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Sneak peek at the 36ers' new video cube

Great work Quiffjab, loved the additional touches tonight.

People behind me still not happy though. Quote of the night was 'don't they realize people just want what we had before?' No, we don't.

Is the board big enough to be set up like Perth's is? I think that's a pretty good balance between having stats and having video.

Perth also use the video area at half time for team stats, as well as a head-to-head player comparison for one or two matchups, so you could throw things like that in during breaks in play.

Well done, look forward to it

The thing is - it is not a big deal. We have had no stats all year, now we have too much info in not the most user friendly form. But now any 12 year old will be able to do the tweaks necessary to refine the product over time. That will happen.

I'm not saying don't give the club feedback, of course you should. Send them an email. No doubt someone from the club keeps half an eye on this forum. But if I had to listen to another sky is falling down prediction last night in respect of what is overwhelmingly a positive step forward I don't know what I would do.

Get the app on your phone if its that big of a deal...

Anon, the new screens are run by COMPUTERS. It has this stuff called SOFTWARE which allows them to change everything about how the stats are displayed, when and how.

Last night was the first time the brand new system was used. This allows them to TEST how the system works, get feedback and try different things.

Forget it, you are right. The whole thing has been a complete waste of money, just scrap the whole thing.

Do you sit behind me by any chance?

Bloody hell, they only just installed the thing.
Give them some time to sort out the aesthetics!

You got to see the woods for the trees mate. We take 10 steps forward and it was like we had instead gone backwards.

I was a member through all those evil years too.

Was very frustrated last night by the negative bickering of the people behind me about the lack of stats on the main screen, the level of noise and anything else they could nit pick. It was like they would have preferred the old rather than the new. Then I remembered that that complained bitterly about that too.

That said, as a first trial of the new systems, a few things can be learnt.

1. The lighting is fantastic.
2. The sound is much clearer and better. I am not as old as those carping on behind me, but the volume could be turned down a little and there could have been less music in the first half which seemed to drown out the involvement of the crowd. I thought they generally addressed this in the second half and it was a lot better.
3. The stats layout can be improved. Show the stats for the current 5 on the court somewhere (cube or end of court, I don't care) but where you don't have to sort those stats from amongst the other 7 players not on court. The end displays as they were had too much information to sort through which distracted from a quick glance at the screen whilst the game was going on.

Luckily, with the new systems we have, these things can easily be tweaked and improved over time.

Love the new upgrades, my thanks to the powers that be.

Seriously, some people are never happy to have someone else spend their own money on improving the presentation of the game we all love.
Its there money so whether or not they got a brilliant deal on the set up is irrelevant.
I say "well done" to the new owners of the team I chose to support. And "thank you" to the owners of the team and the venue for enhancing my game night experience.

Was slightly disappointed that they didnt really do anything differently, as in player entrances or turn the lights in the crowd off etc...

Looks great, hope you actually get some replays on it. Will Fox allow that?

Perth Arena's "Cube" started off much the same as Adelaide's IIRC. It was just 4 screens and they stretched a tarp across the bottom to cover the hole. Over time they added bits to it.

At $450k, surely that is the intention?

I'd say the cost of the "cube" wouldn't just be the screens but would include the installation and computer and software that runs them etc.. All adds up.

$450k for a PA system? Geez it oughta be a good one for that price.

I'm excited. Can't wait!

Was there a little structural wobble and perhaps a bit of metallic creaking when EBE went up on the screen ?

Thought some people might have wanted to see it in person reather than have it spoiled...

read this line in a newspaper today.. Anyone know anything?

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