Jake has King Kong of video

The 36-foot-high by 149-foot-long display will knock your red sox off.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Now a decade old, Jacobs Field has never looked better.
The Cleveland Indians gave a sneak peek on Thursday at the Jake's new $7 million eye-popping scoreboard, the largest in North America.
"It makes a 10-year-old facility look brand new again," said Will Ellerbruch of Daktronics, the company that designed, installed and will help operate the ballpark's new video display system.
In addition to the 36-foot-high by 149-foot-long main scoreboard above the left-field bleachers, an out-of-town display scoreboard within the left-field wall will allow fans to monitor other games. The 172-foot wide display is the first of its kind in the majors.
Auxiliary viewing
Fans also will be able to follow the Indians games on "ribbon" scoreboards running down the right- and left-field lines that will show statistics, graphics and advertising in an array of colors.
One of the best features about the new video system is that all the scoreboards can be programmed to simultaneously show the same thing.
"Surround-vision," Ellerbruch said. "It's going to be an in-your-face experience for everyone."
No doubt. Even on a cloudy afternoon, the colors splashed across the playing field, giving the sensation of being in a movie theater or sitting in your living room in front of the biggest TV on the block.
Some Indians fans are sure to walk away from Monday's home opener against Minnesota in awe.
The ballpark has been in need of an upgrade to its main scoreboard for several years.
The old one, installed when the Jake opened in April 1994, had become outdated in terms of technology.
It also needed almost continuous maintenance.
Obsolete
Sony, which made the original Jumbotron, no longer manufactures parts for the scoreboards, which made it nearly impossible for the Indians to find replacement bulbs when they burned out.
Instead of incandescent bulbs with a shelf life of approximately 10 years, the new scoreboard -- dwarfed worldwide only by a 225-footer at the Hong Kong Jockey Club -- features nearly 3 million LED pixels that will last 100 years.
"It's like going from the light bulb to a computer overnight," said production coordinator Justin White, one of 15 staffers who will work in the control room on game day.