Hawaii Scoreboards: Basketball Holds Half of 28 Records Ahead of Baseball's 6

If you are planning a gym or field scoreboard in Hawaii, start with what the state has already ordered. Most of it is indoor basketball. The LX2655 and LX2665 lead, followed by the compact LX2330, the basic LX2350 and the portable outdoor LX6324.

Two terms carry the rest of this page. A record is one row per organization, model and city in our sales and shipping record, so it counts what was sold and shipped, not what is standing today. An LX equivalent groups a model's variants, so the 2350, 2350-C and LX2350 count as one model. Each model below is described only from its own spec sheet. NFHS rule changes come after the models. They shape what a scoreboard is asked to count, from the bonus to the shot clock.

What does Electro-Mech's Hawaii sales and shipping record show?

Electro-Mech's Hawaii record holds 28 records across 11 cities and towns, shipped from 2011 to 2021, and ranks Hawaii forty-fourth of fifty states by units shipped.

Before you read anything into those counts, check three things about how the record is built:

1. Count by model, not by label. The Hawaii counts group each model under its LX equivalent, so 2350, 2350-C and LX2350 all count as one model, the LX2350.
2. Treat the sport as an order-line label. The sport code shows how an order was filed. What a scoreboard actually displays comes only from its own spec sheet.
3. Read a city as a shipping address. A city on the record is where the order shipped, not where the scoreboard stands.

In the Hawaii state record, basketball accounts for 14 records, baseball 6, football 4 and soccer 4. The same record lists 19 distinct models for the state. The state page on electro-mech.com prints every record by city, so you can check both the 28 and the 11 yourself.

The common assumption is that a shipping record doubles as an installation list. It does not. The record is plain on this point: these rows cover what was sold and shipped, and a shipped scoreboard can sit in storage for months or years. The record is silent on why a scoreboard was bought, what it cost, or what it went into.

The record also says nothing about which rules a gym plays under. High school basketball runs on the NFHS rulebook.

The counts tell you what shipped and when. They do not tell you how a scoreboard is used.

That still makes the record useful. It shows which models Hawaii buyers ordered, and you can compare each one on the Electro-Mech basketball scoreboards page before you request a quote.

Why does basketball hold half of Hawaii's scoreboard record?

Basketball holds half of the Hawaii record, 14 of 28, as many as baseball, football and soccer combined. The record shows that split but does not say why buyers ordered.

Start with what the record can and cannot carry. Each row names a model, a city and a sport code, and the sport code is how the order line was filed. Nothing on the row explains a purchase decision. So the honest reading is narrow: basketball is the single largest line in our Hawaii data, and the gap to the next sport is wide.

What the record does not explain, the structure of school sport in the state helps frame. High school competition in Hawaii runs through the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA), the statewide body that keeps tournament and championship records. Its 2024 Girls Basketball Record Book shows the girls state tournament split into Division I and Division II starting in 2004, after decades as a single varsity classification. The HHSAA's school-by-school championship pages list Boys Basketball Division II titles as recently as 2026.

Two divisions mean basketball is contested statewide by schools of very different sizes. Every one of those programs plays in a gym. None of that proves why any order on our record was placed. It does describe a sport organized well beyond a few large schools.

Keep the limits in view as you read the rest of this article:

• The record counts orders by sport code, not by venue, so it cannot tell you how many gyms a sport occupies.
• A city on the record is a shipping address, so the split says nothing about which islands ordered what.
• The record ends in 2021, so it describes what shipped in that span and nothing later.

The practical takeaway is simple to state. If you run a Hawaii gym, the models other buyers chose are mostly indoor basketball scoreboards. If your project is a field instead, the football scoreboard models are listed separately, with their own spec sheets.

The next question is which basketball models carried that half of the record, and how the two leaders differ.

Where can you check the LX2655 and LX2665 before you order?

Start with each model's published spec sheet. The sheet shows what the scoreboard displays, its cabinet size and its electrical line, and a call to Electro-Mech covers anything it leaves open.

Read the LX2655 and LX2665 sheets side by side. Then add the LX2350 sheet. Compare cabinet dimensions, digit height and amperage line by line, and keep every figure tied to the model it belongs to.

Some questions sit outside any sheet. Which captions your gym needs, where the console will be used and how far it sits from the scoreboard are details for a conversation with the Electro-Mech support team. Our Hawaii sales and shipping record shows which models shipped. It does not show how each gym set its scoreboard up, so your own room and your own sports decide the order.

Which basketball scoreboards lead Hawaii's model count?

The LX2655 leads Hawaii's model count at 4 records, ahead of the LX2665 at 3, with each scoreboard counted by its LX equivalent in the state record.

Basketball leads by sport, and these two counts show which basketball scoreboards Hawaii buyers chose. Both are indoor scoreboards built for basketball, with captions that change over for volleyball and wrestling. The LX2655 model page explains the lead model plainly: "the layout and feature set of LX2655 have made it our most popular model for Basketball." The record itself does not say why Hawaii buyers picked one cabinet over the other.

The LX2655 and LX2665 spec sheets set the two side by side:

Both spec sheets give the same digit height layout: 12 inches for Guest Team Points, Home Team Points and the Period Clock, and 9 inches for all others. Bonus and Possession indicators are 3 inches tall on each. Standard LED colors are amber, red and green on both.

