Betabrite (or similar)

[Mikey]

Does anyone know the best place to purchase a new Betabrite unit that works with touch jams? I have seen several knockoffs on Amazon, just wondering if any of those would be compatible. Would love to get the current song playing etc up on a display. Thanks in advance!

PS I was looking at a TouchTunes box and they have a cool blue Betabrite (or similar) display a graphic eq while a song was playing, then it alternates to show you the artist and title of the playing song. Thought it was cool, and blue is my favorite colour too

[TouchJams Support]

The last time I found/bought some was off eBay - used. You have to watch it with those things as some come preprogrammed and they won't accept any data going to them. An example of this was a Coors beer BetaBrite, it showed sports trivia...neat, but couldn't send any data to it - locked down.

As for the knockoffs, my guess is that they don't use the same communications protocol as the BetaBrits as it's all proprietary (and a real pain in the ass to code).

What I think would be the best solution? Months ago I searched long and hard to find irregular shaped LCD screens w/o case - NO LOVE. If those were available, coding wise the possibilities would be endless. And you could always choose a font to mimic the segment LEDs

- Bob Matura