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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
Hmmm...I still think you're missing something, maybe not.
When the clock says 00:00 and the horn has not sounded the period is not over. In that case the officials do not go to the monitor to determine if the period ended, because it clearly by rule has not.
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I actually had this exact example this weekend at a school. They had the old scoreboards that did not show tenths, but they had just added a new controller that did show tenths. The scorekeepper showed us how it worked - when he started it at 8:00, it went down immediately to 7:59. That means the actual time was 7:59.9, 7:59.8, 7:59.7, etc. When it finally showed 0:00, there was a 1 second lag before the horn went off. It must have something to do with how the electronics meshed with the old scoreboards, but it was good to see it in action ahead of time, because that told us the horn sounding signaled the end of the period, not the clock showing 0:00. It was not an issue that game, but was good to know in advance how their system worked.
The other strange thing about that gym was the clock and scoreboards were on the sides of the court, not the ends. That's the first time I'd seen that; it took a little getting used to.