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Why weren't there more playfield level DMD machines made?
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<blockquote data-quote="dtown8532" data-source="post: 12867" data-attributes="member: 320"><p>My guess. Money. The backbox design had been pretty standard for years and changing anything costs bucks. Nonetheless, it was pretty irrelevant at Bally/Williams I'd imagine because CV was close to the end of the WPC era with Pinball 2000 coming.</p><p></p><p>Another guess. Real estate. While convenient, having the DMD in the PLAYFIELD took up valuable space. While I love CV, one of the biggest complaints you hear is that there's nothing going on in the back of the playfield.</p><p></p><p>I agree with your assessment of a playfiled mounted DMD being convenient for the player and I applaud CV up and down for being a fairly unique table design but having it there would really limit the designer. They wouldn't be able to put anything bit in the back of the playfield. Forget Simpson Pinball Party for example.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of display's I know many have been demanding LCD's from Stern for quite a while. While LCD technology has dropped in costs considerably over the years it doesn't compare to the cheap price of a DMD. Like pretty much any company, Stern is concerned with one thing, profit. Keep the costs as low as you can to keep the profit as high as you can. Personally, I could care less about the display. Sure, you could probably do some cool things with an LCD and I'm looking forward to maybe seeing a WOZ one day but I really don't care about the video part. I never thought "video mode" was anything more than a novelty. The playfield and everything about it is where my concerns are. Pinball fans could and have had many a heated discussion over the cheapening of the playfield over the years. From the cut and paste celebrity photos to disappearance of wireforms. While I really like AC/DC it would have been much cooler with some more metal. And don't even get me started on this Pro and LE crap...</p><p></p><p>Oh wait. Sorry. I got a little off topic. Anyway. Money and real estate are my guesses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtown8532, post: 12867, member: 320"] My guess. Money. The backbox design had been pretty standard for years and changing anything costs bucks. Nonetheless, it was pretty irrelevant at Bally/Williams I'd imagine because CV was close to the end of the WPC era with Pinball 2000 coming. Another guess. Real estate. While convenient, having the DMD in the PLAYFIELD took up valuable space. While I love CV, one of the biggest complaints you hear is that there's nothing going on in the back of the playfield. I agree with your assessment of a playfiled mounted DMD being convenient for the player and I applaud CV up and down for being a fairly unique table design but having it there would really limit the designer. They wouldn't be able to put anything bit in the back of the playfield. Forget Simpson Pinball Party for example. Speaking of display's I know many have been demanding LCD's from Stern for quite a while. While LCD technology has dropped in costs considerably over the years it doesn't compare to the cheap price of a DMD. Like pretty much any company, Stern is concerned with one thing, profit. Keep the costs as low as you can to keep the profit as high as you can. Personally, I could care less about the display. Sure, you could probably do some cool things with an LCD and I'm looking forward to maybe seeing a WOZ one day but I really don't care about the video part. I never thought "video mode" was anything more than a novelty. The playfield and everything about it is where my concerns are. Pinball fans could and have had many a heated discussion over the cheapening of the playfield over the years. From the cut and paste celebrity photos to disappearance of wireforms. While I really like AC/DC it would have been much cooler with some more metal. And don't even get me started on this Pro and LE crap... Oh wait. Sorry. I got a little off topic. Anyway. Money and real estate are my guesses. [/QUOTE]
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