ns8401 968 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 I, for one, thank ESPN for forcing me to search through my TV settings to realize that my image was slightly cropped. Now that I can see the remaining 5% of my screen, it's like a brand new world. No, I'm not kidding. The disappearing bar could go, though. I love the new look purely because it reminds me of the last set of graphics they used on ABC. That said, I have no idea how what the hell they're going to use for the wild card game on ABC in January, cause this sure isn't going to work. ESPN 2015: ABC 2005: Replace "ESPN MNF" with "ABC WC" problem solved at least I think... Definitely a resemblance between the '05 and '15 versions. Things are in slightly different order obviously.
Mrtraveler01 739 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 I, for one, thank ESPN for forcing me to search through my TV settings to realize that my image was slightly cropped. Now that I can see the remaining 5% of my screen, it's like a brand new world. No, I'm not kidding. The disappearing bar could go, though. I love the new look purely because it reminds me of the last set of graphics they used on ABC. That said, I have no idea how what the hell they're going to use for the wild card game on ABC in January, cause this sure isn't going to work. ESPN 2015: ABC 2005: As far as the 4:3 instead of the letterboxing? I'm sure they'll just scrunch it all together to fit a 4:3 aspect ratio, the question is how readable will it be but I guess since it'll only be one game on ABC, it isn't that much of a concern.
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 We got new graphics on NFL coverage in general; from what Monday Night Countdown is giving us, it seems to be more futuristic-looking and doesn't seem to have the Helvetica/white look going on everywhere else. We definitely can't have flat, solid colored graphics in the NFL, that would be a travesty. edit: COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EVERYTHING. Just about every graphic uses the ENTIRE span of the screen, scoreboard included. The scoreboard (which is just a bar rather than college football's funkybox) also hides itself during plays. [MEDIA=twitter]643564378684567552[/MEDIA] Are they just replacing it with a new sidebar graphic for their shows or is ESPN trying to do away from it?
WestleyWolf 123 Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 It actually doesn't look bad at all. it looked perfect when i watched it on my 65" 3D LED TV. the Timeout Clock should be a little bit bigger though.
Viper550 294 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Posted November 5, 2015 Brand New posted a breakdown of the College Football re-branding as a whole http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_on-air_packaging_for_espn_college_football_by_loyalkaspar.php#.VjuLvK6rR8Y LoyalKaspar (who did the current ABC on-air presentation) did the CG for everything else.
AaronQ 288 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Sorry to bump this thread, but ESPN has finally debut their college basketball variant of the current graphics.
ColumbusNewsFan 218 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Could they use that look for the NBA?
swillh2k2 206 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Could they use that look for the NBA? I would think so. Probably for the Finals.
Samantha 2907 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Wow, that took a long time. It's really nice, though!
NEOMatrix 1308 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Also, it looks narrow enough to fit ABC's 4:3 fetish.
Viper550 294 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Posted February 7, 2016 It'll be interesting to see if ESPN Deportes actually uses the MNF graphics for their Super Bowl 50 broadcast (the typical world feed uses the old black/silver TNF graphics)
Viper550 294 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Firstly, yes they did. Secondly, almost a year after they should have, IndyCar finally has the new graphics. It's not a gigantic banner anymore, but a bunch of 4:3-sized rectangles - which is probably intentional, because of their idiotic fixation with still using 4:3 graphics on ABC despite every other network now doing otherwise, and because it's the only motor racing property they have left (read: "ABC's 4:3 fetish"). [MEDIA=twitter]709063999111995394[/MEDIA] I'll give them a pass on the 4:3 graphics because this new style actually doesn't look too bad with margins. Hilariously, the world feed (which ESPN International handles) rips pages from the San Diego Chargers playbook by... [MEDIA=twitter]709054191562522624[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]709068263095967744[/MEDIA] using two generations worth of outdated ESPN graphics (which got just even more out of date this season)
Viper550 294 Posted September 18, 2016 Author Posted September 18, 2016 ESPN has taken the flat look to hockey for the World Cup of Hockey. The pre-tournament games used the Sportsnet scoreboard but ESPN white graphics elsewhere. Now for the tournament proper we have this [MEDIA=twitter]777248796015075328[/MEDIA] Actually looks pretty slick.
WestleyWolf 123 Posted September 19, 2016 Posted September 19, 2016 ESPN has taken the flat look to hockey for the World Cup of Hockey. The pre-tournament games used the Sportsnet scoreboard but ESPN white graphics elsewhere. Now for the tournament proper we have this [MEDIA=twitter]777248796015075328[/MEDIA] Actually looks pretty slick. Looks like NBC but smaller.
Viper550 294 Posted October 4, 2016 Author Posted October 4, 2016 http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/espn-will-debut-a-new-nba-graphics-package-this-season.html The NBA is getting a long-overdue overhaul this year
24994J 5676 Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 So far, so good. I do like that it's more evolutionary than a total redo. The thin type and 3D-rendered logos were the best part of the old package, so it's nice to see a lot of it remain. The new logo is kinda 'meh', but it's passable. Really, the in-game lower thirds and scoreboard are what needed to go, so I'm still curious what they have planned for that.
abric 186 Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 the new scoreboard is pretty slick and Gotham is the main font.
Georgie56 3350 Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 The new NBA look looks pretty clean all around. I like the fact that they're using numbers for timeout count instead of the standard dots/dashes.
Viper550 294 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Posted October 5, 2016 [MEDIA=twitter]783470578699276288[/MEDIA] In my opinion, complaining that TBS's MLB scoreboard is too big (among the other complaints I've seen among Canadians tonight) is an understatement. I literally thought the first picture on this post was ESPN's scoreboard, but it wasn't. That's actually MSG's new scoreboard (which feels like a mixture of ESPN and CBS, although the previous version had the same layout) The typography is a mess. The giant, ahem, thing on the side is unnecessary.
WCAUTVNBC10 416 Posted October 19, 2016 Posted October 19, 2016 ESPN already tweaking the NBA look, toning down the obnoxiousness of the scorebar big time. Looks so much better now.
Viper550 294 Posted November 12, 2016 Author Posted November 12, 2016 College basketball is back; the scoreboard is the same, except it's been made a bit bigger. Actually, it's now about the same size as the old one, so it's not bad (especially because, as the NBA has demonstrated, it could always be worse).
Viper550 294 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 ESPN is using a special edition of the stock graphics for the CFP games this year [MEDIA=twitter]815294636059230214[/MEDIA] It's ... I don't know. It's cool, but it feels like a MNF-ized version of the current graphics.
nathannah 2541 Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 It's ... I don't know. It's cool, but it feels like a MNF-ized version of the current graphics. I probably would have liked it better without an 'athletic' font (works fine for scoring, as regular text, it reads badly). I'm sure I'll get used to it and they did address small little things like being more transparent, but the Helvetica makes the older one read much better than most packages.
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