colour dmd.

[vr46]

Any views on a colour dmd,lcd or led.what do people think. its for a twilight zone,thanks.

 

[s000m]

I covered ColorDMD in this thread

Thread 'An intermediate guide to modding and upgrading your pinball machine'

Dec 5, 2023

So I thought after about 2.5 years in the hobby I would share some additional knowledge and experience I've gathered whilst building my own custom retheme's and refurbishments/restorations.


Replacing Incadescents with LEDs:

Let's start with a pretty devise subject, should you replace incadescents with LED's?

A quick brief.

80's and 90's and 00's pins came fitted with Incandescents, mostly powered through AC (Alternating Current).

Alternating current (AC) is a type of electric current that changes its direction and magnitude periodically. In a pinball machine, AC is used to...

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[Kenny Taylor]

The older Bally/Williams pins are more suited to LCD. A bit more expensive but worth it. I have LED version on Tron and TWD which works well on them too.

 

[John Beveridge]

For Twilight Zone i personally preferred the original DMD to any of the colour displays.

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

LCD for me

 

[AlanJ]

LCD for me

Yep

 

[mark9]

I have a color dmd LCD in my TZ set to only white think it looks awesome in this game!

 

[Mooseman]

Expo 40. Better price than U.K.

 

[s000m]

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Expo 40. Better price than U.K.

As long as you don't get hit by duties