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Quoted from ViperVS:I'm not looking for a project to create a frankenstein that would take hours and cost 50$ less than a new DMD.
I'm asking why there isn't a plug-and-play (single color) LCD or LED for 100$ available?
Because very few people want one, and the market is too small...
There is almost zero chance anyone is going to put up the capital to make 10K units for a product is becoming obsolete...that being said I am a bit surprised there aren't more dmd's on the secondary market as many are upgrading to color dmd, which is 100x the product. I suspect many like myself keep the dmd's in case they sell the machine and the new buyer doesn't want to pay for the color dmd.
Quoted from dung:Problem is that a used dmd is worth 75 to 100 for most people. A new dmd is 175 or so. A color dmd is what 400? Yet people expect to get exactly 400 more for their game with it, despite it being used and not discounting the value of a normal dmd. Kinda baffling really.
$450 if u live in California...the great thing about the color dmd is that you can remove it and use it on another game...that being said most buyers are willing to pay up for the color dmd (I certainly have)...if they don't want it I just install the old crappy one and call it a day.
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