concert preparations to do just that earlier this week, and apparently became the first person to ever play Xbox 360 on the display in the process. As you can see above and in the gallery below, the two certainly seem to be made for each other, although it looks like the controller can get a tad touchy if you stray too far while trying to play it.
Update: Our man Steve hooked us up with a video of the rig in action -- check it out after the break.
[Thanks, Steve, and thanks Troy for the pics]
Update: Our man Steve hooked us up with a video of the rig in action -- check it out after the break.
[Thanks, Steve, and thanks Troy for the pics]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nohone @ Jun 20th 2009 4:20PM
Hmmm, all the "If your TV is X inches, you should sit Y inches away" charts only goes up to 65". How far away should I sit for a 2106 inch TV?
HSOL @ Jun 20th 2009 5:40PM
I think the 50 yard line would suffice.
Darkest Daze @ Jun 20th 2009 9:45PM
Whatever the distance is...that wasn't even close to far enough.
Dennis @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:27PM
"Half the Distance to the Goal" Repeat 2nd down.
chuckdaly @ Jun 20th 2009 10:36PM
Someone just earned a years worth of cool points.
edzy @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:08PM
Well, I'll give him a years supply of bragging rights or maybe until people all but forget about Gears a of War. If he wanted glory, he should have played Pong or Tetris. If he wanted an endorsement deal, he should have played Super Mario Bros.
jeff @ Jun 20th 2009 9:26PM
I want one.
JBDragon @ Jun 20th 2009 10:25PM
Looks like fun, but you need to be lifted up in a Crane or something at the 50 foot line for a much better view.
Neil @ Jun 21st 2009 3:19AM
Epic.. beyond epic...
RogueAgent @ Jun 21st 2009 3:37AM
I wonder what the lag/response time is on that screen... :o
Brian Kaempen @ Jun 21st 2009 4:36AM
Ok, so the 1080 goodness is fine and dandy, but can Gears of War output 100.30 surround sound? Imagine IF, and I stress the IF, you could map your own sound to the speakers and have a 100% true surround sound experience. I bet this would beat the living junk out of any simulator the Army has...right now.
-Brian
Josh @ Jun 21st 2009 5:47AM
The one and only good game that will ever happen at Cowboys Stadium. You saw it here first.
caluari @ Jun 21st 2009 12:28PM
Frank's 2000 inch TV had nothing on this. Those extra 106 inches make all the difference.
WebDev511 @ Jun 21st 2009 1:21PM
Dang, I was hoping they had the audio hooked up to the stadium PA. Alas, no joy.
edge4628 @ Jun 22nd 2009 4:17AM
amazing
Fred @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:47AM
If the cowboys are smart they would play Madden 10 on the screen and maybe they could win a playoff game.
zsyco @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:50AM
They could steal a gameplan from NFL Headcoach. Chances are, the AI would slaughter the coaching staff and they'd just need to do whatever it did to them.
Not that I can say much, I'm a Radiers fan :(
zsyco @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:43AM
They should play Madden on that thing during half-time. Get a fan of the Cowboys vs a fan of whoever they are playing against that day on the 360 and let them run 2 minute quarters.
Win @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:43AM
This is not even Gears of Wars gameplay video.
cm @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:27PM
I have always wanted to do this
JohnQ @ Jun 23rd 2009 11:45AM
The game is much more fun to watch than the cowboys ... they stink!
Ernesto @ Jun 23rd 2009 11:02AM
so u hafta look up ? lol talk bout neck cramps ! cool aside from the fact that it was hard to see (ruins the point ?) and nothing happened in the video other than walking around.
taylor @ Jun 24th 2009 11:41PM
I though the wireless controllers can only go ~35 feet?
Randomlysid @ Sep 13th 2009 4:02PM
I might be wrong - but isn't the Halo assault rifle you can see? and the "checkpoint... done." in the lower left hand corner looks like Halo too.