[sdiy] Re: Other LED's

[Colin Hinz]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 WeAreAs1 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/23/04 5:34:48 PM, scott at tellun.com writes:
>
> << I've had a similar experience with RGB LEDs. To me the they look like
> 4 tiny LEDs (1 red, 1 green, 2 blues) in close proximity rather than
> one 5mm LED with a single mixed colour. I remain underwhelmed. The
> one I tried was by Lumex, Digikey #: >>
>
> The primary market for those tri-color LED's is giant-screen color LED video
> displays.  These displays only look right if you view them at a distance.  If
> you get too close, all the discrete LED elements become visible and the video
> effect is lost.  These screens have been getting better and better and
> brighter and clearer every year.  The latest ones are actually pretty
> amazing.  Here in Las Vegas, they're everywhere.

I spent last weekend in downtown LV, and traipsed through the
Fremont St. Experience a few times. This is a pedestrian mall, but
on steroids, just like everything else in LV :=)

The "ceiling" of the Street is an arched pixelboard 3 blocks long.
Yeeeeesh.........! Sure is impressive, though.

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada