Ohio Scoreboards: The LX2655, LX2350 and LX2665 Across 366 Records

Ohio's scoreboard record is a gym story. The three most-shipped models in Electro-Mech's Ohio sales and shipping record, the LX2655, LX2350 and LX2665, are all indoor basketball scoreboards, and the indoor LX2550 sits fifth. Only one outdoor model reaches the top five: the LX1030 baseball and softball scoreboard.

The LX1030 spec sheet lists 6-inch captions, amber or red digits, and mounting hardware for permanent installation on two posts as standard equipment. The LX2550 sits at the other end of the range. Its model page pitches it to a facility that is "100% about Basketball."

Two things shape every Ohio choice that follows. The first is the gym's sports mix. The second is the high school rulebook, which changed the basketball foul count in 2023-24. I read the record as evidence of what Ohio gyms ask a scoreboard to do, and the sections below take each model at its own spec sheet's word.

What does the Ohio sales and shipping record contain?

Our Ohio sales and shipping record holds 366 records across 151 cities and towns, running from 1999 to 2025, which ranks Ohio eighteenth of 50 states by units shipped.

Three points govern how those counts should be read before any sport or model is compared:

1. One row per organization, model and city. A record is a counting unit under the company's own rule, and the state page applies the same rule.
2. Sold and shipped, not installed. The record covers what was sold and shipped to an Ohio address. It does not say what is standing today.
3. Every record can be checked. The Ohio state page lists each record by city and prints the same record and city counts quoted here.

By sport, the Ohio record splits as follows. Basketball leads by a wide margin.

Gym scoreboards set the pace in Ohio. Outdoor sports still carry real weight, with baseball and football well ahead of everything else. The long tail of soccer, hockey and lacrosse is small but present.

The reach of the record matters as much as its total. Ohio Education by the Numbers, working from Ohio Department of Education and Workforce data for 2024-25, counts 1.6 million public school students and splits enrollment 28% urban, 35% suburban, 21% small town and 14% rural. In my reading, 151 cities and towns is the more telling of the two headline counts, because it shows how far the record reaches beyond any single metro area. Ohio gyms weighing indoor options can review the basketball scoreboards Electro-Mech builds alongside the model comparisons later in this article.

Since the 2023-24 season, high school basketball has awarded the bonus on a per-quarter foul count, with team fouls reset at the end of each quarter. For that reason, the bonus indicators are the first feature I would check on any indoor scoreboard.

Why do basketball scoreboards lead the Ohio record?

The leading gym models are built to serve more than basketball: the LX2655, our most popular basketball model, relabels for volleyball or wrestling with removable caption plates along the bottom.

The common assumption, repeated in some buying guides, is that an LED scoreboard handles one sport only. Our model pages describe something different. The LX2655 page says its layout and feature set made it our most popular model for basketball over the years, and that many of our indoor designs are variations on the same theme. Like our other indoor multi-sport models, it carries removable caption plates that label the lower half of the display for volleyball games or wrestling matches.

The LX2665 takes the same idea and spells out the labels. Its model page describes three removable metal plates along the bottom of the cabinet, carrying alternate labels for some of the basketball features:

• Volleyball: the plates read WON / GAMES / WON.
• Wrestling: flip the plates over to POINTS / MATCH / POINTS.

The same page calls the LX2665 extremely popular in facilities where basketball is the main sport but volleyball and wrestling sometimes take over the court. Its model page also suggests dressing the LX2665 with ID panels for advertising or team logos. Where volleyball or wrestling later grows into a program that wants a display of its own, a dedicated scoreboard for that sport is the next step to raise with our team. In my view, that versatility is one practical reason basketball scoreboards lead the record.

The bonus indicator carries the rest of the load. The current high school rule removed the one-and-one, so the bonus now means two free throws on every common foul once the opponent reaches five fouls in the quarter. A clear bonus light answers that question for players, coaches and officials at a glance.

Ohio's schools are not all traditional districts. Ohio Education by the Numbers counts 339 charter (community) schools and nearly 180,000 students in non-public schools. For a smaller school with a single gym, a scoreboard that relabels between seasons does the work of more than one display. Outdoor sports work from different layouts, and the football scoreboards page shows what Electro-Mech offers for the field.

How can you check the Ohio record and spec sheets yourself?

Every Ohio record is listed by city on the company's Ohio state page, which prints the same counts quoted here, and each model's spec sheet is published online.

Our data follows one counting rule: one row per organization, model and city, the same rule the state page applies. Variants of a model count under its LX equivalent. A reader who wants to test any figure in this article can therefore match it line for line against the published page.

Each spec sheet carries detail a quick product summary leaves out. The LX2550 spec sheet lists caption heights of 5, 4 and 3 inches, dropping to 4 and 3 inches on the LX2550-ETN, so a buyer adding Electronic Team Names can see what changes on the face. The LX1030 sheet lists a junction box and patch cable for hardwired installations as standard, with up to 1,000 feet of data cable and the ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system as options.

The basketball rule is equally checkable. The 2023-24 change to free throw procedures and foul administration was published as part of that season's high school rules changes. I would read it next to the spec sheet before deciding what a gym's bonus display needs to show.

Does any single scoreboard model dominate Ohio's record?

No single model dominates Ohio: the LX2655 leads with 28 records, followed by the LX2350 at 23, LX2665 at 21, LX1030 at 16 and LX2550 at 15, out of 82 distinct models.

Those counts follow each model's LX equivalent, so the variants of one model count as that one model. Our review of the record for the three leaders shows why the rule matters. The record spells the LX2350 as 2350, 2350-C and 2350-PC as well as LX2350, and the LX2655 appears as both LX2655 and 2655. Together, the LX2655, LX2350 and LX2665 account for 72 records at 67 organizations, and every one of those records is basketball.

