29-03-2023, 02:38 PM
(29-03-2023, 02:05 PM)oscillon Wrote: In D the monolith replaced the smaller TV-like screen, like the ones to the sides of the presenter's desk in E.Even if tweaking the set was particularly desirable, you couldn't do a Studio D-type job as the monoliths require too big a footprint - to install one where the right-hand screen is would require taking up (at least partially) the outside Furio track. Replacing the catwalk screens would come with similar issues - although there would no longer be gaps between the screens, there would be a clear gap around the edge of the whole videowall owing to the fact the original set wasn't designed with dimensions of the LED panels in mind.
If anything should be done with the catwalk area, it is to replace the three screens with those large black borders by a single curved videowall, like the one used in B.
I would be very surprised if Studio E did not return with a wholly new 2022-style set because a) it'd be odd to leave the News channel studio out of the wider set rollout and b) the 2013 set will have to be replaced somewhen so it'd be a wasted opportunity not to do it when you have the chance. Although it does look good for a ten-year-old set, as Studio C is showing, at a certain age technical faults become increasingly common and it is harder to find spare parts. Though replacing individual components piecemeal is the cheaper option, it is a false economy that runs the risk of being a waste if something major and irreplaceable fails.