LEDs are going to make us all go blind. Rave on!

Pfft- that what they say about ALL my favorite hobbies

I liked the *look* of LEDs in my NGG too, but they were damn bright, so I always had to have plenty of ambient light on when I played, otherwise the strobe effect was overwhelming. That's what I get for putting something other than Noflix Plus LEDs in a pin!

Great discussion. Really appreciate all the insights and suggestions. I, maybe correctly or maybe not, assumed that my problems with LEDs were age related and that my Medicare eligible eyes weren't able adjust as quickly as a younger players. I do suffer eye fatigue at shows when playing the totally LED equipped games. I may try LEDS on my No Fear playfield inserts and report back.

spot...lights

Shadow doesn't have white inserts that are as large.

Yeah, same here. I replaced the whites in mine though, just too bright and in your face. Once I added 4 spotlights the contrast ratio was way better and less blinding

Strobing is without a doubt a physiological response that some people have to LEDs. It's never bothered me, no matter what LEDs are used, so I'm clearly immune to it. If you are susceptible to it, however, it can be a real bitch. The only two solutions I can think of to help alleviate the problem ared the Noflix+ LEDs, and herg's LED OCD controller. Unfortunately, neither is an inexpensive solution. As someone who has used herg's controller, I definitely give it a thumbs up. I installed one in my Avatar, and absolutely loved it.

If the spot lights are LEDs they can actually make the strobe effect *worse* because they are shining directly on the ball.

As well as making large areas of the playfield strobe, not just inserts.

Then put an incandescent in the spots And on some games where the GI flashes as well then wire to coin door to keep the spotlights constantly on.

I came across this thread just in time. I was going to completely convert T2 but now I think I'll do like I did STTNG and just do the inserts and not the GI.

That's the way i like to do it now. It's not overly bright, cheaper, and I love the insert pop with LEDs in most cases. Not all mind you, case by case.

Didn't the op mention above that he did the inserts and hadn't done the GI yet though?

Finally

I would see smears everywhere when walking through Best Buy back in the DLP hey day

I used cool whites, yellows, oranges and reds.

I also used a few blues for under the ramps,and greens for the back grass.

Lastly I played with a few completely different colors than stock for a few places:
Green for drive and putt out and jackpot I think....