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Heighway 'Big Boy' LCD has arrived

By frolic

8 years ago


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#20 8 years ago
Quoted from Aurich:

Honestly I'm not sure that's really the way to go. The big screen is really nice, and it's handy to be able to look up to it to get the info, we're just used to looking up. But it's also for the audience around the pin. And they want to see all the same stuff the player does. Scores, ball #, the mode animations, etc.
I just can't think for Alien what I'd want to show on the big screen that's different, it's all really useful info, and everyone wants to see the animations and instructions.

It will be at least a bit different because of the resolution though, right? Like you can take that larger form factor and spread out the information more and such.

#22 8 years ago
Quoted from Aurich:

The playfield screen actually has more pixels than the backbox screen. Playfield is 16:10, and the backbox is 16:9. Not a problem to address that or anything, but it's not like the backbox screen actually has more room for information, it's just physically larger. And it's further away, and the people watching it are likely standing behind the player.
So I wouldn't spread the information out differently really, no.

Ah interesting. In my mind's eye I was seeing the playfield LCD as more square-shaped, but evidentially it isn't.

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