LED/LCD Marquee

[MNMax21]

I have been looking at the PixelCade LED for a little while now and I was wondering if anyone else has ventured down this road.  If you have one or not, what would be likes/dislikes?  It looks really cool and they have ventured into animation now.  I thought maybe just picking up a used LCD bar at some point, but my cabinet it 35 1/2" wide for the marquee spot and they are insane expensive in that size.  Pixelcade appears to be $280 for what I'd be looking at.  I also seem to like the 8 bit aspect of it, but I am not sure if I'd regret having an LED over an LCD.  The marquees are not all the same.  Meaning on the LCD, 1942 is the actual marquee.  The LED is the numbers 1942.  However, I saw a video they shared with me of the plane flying around animated on the LED and they also have Pong for when you are choosing stuff in GameEx.  That all looks very cool.  They even have a mount that I can use for my cabinet.  I then saw a video where they had high scores for the game scroll across the screen at start.  Looked slick.  

 

Anyways, just thought I'd gauge the feeling in the community on it.

 

 

 

[Draco1962]

I have one. It leverages the LEDBlinky plug-in which adds to the cost but is worth it as it is actively supported. 

YMMV as the animations available are limited at present. Using logo or marquee image files can be hit and miss as they need to be high contrast, clean (either transparent with no artifacts - stray pixels or black background) and preferably within 8-bit to 16-bit color, with 8-bit offering better contrast.

They are bright, so getting a kit with clear grey acrylic cover is a must.

P.S. High Score support with 3 scores for MAME games thst save high scores coming soon!

[MNMax21]

So, if you have LEDBlinky, have you ventured down the LED pushbutton route too?  I really like the idea of having the specific buttons light up for the game you’re playing.  I feel like my young daughters would be able to understand it a bit more.

if you’ve got LED buttons, what type do you have?

[Draco1962]

I don't have a cab thus no buttons. Just helped with some beta testing is all.