K-Roo Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 UCF Blacktop Court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxpayer Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Floor is ok to me. I don't like how far the seats are from the floor on the sides and would hope they have portable seats that ascend up from the first row for the end zones; if not, UA's administration should hand a photo to the design staff and say this is exactly what we don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 UGLY ... !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 BadAZZ!!! The university posted numerous updates on Twitter and sent letters to members of national and local media outlets teasing "#OperationBlacktop." The court was delivered via police escort on Friday before being installed on Sunday evening. The marketing campaign drew national attention, as did the ultimate unveiling. Jones said UCF players were impressed when they got their first in-person look at the court earlier Monday morning. "Coach Jones shot me a text and told me about it and he gave me a little picture of it and it was a great court," said senior guard Isaiah Sykes, a C-USA first team selection who averaged 16 points and 7.5 rebounds last season. "And it turned out even better on the court. It's all exciting, and I'm looking forward to playing on it." Jones said the team will also be getting new uniforms for the 2013-14 season, and Sykes hinted that the prospective designs include a pinstripe look. The designs are in early stages, however, and only some mock-up designs exist right now. Source Story makes SIs Extra Mustard Sporting News has a video posted along with a bunch of new court designs...including Buffalos! PS Still wish UCF and Marshall were in the Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 The real question is how will it look on the TV broadcast. If it makes it hard to follow the players or the ball it is no good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance99 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 The real question is how will it look on the TV broadcast. If it makes it hard to follow the players or the ball it is no good. I agree. Al least it is better than Oregons court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Roo Posted June 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 anybody else annoyed with the "washed out" floors prevalent in the NBA now? Almost unwatchable on TV. Once the lighting is up.. its hard to look at. Or maybe its just my old man's eyes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 One of the places we played this year (Ohio or Buffalo?) was very hard to watch on the ESPN360 feed. I even mentioned it on the thread. All kinds of reflections and everything looked yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 One of the places we played this year (Ohio or Buffalo?) was very hard to watch on the ESPN360 feed. I even mentioned it on the thread. All kinds of reflections and everything looked yellow. Probably Can't. The lighting in their gym is just awful. Everything is yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr Z Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 If you are having trouble viewing a basketball game in HD on tv, it's time you learn how to calibrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 If you are having trouble viewing a basketball game in HD on tv, it's time you learn how to calibrate. Dr. Z, I hope you said that in jest. The game was viewed on my TV from the connection to my laptop. Not true HDTV by any stretch. Some games viewed that way are very very good, but I recall one that everything just looked yellow because of the lighting and the was no adjustment that fixed it. I think K-Roo is all over it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 ...viewed on my TV from the connection to my laptop... GIGO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Sometimes I get bother with extreme court designs. But then I remember that we've seen this in the past: Honestly I think that for visibility of a playing field/court, less distraction the better. I don't mind having giant logos or designs faded on the court. I wouldn't mind seeing the JAR have a cool modern looking court. Maybe a giant "Z" at midcourt or "AKRON" similar to how the Q had "Cavaliers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 GIGO. My TV has VGA in and the picture is HD resolution. SO you can apologize now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 @akronzips71, I remember our conversation on the bad video feed. It was definitely the game at Can't. I was there and said that the colors didn't look to be as distorted in the building as you were seeing on TV. There are so many things that can go wrong with a broadcast. The quality of the cameras changes from game to game, and the video producers have varying levels of expertise. The problem is compounded when it's an internet feed. Watching an internet feed from a computer into a TV can introduce more problems. I've watched some games through the internet on my big plasma screen that were almost as good as broadcast HD TV, and others that were total garbage. It's a real crapshoot. I think that's what Dr Z was referencing with his GIGO description -- if you feed a garbage internet broadcast into your TV you'll get garbage out no matter how good your TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 @akronzips71, I remember our conversation on the bad video feed. It was definitely the game at Can't. I was there and said that the colors didn't look to be as distorted in the building as you were seeing on TV. There are so many things that can go wrong with a broadcast. The quality of the cameras changes from game to game, and the video producers have varying levels of expertise. The problem is compounded when it's an internet feed. Watching an internet feed from a computer into a TV can introduce more problems. I've watched some games through the internet on my big plasma screen that were almost as good as broadcast HD TV, and others that were total garbage. It's a real crapshoot. I think that's what Dr Z was referencing with his GIGO description -- if you feed a garbage internet broadcast into your TV you'll get garbage out no matter how good your TV. And I agree with that. But he also inferred that I don't know how to adjust the TV. I do. Could not be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendofzippy Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I think there's a bit of a combo here. It's not just Can't - sometimes the ESPNU/ESPN2/etc. games just don't look right. They muse use lower quality equipment for some of those games, which would make sense. But I don't think the gym lighting at Can't is great either. It's like the Q - when Gund ran team (blue seats era) I remember watching games on TV and wondered how our arena could look so lame compared to teams like the Lakers. Then Gilbert comes along, throws in a ton of renovations, and now everything looks fine. Obviously the court was upgraded, but I think it mostly comes down to lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 In that broadcast, it looked like there was yellow reflecting off something. I could not tell what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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