FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2005

Daktronics ProStar® LED Video Displays To Broadcast Presidential Inauguration Festivities

Brookings, S.D. - Four Daktronics ProStar® mobile large screen LED video displays will provide close-up images this week at the events surrounding the 55th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.

Daktronics provided the 17 feet high by 23 feet wide displays to GoVision, a large screen video rental company located in Keller, Texas. The screens will be used at two main events during the festivities.

Two screens will flank the main stage at the Celebration of Freedom gathering at the White House Ellipse on Wednesday evening. Attendees at the Ellipse will see crystal-clear images of several entertainment acts, including Kenny Chesney, the Gatlin Brothers, the Temptations, Kristin Chenoweth and the Radio City Rockettes.

All four ProStar® displays will show imagery Thursday to the assembly gathered at the Capitol Building for the Oath of Office Ceremony. Two displays will be positioned on either side of the Capitol steps and the other two will be stationed along Jefferson Drive to provide live, close-up footage for the estimated 250,000 people expected to attend the ceremonies.

Each of the mobile ProStar® displays has 23 mm center-to-center pixel spacing. The displays are mounted to a hydraulic hoist on a trailer and can be raised over 15 feet in the air and rotated 360-degrees to provide the best possible viewing to spectators. The units also have their own on-board power generator and complete control system featuring Daktronics Venus® 7000 controller and V-Link® video processor.

Daktronics began manufacturing large screen, full-color, LED video displays in 1997. Since then, over 1,400 LED video displays have been sold and installed around the world. Since 2001, Stanford Resources, Inc. has ranked Daktronics as the leading, worldwide provider of large screen LED video displays.

Daktronics has strong leadership positions in, and is one of the world's largest suppliers of, electronic scoreboards, computer-programmable displays, and large screen video display and control systems. The Company excels in the control of large display systems, including those that require integration of complex multiple displays showing real time information, graphics, animation and video. Daktronics designs, manufactures, markets and services display systems for customers around the world in sport, business and transportation applications, and celebrated its 36th year in business in 2004.

Daktronics, Inc.
331 32nd Avenue, P.O. Box 5128
Brookings, SD 57006-5128
Phone: 1-800-DAKTRONICS (800-325-8766)
E-Mail: sales@daktronics.com
Website URL: www.daktronics.com