Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

I realy like to have the S1000 with a LED Display.
The EL Light Thing ist not powerful enough for Eye Relaxing.

I would like to start diggin this, here are some infos i gathered:
-Its a very Proprietary Type of LCD
-Display has 240 * 64 Pixels
-Controlled via 1 Bit serial Bus
-Has no controller onboard (rare these days)
-Max thickness for Backlight: 2.9 mm, Size: 13mm x 3.9mm

Possible approaches towards a LED Display could be:
-Buying a ready Led Backlight (i found none 2,9mm thick) :-(
-DIY Building a customised Backlight from Plexiglas/Led
-Hacking with Microcontroller to translate the 1 Bit Akai bus into a modern Display 

So, what are your Opinions?