Scoreboard Redesign Project
 

I am a student at Ball State University and I am doing a project to redesign a portable tabletop scoreboard and I would much appreciate it if I could get some personal feedback on my conceptual designs which are on the following image.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3...oreboardde.jpg

• What scoreboard do you think is best (for use of multiple sports, easy to read, appropriate features, portability)?
  
• Of the scoreboard you picked what features do you like and dislike about it?
  
• Of the scoreboard you picked would you add/remove/change any features about it?

I'll take "C." I don't like the long, extended ones all on one line.

Eagle, your the expert, you're up! :rolleyes:

Are we allowed to post snarky replies to this one?

I don't care much what it looks like, so long as I can easily find the stuff I care about: time, score, team fouls, arrow. But the one thing that is an absolute, must-have requirement...is that you have to be able to hear the stinkin' horn. Really loud. If I can't clearly and unmistakably hear the horn in a gym with a couple hundred people in it, I wouldn't buy it no matter how well designed the rest of it is.

Snarky Enough ???
 

No "Stop" button for the clock.

Looking at what's being presented for designs, I like design C.

The time is on one line, the score on another.

It's better not to combine the two in one line like the other designs are setup.

C is the best...long rows like the rest could be hard to read. You could make the time digits a different color to distinguish them from the scores and make the longer panel work.

On C, the TO/Bonus/Arrow lights could be arranged in a much better way. As they are, it is a bit confusing to know which is which unless you make them different colors. Plus, you're much better off with a digit (smaller than the rest) for timeouts as the number needed varies for each sport. With one more bulb on each side, you could easily indicate single/double bonus.

Perhaps...

Code:

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TO    **digit**<DIGIT>
B    **light - light**<LIGHT>
Arrow **light**<LIGHT>

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If I were spending money to purchase a scoreboard, I would choose C. It is very easy to quickly find the info. I need (score/time) and also gives me other ancillary info. (timeouts/period).

The other, more linear, scoreboards are harder to read; they give the same info., but it takes me longer to find the info. and it feels like it takes more work...

As a veteran varsity basketball & volleyball scorekeeper I too would prefer choice C. It could be used for volleyball as well as basketball-My only suggestion would be to change the light alignment:I would put 5 lights in a straight line for the timeouts and then to their right on each side Bonus and possesion lights.In volleyball the timeout lights could serve as the score by set.

My choice is c also