Two choices currently...

Vishay through Pinball Life at $350.
XPin through many distributors $329.

I have ready to plug-n-play XPin available if that's how you want to go, email me.

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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
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I have the Stern one, it looks really good, but is more expensive than other options.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/502-6811-00

I got a blue one from Xpin I was happy with it, had one dot out but it was fixed really quick.

Got a Vishray from mouser it was junk - poorly alined and an entire column was lit. However, Terry (from pinball life) says they personally checks them prior to sending them so that should negate that fact.

I have had a ton of problems with Stern Displays, and could not imagine spending that kind of money on a product I don't believe in.

So I would say x-pin.. however last I checked a long time ago... the X-pins did not work in LED displays they still need the high current so depends on what run you have it might not even work. leaving you with stern or visray... and then I would say in Terry I trust...

Lastly I personally am going to hold for the Color DMD option as I thought it looked kick ass in my TAF, even if its on a single color no grid lines... and yeah even in tron the grid is bad..

I noticed a small amount of poor alignment on mine as well but I just mentally ignored it and now it doesnt bother me anymore. It only shows up on certain animations so not a deal breaker IMHO.

Got the Stern one installed
Looks great and no issues

Two versions now of the XPin blue DMD:

HV (uses games original plasma 65V), and...
LV (low voltage for the Stern games that originally came with red LED DMDs).

Also something to note, PBL has a NO return policy on the LED DMDs. XPin has a great warranty and service, especially if gotten through me. I don't know about Marco, as I didn't know they started selling them.

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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
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Quality Board Work - In Home Service
borygard at gmail dot com

For me, it comes down to grid alignment. I'll pay extra if need be for proper alignment. Which of the three options (Vishay, Xpin, Stern) has the best and most consistent alignment?

Really I think they're all about equal right now. XPin definitely had some issues early on with alignment, but that's supposed to be resolved now. I've heard reports of Vishay having bad alignment, but most I've seen have looked pretty good. I've not seen the blue Marco(Stern?), but I think their red is almost indistinguishable from plasma displays.

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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
http://LockWhenLit.com
Quality Board Work - In Home Service
borygard at gmail dot com

I have a green x-pin in my CFTBL and have been happy with it. You could also consider a color dmd which can be set to any number of colors.

Excellent. This is good to hear.

We have the Stern Blue Displays instock $380 Shipped

Anyone recommend a good blue dmd for TOTAN?

The guys at Color DMD are rather upfront on stuff, I would suggest asking them directly (and let us know). Looks based on their FB page it in the future but how long in the future is very hard to say... Also I wonder if they have a way to make it work with on the newer ones with out the HV section.

I would buy a Sigma colour DMD. Same price as the rest. It can be blue or any other colour if you want to put it in another game one day, and best of all you can upscale the DMD to HD. So you can play Tron in blue HD......WOW. That's what I would buy.

Looks like I will probably going stern. Unless the color dmd will be done for sterns in the near future. Does anyone have any info if that will be happening or is that something in the far distance?

It works for Sterns. There is a thread on here where someone put one in their LOTR and changed the colour and upscaled the image to HD.

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That's a great idea. Post some pics of Tron in HD if you do it!

If I read their FB page correctly - they have a proto color dmd for Stern games. They do have them in the brand new ones so tron will work... I would really hold off until you can get it, for the price of the Blue DMD's compared to the better look of the color dmd... The game has changed!

That's an interesting concept.. (re: Tron color DMD). It'd probably look freaking fantastic.

Great, more things to spend money on..

Here are some photos from our facebook page. You can also see more photos from LOTR, TSPP, Transformers, and Metallica. Transformers and Metallica were demonstrated at California Extreme last month.

The photos were taken with prototype firmware/hardware that will be released later this year. There are some minor hardware changes required for mounting/powering the display in Stern games but it all runs off 12V/5V so it doesn't matter if the game was built originally with a high-voltage plasma display or low-voltage LED.

Randy

TRON1.jpg Tron2.jpg

Oh snap, I want.

Cool and no stupid big black spaces between the dots like the Sterns from having a bunch of little boards pasted together unevenly. I would never buy a Stern one!

Pick your poison. The LED displays have better contrast (complete black) compared to the LCD displays.

The colour DMD's are LCD? I never knew that.

Yes they are lcd's but lack true black. But it would be my choice hands down

I have the xpin display and it is nice, but will most likely replace it with the color LCD when available.

What about SM!!

Didn't take any pics but it works in that too... We tried it. As far as I can tell, it should work for any Whitestar or SAM game.

Honestly, I play in complete darkness and the Sigma Color DMD in my SS has been nothing but perfect/amazing. If I had the extra $$$ lying around, they would be in every single (compatible) DMD machine I own, including TRON.
The Sigma system with it's multiple display/color options is a "no-brainer" upgrade over the LED.

Go for it Jorge!

When will the Sigma version of Colour DMD be available for Stern machines?

see my thread.....

It is technically available now with a few gotchas:
You have to build your own power cable. ColorDMD will be selling these soon, though.
You have to do a little custom work to mount it. ColorDMD will be selling brackets soon.
The displays are out of stock.

Here's a thread showing the one I installed in my Tron.
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/diy-colordmd-installation-in-stern-sam-tron

If they release full color roms this will be a slam dunk. I like the sigma, but not enough to spend the dough for single color display.