Color DMD LCD or LED

[Monkeyboypaul]

You could remove the THING lightboard, that's what I did in mine when I had one, then it fits properly. The DMD then lights the THING inserts instead but it's dim compared to incandescents, so that is a problem too.

Unless you buy one of these:

http://pin-mods.com/product/taf-thing-light-board/

I wish those existed about 5 yrs ago!

I removed a few white SMD LEDs from their plastic casing and soldered their legs directly on to the original boards... it worked a treat, created a very thin light board, but fiddly.

100 times better than using the LCD screen to shine through the THING lights though.

 

[Kenny Taylor]

I think the LED’s are bright and suit Stern pins. But LCD all the way in keeping with the original plasma panels of the Bally/Williams machines. The bonus is that LED’s fit perfectly in the newer Stern backboxes..

 

[Durzel]

You could remove the THING lightboard, that's what I did in mine when I had one, then it fits properly. The DMD then lights the THING inserts instead but it's dim compared to incandescents, so that is a problem too.

Unless you buy one of these:

http://pin-mods.com/product/taf-thing-light-board/

Ehh.. it's not a big deal really. I think the newer LCD OCDs don't do that anymore anyway (the simulated THING lights). Mine didn't, and the instructions specified installing it above the original THING light board.

It is a little bit annoying having to lift the speaker panel out, but to be honest I can't think of many jobs where I would be opening the translite board without lifting the speaker panel out too.

 

[mark9]

I've definitely never seen an LCD display that's glass?

Nope, but still closer in looks than the LED.

Edit: just dug out on an old plasma realised you can see the dots thought they were plain like lcd’s. My bad

 

[Vimtoman]

I wish those existed about 5 yrs ago!

I removed a few white SMD LEDs from their plastic casing and soldered their legs directly on to the original boards... it worked a treat, created a very thin light board, but fiddly.

100 times better than using the LCD screen to shine through the THING lights though.

Just what I done.