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Hi All,
This is my first post on the forum after looking through the Customized Gear Thread, awesome stuff. I'm now looking at modding my own DMG and I was just wondering what was generally considered the best backlight to fit; there seems to be many different variants from many different sites for around the same price and its hard to differentiate them by looking at pictures online.
Any help appreciated 
Lux
you want a regular backlight kit from nonfinite. http://www.nonelectronics.com/catalog/i … 61fc775020
he is a nice guy and everyone here loves him and his backlight kits
you want a regular backlight kit from nonfinite. http://www.nonelectronics.com/catalog/i … 61fc775020
he is a nice guy and everyone here loves him and his backlight kits
Ok cool, the comparison video looks pretty impressive as well, thanks for your help
Backlights are mostly all similar nowadays. You'll just probably want to stay away from the horizontally mounted ones.
Here's some others, including some shameless self promotion for you to compare specifications. I wouldn't personally say any is better than the other, it's personal preference since they're all different to install and have varying results. Presumably the "best" backlight may be with Kitsch-bent's remade LCDs, because there will be sufficient room to diffuse the LEDs completely.
LED backlight from us (No cutting required of the LCD housing, and no external resistor, 4 LEDs)
http://asmretro.com/density-backlightEL backlight from Kitsch (No LED hotspots, and very uniform lighting. Noisier and higher power consumption.)
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/el_dmgLED backlight from Kitsch (No external resistor, built in polarized film, 3 LEDs)
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/ledx3
Hmmm, a bit more to think about. Which would you say has the easiest install, the one from yourself?
Easiest to install are the all in one units with polarizer and resistor "built in". My personal favorite is the density ones. I don't feel i have to be as careful, plus you don't have to cut the plastic around the lcd (which really isn't hard to do). I also like that I can easily change or replace wires.
"Best" for visibility is probably going to be the EL panels. I have never used these.
Nonfinite just released a new v5 version of their DMG/Pocket backlight. From the demo video, it looks incredibly bright. I've installed a few of their v3's and I didn't run into any issues pretty straightforward. They are claiming the v5 is even easier to install, which might be of interest.
Here's that comparison video:
These days, they're all the easiest to install
These days, they're all the easiest to install
This.
Thanks for all your help guys, I think I am going to go with the density one from ASM simply because there is other stuff on the site that I would like to order at the same time