Zak, you're just plain wrong bud. They went with LED for two reasons: 1, LCD screens were not widely available until 1986. Casio was the first to make a commercial/consumer LCD in 1985 (3"), and Sharp shortly after; and 2, LCD at the time was utterly useless in sunlight and had the limitation of a 15-20 degree view angle. This show was 1982-86, there just were not any LCD displays back then like there were by the time the mid 90s rolled around.