For Cowboys: 26,000 square feet of high-def

0 Comments | USA TODAY, May, 2009 | by Jeff Zillgitt

Tech watch

The saying "Everything is bigger in Texas" rings true again.

This time the adage works at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington today, when the Cowboys turn on the world's two largest high-definition video displays, each 160 feet wide and 72 feet high.

The two Mitsubishi Diamond Vision video boards, one facing the Cowboys sideline and the other facing the

visitors sideline, run from approximately the 25-yard line to the 25-yard line.

And unlike any other video boards in football stadiums, the displays are suspended 90 feet above the field, similar to screens in NBA or NHL arenas.

"When you're up in the stands, it's right in front of you," said Mark Foster, general manager of Mitsubishi Electric's Diamond...