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Pinball is....pinball - it's mechanical! Let's concentrate on that.
The display methods are incidental no matter if they are mechanical reels or super dooper MASSIVE (stupid) LED screens.
It must be remembered that pinball is a MECHANICAL game.
Try to move away from that and guess what - - you have a video game!
LCD is GREAT for manufacturers as they cost 1/4 the price of a DMD so expect them to continue in pinball machines.
Quoted from MK6PIN:The continuous duty, commercial LCD's are not the same as home use LEDs for home use.....less expensive than DMD? I'm sure, but not by 1/4.... the fact that it's opened incredible avenues for an enhanced experience is where the real value is for me.
Believe me when I say I know what they cost - we buy LED screens almost every week for several products we make. The screens being used in pinball machines currently are all from China and I deal with the same sources for our product - only we pay even LESS as we are a factory in China and receive a higher discount and tax breaks.
Oh...we also manufacture DMDs and they cost a great deal more to make - the labour and parts cost FAR exceeds even the most expensive, similar LED screen we can buy - commercial or not.
The term "commercial grade" is often used to disguise the truth about most screens, they are sold as commercial because (usually) they will have a few pixels out or some similar issue that retails sales won't accept but commercial will. The thought that somehow commercial screens are far superior is not correct.
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