The Evolution of Scoreboard Solutions: From Flip Scoreboards to Wireless Scoreboards

Scoreboard SolutionsScoreboard solutions have made some drastic changes through the years since the first flip scoreboards were invented. The first scoring solutions were not convenient or easy to use, and changing the score on the first models involved a person either leaning through a hole in the scoreboard to change the numbers or utilizing a ladder and climbing up to accomplish this task. Both methods were very time consuming, and early models did not have any lighting or electronics. There were also no timing systems to worry about, or cords and wires that could pose safety issues. The first scoring solution options were very simple, and did not involve many features. Usually just the current score for each team was displayed with flip scoreboards, and there were not many components on the early equipment.
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Wireless Scoreboards: Comfort and Precision in Technology

Wireless scoreboards have a fine role to play in the grand scheme of things in the wide world of sports. Many youth programs and sports that do not command the attention or fans like football and baseball will often find themselves without a fully built facility in which to play, and definitely not the means by which to carry state of the art equipment loaded with all the bells and whistles. Portable scoreboards take the facility equipment issue and make it just one less problem youth programs deal with.
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