Just installed mine a little while ago and it's true that the videos just do not do it justice. I have the LCD ColorDMD in three games and they look great but the LED colors really stand out comparatively. Excellent work on this guys!

I believe I have found a bug though, the Shoot Again followed by Highest Score animation is mostly white with some green "splotches" in it, I guess this could be intentional but it looks odd if that's the case.

Just found what looks to be another bug as well - if Highwire MB is ready to start and the third ball is shot up the ramp while another animation is playing, particularly the WOW lit, the Highwire MB start animation is in white and yellow instead of blue. It's like that video sequence starts at a different frame and therefore the coloring is off?? My cellphone camera does not do a good job of capturing this but it is easily reproducible, just lock two balls and have MB ready lit then hit the wow targets and then hit the top ramp switch. This is with the 2.0H Home ROMs installed.

I do have it set to catch and fling the ball but when I first saw it the shot was hard enough off the targets the magnet didn't catch it. For the video I had the glass off and hit all the switches by hand. I have the 2.0H Home ROMs installed.

I've also seen a couple instances where the highwire locks, not just the last one, have been yellow instead of blue and white but I can't reproduce it yet.

I always use USPS Priority Mail, its about the same price as UPS Ground and way faster for us on the other side of the country.

No, in fact one of the unique features of CV is the DMD mounted down below the backbox. I guess you may be able to stick a skinny arm down the hole and reach the back of the display but it will be tight.

I don't know if I would classify it as "cheesy" but I was certainly really surprised when I first saw it because I thought they never change the content of what's being shown except to add color and scaling in the case of High Res, etc. on the LCD version. I'll try to capture a picture or video of it in action but that's not easy to do unless you have a tripod or something setup to just keep recording.

That is how I installed mine as well, no spacers. Incidentally when I received mine there was a small screw and a one of the white spacers rolling around in the bottom of the box. It was obvious where it had come from and pretty simple to reinstall.

I don't really consider it an advertisement, it's just an Easter Egg of sorts and actually makes the boring Copy Cat left and right blobs a little more interesting. Anyone serious enough about pinball to get to play a CV with this display in it is probably going to know exactly what product they're looking at well before they get to Copy Cat mode and if they don't they probably aren't in the market for one anyway.

It's not like there's a scroll running across the bottom of the display with the website listed or something, it's in one mode that is only started every few games (or less) and even then it's fairly unobtrusive. Certainly doesn't outweigh how great the color display is by any means in my opinion.

I completed battle the Ringmaster last night and was really impressed that all the clips in the victory sequence are colored! I remember there being discussion that this may be very difficult or even impossible because of the randomness of it but it looked fantastic, my compliments to the chef!

One of the potential problems with the ROM names being generic (ColorDMD.rom or Chroma.rom) you can't be sure which one is on your memory stick but if this did indeed happen I wouldn't expect the ROM update to be successful as the name is wrong and there's no Chroma ROM for MM released. Now if this is just a prank I fell for it and well done!

I haven't seen that at all and I've been playing my CV like crazy since installing it. I've noticed a few times when what was multi-color text switched to single color text when it scrolls off screen but other than the two or three problems I've already posted it's been very good for me. What version ROM are you running?

I mean what game ROMs are you running in CV, not what ROM you have installed in the display.

I just saw a new one, I had been in status display (flipper held in) then released and hit the side show, the animation was in two-tone with the top half in one color and the bottom in the other, I think it was yellow and light blue. Once the slide show beginning animation finished it went back to full color. I can try to reproduce it but havent yet.

I'm really surprised by the backlash from some regarding the Copy Cat Easter Egg. It seems clear that the developer was just trying to have some fun with it and do something besides two big blobs, I don't think they thought "I'll plant subliminal information to make these rubes buy more ColorDMDs!". ?

If it said Copy and Cat or something else would those that dislike it still be upset? I think some perspective is in order, yes we are paying almost $400 for it but this is for a game we never thought we'd see in color and it looks awesome even with a couple bugs I'm sure they'll fix!

Yes, but they have not released a new version of the ROM yet and have not said they weren't (or were for that matter) going to remove it in the next release. There have been bugs reported so I think it's safe to assume they are working on those and since it's not easy to update the code when installed in this game most will certainly prefer not to do it multiple times.

I think they should change it to Popa duik or J POP.

You stated that you removed the display and have it in the box ready to return. Randy told you the refund is pending when you return it. Why in the world are you still going on about this and making such a mountain out of a molehil?

That's been three years ago so I don't remember it vividly but I just followed the instructions on the site: http://colordmd.com/installation/ColorDMD%20LED%20Installation%20Instructions%20WPC%20WPC95%20Rev1.PDF

The ColorDMD uses 12VDC for power not the High Voltage the Plasma uses so the fact the old one works doesn't really matter power-wise. Does the game play okay now with the old display in / are you sure it didn't blow the 12VDC fuse? If you have other mods that are tapped off of it it can pull down the supply and / or blow the fuse.