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1. Big and distracting on the playfield is less of a problem than looking UP at an LCD or DMD, IMO
2. I somewhat agree with this
3. If your machine gets that dirty, well - that's a bigger problem.
4. Then you might need to go back to EMs or very early SS.
5,6 kind of the same thing you are saying in #1 really.
7. Disagree
8. You're still repeating yourself here.

Summary. An LCD in the playfield is an exiting way to merge new technology in games, not that this hasn't been suggested by others for some time. If done right, I think many will find they like it. If you don't, the option to have a standard playfield installed seems sensible. Otherwise, just don't buy it - plenty of other choices out there.

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Few games have anything in this area. F-14 Tomcat has the target bank is almost dead center on the playfield. I could see a small monitor even working on that game, imagine something like a tablet sized display showing a real radar image that switches to an explosion when the targets are bashed. Cool as hell IMO. Snux could probably have put one in his Second Sortie Tomcat if he wanted to.

The ball would not be rolling directly over the LCD surface, that would be silly. Perhaps you have never heard of games with plexi windows above lower playfields (i.e. Elektra, Krull, Haunted House.)

You could also use small OLEDs to accomplish this. We are already using them in our radio consoles for adaptable information buttons on our consoles.

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