Quoted from fusion:isn't a lot of the 'dimple awareness' due to the new type of lighting we are using on our games now? I think dimples stand out way more with led lighting than they ever did with incandescents.
In a word, no.
I have Coin Taker premium high intensity LEDs in all of my "pre-LED" Stern pins all the way back to TSPP, POTC, & HRC. There is a visible difference in the dimpling of the playfields. And the difference has clearly been shown in the science presented above.