The LX2665 is the wider, heavier cabinet. Its digits are no taller. In practice, the choice between them comes down to wall space and caption layout, not digit size.

Caption handling is where the two differ most. On the LX2665, the WON/GAMES/WON plates set the lower half up for volleyball, and flipping the plates to POINTS/MATCH/POINTS sets it up for wrestling. The LX2655 labels its lower half with removable caption plates along the bottom for the same two sports.

Electronic Team Names add load. Check the -ETN figure, not the base figure, if you order that option. You can compare each model's owner documents on the scoreboard manuals page before you request a quote.

A short, specific request saves a round of questions. List the model and variant, the sports, and the rule points you still need to confirm:

Model:        LX2655 or LX2655-ETN
Captions:     Basketball, plus volleyball / wrestling plates
Bonus:        per-quarter team-foul count
Shot clock:   awaiting state association decision
Console:      wired or ScoreLink RF wireless

Name the variant. Base and -ETN models carry different figures.

Which smaller and outdoor scoreboards round out Hawaii's most-shipped list?

The LX2330, LX2350 and LX6324 hold 2 records each: a compact indoor basketball scoreboard, a basic full-width basketball scoreboard, and a portable outdoor multi-sport display.

The top two models are full-size gym scoreboards. The rest of the list covers a wider range of needs, and each model's own spec sheet shows a different job. The LX2330, LX2350 and LX6324 spec sheets line the three up:

LX2330: the compact gym scoreboard

The LX2330 is the smallest cabinet on the Hawaii list. On it, Guest and Home points and the Period Clock use the taller digit, and the Period digit uses the shorter one. Its model page suggests the LX2330 as a secondary display where a facility has chosen a larger model for the primary location.

LX2350: basic basketball with room for sponsors

The LX2350 keeps the gym width of a full-size scoreboard on a shorter cabinet. Built-in Bonus and Possession indicators mark it as a basketball scoreboard. The LX2350 model page notes that its uncluttered layout "doesn't look jumbled when you add ID panels for advertising."

LX6324: the portable outdoor display

The LX6324 is the only outdoor model in this group. It carries a reversible caption plate printed INN for baseball innings on one side and QTR for football quarters on the other. Leave the plate off and a PER caption for periods shows. An optional "T-Cart" leg kit with wheels makes it portable, and the digits come in amber or red.

Smaller cabinets answer different questions than the top two. If your gym already has a primary scoreboard, the LX2330 fits a second wall. If your field has no permanent mounting, the LX6324 is the portable choice on this list. The model counts alone do not say where each scoreboard went or why it was bought.

What do current high school rules ask a Hawaii scoreboard to display?

Current high school rules count basketball team fouls by quarter, with two free throws from the fifth foul, so your scoreboard's bonus display needs to follow a per-quarter count.

Once you know which models Hawaii buyers ordered, the next question is what today's rules ask a scoreboard to show. According to NFHS, Rule 4-8-1 made the per-quarter count the rule from the 2023-24 season, ended the one-and-one, and resets team fouls at the end of each quarter. The old seven-foul and ten-foul thresholds per half no longer apply.

NFHS leaves two more decisions to each state association. The 35-second shot clock has been a state-adoption option since the 2022-23 season, under the guidelines in the NFHS Basketball Rules Book. In baseball, Rule 6-2-6 has required each member state association since 2016 to set its own pitching restriction policy based on the number of pitches thrown.

Before you request a quote, work through three checks:

1. Bonus display. Confirm with the scoreboard team how the scoreboard and console show bonus status under a per-quarter team-foul count, and how the count resets at each quarter.
2. Shot clock. Ask the Hawaii High School Athletic Association whether it has adopted the shot clock before you plan a basketball order. Shot clocks are accessory displays normally sold as a pair.
3. Pitch count. If your baseball program tracks pitch counts under the state's policy, ask whether the scoreboard and console you are considering can show that count.

The rules change what a scoreboard is asked to count. They do not set a cabinet size. Pitch limits and rest days differ by state, so take the numbers from your own state association, not from a national summary. A gap between the rulebook and your console is easier to settle before the order than after it ships.

Which rule-related features do the LX2655 and LX2665 share?

Both leading Hawaii basketball models carry bonus and possession indicators as standard equipment, and both offer Double Bonus Indicators and ScoreLink RF wireless as options on their spec sheets.

The LX2655 and LX2665 spec sheets (both Rev 2.0.2017.06.08) show the same standard and optional equipment on each model. The difference between them is size, not features. Use the table to match each feature to the question it answers in your gym.

A shot clock remains a choice for each state association. Ask the HHSAA what it has adopted before you add a pair of shot clocks to your quote. The spec sheets do not name which accessory displays connect to the data output port, so the Electro-Mech team confirms that on the quote.

What should a Hawaii buyer take from this record?

Hawaii orders lean toward indoor basketball, with half of the state's records in that one sport, so start your shortlist with the LX2655 and LX2665 spec sheets.

Our sales and shipping record counts what was sold and shipped, not what is standing today. Every Hawaii record is listed by city on the company's state page, so you can check the counts yourself. The record does not say why a buyer chose a model. Your sports, wall or field, and caption needs decide that.

Pick the model first. Then pick the variant. Confirm your state association's rules last, and send all three with your quote request.