[sdiy] more backlighting questions

[Atom 'Smasher']

> I've now gotten to the point where it's pretty certain the backlight retrofit
> will work, but now I'm trying to decide...LED or EL?
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i would suggest EL....

you'll need a power supply (with noise filtering), but i've had *superb*
results with it.

the biggest reason i never used LED, is because there just aren't LED
backlights available that fit my specs (size, shape) for anything that i
would consider reasonable amounts of money.


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