Jumbotron
Sign in to saveA jumbotron, sometimes referred to as jumbovision or a jumbo screen, is a video display using large-screen television technology (video wall).
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A jumbotron, sometimes referred to as jumbovision or a jumbo screen, is a video display using large-screen television technology (video wall).
The original technology was developed in the early 1980s by Mitsubishi Electric (using the name Diamond Vision) and Sony, which registered JumboTron as a trademark in 1985. It is typically used in sports stadiums and concert venues to show team statistics, close-up shots of an event or even other sporting events occurring simultaneously. The same jumbotron technology is used in outdoor public places, often for advertising purposes (such as Times Square, for example).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jumbotron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.