Flame Suit On: What about colored ice?

[Sleepy]

Does anyone know of a HD recording of a game on a non-white ice surface? I think it'd be pretty jarring, but am curious what it'd look like.

Most TV's today aren't designed to show hockey well. Asking a TV to show mostly white color with a small, high velocity moving black puck results in terrible picture quality and terrible motion quality. This is one of the reasons the infamous glowpuck was created. It's even true with players, as the dark jerseys/skates moving across an all-white background look muted in color, and light jerseys have different but similar issues. With an all-white background, you also notice artifacts like banding and other things a lot more. Basically, TV quality sucks for hockey compared to every other sport, primarily due to the white playing surface. I'm just really interested if this has been done before.

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[Gonzothe7thDman]

It's 2018, we don't talk like that anymore buddy.

 

[Tweed]

Is this what you had in mind?

 

[TheNumber4]

What combo would be better for viewing than black on white?

 

[heretik27]

What combo would be better for viewing than black on white?

Maybe we change the ice surface to black and have the puck be glow in the dark neon yellow!

 

[TMLegend]

 

[Montecristo]

What combo would be better for viewing than black on white?

Purple puck, orange ice

 

[Calendal]

What combo would be better for viewing than black on white?

It’s a tough one for sure. Logically black and white should be as distinct as can be. I could try to justify black on green, blue or red but that argument would probably not hold.

Nothing 4k HDR wouldn’t fix.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Maybe we change the ice surface to black and have the puck be glow in the dark neon yellow!

Neon green. Otherwise great combo.

 

[Helistin]

Yellow ice color could be cool. If any of the players would need to go middle of the game they could do so on the spot and nobody would notice.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Yellow ice color could be cool. If any of the players would need to go middle of the game they could do so on the spot and nobody would notice.

Brown puck?

 

[Jerzey Devil]

Black ice, white puck.

 

[tarheelhockey]

It's been considered in the past. Didn't go very far.

 

[Iron Mosher]

Plaid ice, argyle puck.

 

[IamNotADancer]

Well.....

 

[JianYang]

It's been considered in the past. Didn't go very far.

Did they actually play a game on this? Looks like nhl94 come to life.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Light blue ice would be cool for nostalgia purposes, but only for a meaningless game like in preseason.

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Let’s start with having both teams wearing dark sweaters whenever possible, if a team has the same colours then wear white. When the leafs wore the all white uniforms for their last outdoor game it was an abomination

 

[Uberdachen]

Clear with a mirror right beneath the surface. Also it should be flavored like Thanksgiving dinner.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Did they actually play a game on this? Looks like nhl94 come to life.

They tried it for a couple of AHL games during the 2005 lockout.

USATODAY.com - Buffalo arena trying light blue ice in experiment for TV

Actually it's kind of funny how closely their thought process mirrored that in the OP of this thread:

It is designed to make the game more friendly for television, particularly high-definition TV.
"HDTV's resolution is like 10 times what regular television is," Sabres managing partner Larry Quinn said. "I've got to believe that a color will show up so much better than just white. If you think about it, even art galleries aren't using white walls anymore."

It was at a November meeting with NHL officials on another topic that the league's NBC contract came up and the fact that most of the screen in a hockey broadcast is taken up by white. When a color change was suggested, Quinn went back to team graphic artists, who decided on the shade Pantone 2975.

TBH this is probably one of those things that if we were to start professional hockey brand-new in 2018 with no history, would be considered a very good idea. But because of the culture and ingrained visual branding of the event, it's really hard to change.

 

[sr edler]

Flamingo pink ice, zebra striped puck. Glowing sticks.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Ok, so even more background on this idea. It took me a few minutes to find the info because I've heard about it but never saw images.

When color TV broadcasts were first introduced in the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals, the NHL realized it had a problem. Big TV lights caused a glare off the ice, which saturated the TV screen and made the players and (especially) the puck disappear for viewers at home.

The solution: paint the ice blue instead of white.

Hockey Blog In Canada: On Painted Ice



Apparently the experiment only lasted 2 games and the Cup was awarded on white ice a week later. But it's true, the NHL actually has played games on blue ice for the specific purpose of creating a better TV viewing experience.

 

[Hynh]

120 frames per second > 4K

 

[MMANumminen]

I want black ice it would give the game another dimension

 

[illpucks]

Brown puck?

Hahahahaha great post