Greg Mayman wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT> Even real meters are too expensive,  it's cheaper to throw a chip and
 RJT> 3-4 LEDs at something.  :-(

 GM> When you think how cheap it would be to make an integrated
 GM> display with (say) 50 or 100 subminiature LEDs, it is surprising
 GM> that most times they stop at 5 LEDs.

Not really.  For the average consumer,  most people won't care one way or
the other...

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