When we first compose aboutthis comically huge Walgreens LED sign — the expectant of its form in the world — construction was just buzz off under way . That was May , and now they ’re done . D3 LED , the firm behind the sign , eventually deform on this 17,000 straight substructure , 340 ft tall , three - sided tribute to proficient and commercial excess — and what timing ! But before we start challenging the principle behind displaying 300 foot moving Tampax advertizement , it ’s worth looking at the extraordinary technical school inside this affair . The display , which wraps around the three most visible sides of 1 Times Square , is capable of play contiguous video using all of its surface at once . Made up of a premix of 13 60 in plasm television and over 12 million individual LEDs dress in slanting panel , the screen door is purport to display a resolution of “ 20 times the resolution of standard high-definition television , ” though it ’s not completely clear what that ’s supposed to mean . As far as the back - end exit , to play just 30 second of video calls for 150 GB of data sent from 30 information processing system , all of which , I hope , one twenty-four hours conspire to make the greatestBSODof all time . The preindication was flipped on formally last night , though the visitation running , boast the awesome test shape picture inthis clause , took place on Wednesday . Check out the local word report below for some more scope and neat little renderings to put the whole thing into view . [ NYT , image fromGothamist ]
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