[sdiy] more backlighting questions

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

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?

Right now the pros and cons I can think of are:

LED
pro: Cheap, I have tons of them, and they're easy to drive (just a current 
limiting resistor needed)
con:Will need to be molded inside silicone or similar clear adhesive material 
in order to make an easily removable backlight panel or require lightguide 
for side-mounted LED's

EL
pro: very thin, can be cut to size possibly, uniform illumination without 
diffuser, no silicon, thus no muss no fuss.
con: Need to be driven with 200hz-1Khz at 100 or 200V, shorter lifetime 
(though still long enough for any amount of playing I'm likely to do >
2000hrs.) Biggest possible issue: interference caused in audio path of synth 
by switching dc-dc converter.

I'm thinking of trying to go EL right now, but does anybody have any more 
ideas/opinions/suggestions/other possible issues that might arise, before I 
go any further with this?

-Chris
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