Buy used. Because of ColorDMD, the DMD market is different than any other market pinball... extremely populated with used orange DMDs like never before. Before ColorDMD they weren't easy to find because people were still using them, but now it seems like they're all over the place... makes sense. It's a funny (and helpful) phenomenon that wasn't here just a few years ago.

It's not like they're from parted-out games either, usually mint condition ones ironically, just getting swapped to ColorDMD... so they're usually high-quality ones too out of perfectly-fine games with low plays & low hours. Funny how that all works out. Can't go wrong with that. Some guy upgrades to a ColorDMD in his HUO Addams... boom... super nice orange DMD on the market for a low price and for no reason at all besides a swap to color... perfectly functional and didn't "have to be" pulled.