A lead of 28 is not a monopoly. Ohio organizations spread their orders across a long list of models. I read the length of that list as the more useful signal for a buyer, because it shows facilities choosing the layout that fits their own gym or field.

The LX2550 shows how fine the splits can be. Its model page describes the LX2655 design with the Player/Foul digits swapped out for Time Outs Left, aimed at a facility devoted entirely to basketball. The LX2550 spec sheet puts the cabinet at 9 ft by 5 ft and 135 lb, drawing 1.5 amps, or 2.2 amps as the LX2550-ETN with Electronic Team Names.

The LX1030 is the contrast. It is the only outdoor scoreboard among the five leaders, built for baseball and softball. Its spec sheet gives an 8 ft by 4 ft cabinet at 113 lb, 18-inch digits for Runs and Inning, and 4-inch bullet-style indicators for Ball, Strike and Out, in amber or red. It draws 1.1 amps and comes with a simplified 15-key control console. The model page says the layout has found favor with little leagues and high schools since its debut.

Owner manuals are collected on our scoreboard manuals page, a useful companion to the spec sheet figures quoted here.

The Ohio sales and shipping record counts every spelling of a model under its LX equivalent. Here is how three recorded spellings resolve:

{
  "2350": "LX2350",
  "2350-C": "LX2350",
  "LX2350": "LX2350"
}

All three count as one model. The LX1030 and LX2550 counts follow the same rule. A variant never adds a model to the state's distinct count.

How do the LX2655, LX2350 and LX2665 scoreboards differ?

The LX2350 is a 9 ft by 3 ft basketball scoreboard; the LX2655 and LX2665 stand 5 ft tall and carry reversible captions for volleyball or wrestling.

With no single model dominating the Ohio record, the differences among the three leaders carry real weight. All three share the same core face: 12-inch Points and Period Clock digits and 3-inch Bonus and Possession indicators, in amber, red or green. Every remaining digit on all three is 9 inches tall; on the LX2350, that is the Period digit alone. The LX2350 spec sheet gives that model caption heights of 5 and 4 inches. Its model page describes an uncluttered layout that stays orderly when ID panels for advertising are added, a fit for a gym that sells sponsor space.

The LX2655 and LX2665 share that digit layout, so the choice between them comes down to size and draw. The LX2665 is the wider and heavier of the pair. The LX2655 spec sheet lists a full-sized 37-key control console with an LCD display and fifty programmable brightness levels as standard equipment. Both spec sheets offer the ScoreLink Wireless RF modem system as an option, and both models come in a center-hung, four-sided configuration. The LX2655 and LX2665 spec sheets list a third caption height, 3 inches, alongside the 5- and 4-inch captions the LX2350 carries.

Ohio buyers spread across all three. Our review of the shipping record lists an LX2350 shipped to Cincinnati Christian Elementary in Fairfield, Ohio, on February 3, 2016, and an LX2655 shipped to Bataan Memorial Elementary School in Port Clinton, Ohio, on April 17, 2012. Reynoldsburg High School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, has an LX2665 and an LX2665-LR on the record, both shipped June 13, 2017. Licking Valley Schools in Newark, Ohio, appears with both 5 ft models: an LX2665 on June 6, 2016, and an LX2655 on July 18, 2022. The record does not say where each scoreboard went or why one model was chosen.

I would measure the wall and list the sports the gym hosts before comparing anything else on the sheet.

What should an Ohio school check before ordering a scoreboard?

Match the scoreboard to the sports the gym hosts and to the current high school bonus rule, then settle who owns and runs it before requesting a quote.

Knowing the leading models settles half the decision. The other half is the setting the scoreboard will work in. Three sources point to a clear order of work: the Ohio shipping record, the NFHS rulebook and one K-12 IT administrator's account of how a district handles scoreboard projects.

1. Match the face to the sports the gym hosts. A basketball-only gym and a gym shared with volleyball or wrestling lead to different spec sheet lines, as the comparison above shows. Read the sport line on the model's own spec sheet before weighing anything else.
2. Check the face against the current rulebook. High school basketball follows the NFHS rulebook as the Ohio High School Athletic Association applies it. Under the per-quarter bonus count described earlier, the bonus can come into play in any quarter. A clear Bonus indicator earns its place on the face. Confirm any rule question with your own state association.
3. Decide who owns and runs the scoreboard. In a September 2026 r/k12sysadmin thread, one K-12 IT administrator described a district where the athletic department pays for scoreboard projects and bids them out to contract, leaving IT to keep the operating devices updated. The same administrator said those contracts guarantee training whenever staff or students need it.

The spec sheet answers the first check; the rulebook answers the second. The third is local. A named owner keeps training and service requests from falling between departments. I would settle ownership before the quote, because student and staff operators both need someone to arrange their training.

With those three answers in hand, the Electro-Mech team can match a spec sheet to the gym and prepare a quote for that model.

What does Ohio's record mean for your next scoreboard?

Basketball leads Ohio's record and no model dominates, so the right scoreboard comes from your gym's sports, its wall and the current rulebook, not from what sells most.

Basketball accounts for 162 of the 366 records in our Ohio data, more than any other sport. The LX2655 model page notes that many of our indoor designs are variations on its layout. That shared lineage is why the LX2665 and LX2550 carry so much of its face. The differences sit at the edges: width, captions, and what fills the lower half.

Those edges decide the purchase. I would settle them on paper before the next season starts, then ask for a quote against one named spec sheet.