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Another first for Dubai: World's tallest LED screen

by Jeffrey White (RSS feed) on Oct 12th 2008 at 3:00PM

Is Dubai getting a little too predictable in its quest to be city with the most bragging rights?

Jaunted thinks so. It greets Dubai's latest accomplishment with a big yawn.

Dubai recently announced that it is building the world's biggest LED screen, which is being designed to cover one side of a 33-story building. No word, however, on when it will be unveiled or how much this pointless undertaking is going to cost.

A firm named Dactronics is behind the screen, and is reportedly designing it so that light will still be able to penetrate that side of the building.

So, the screen will take its place in Dubai next to the world's tallest building (whenever that is completed), the world's most expensive hotel, the world's only man-made archipelago, the world's...

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sitruc Oct 12th 2008 5:27PM

Could that "firm named Dactronics" actually be Daktronics? You know, that company that is responsible for just about every LED sign out there whether it is the video boards, score boards, or play clocks at sporting events or road signs and digital billboards...

Daisy Aug 6th 2009 2:04AM

Hi, We are Sansun Hi-Tech Co.,Ltd , the top manufacturer of led screen in China.

We've installed several huge displays in Dubai so far.

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Dave Oct 13th 2008 10:30AM

I'm impressed, if this were in New York it would be touted as the greatest thing ever. I guess we'll just have to be satisfied with the neon lights of Times Square, our filthy subways and our aging buildings.

Say what you will about Dubai but if they ever move away from Islamic law to something more palatable I am moving there.

Ricky Jun 12th 2009 12:46AM

There is not big technical difficulty when building a giant LED screen. The trend of LED display technology lie in two trends. One is the operator's interface of LED screen, that is to say the software should be more friendly to operator. The other is the structure of LED display, to make the LED display convenient for any environment when one want to use it. My skype: billowfisher , have interest can we discuss

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