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Researching LED Displays for the Time Circuits

I'm going to figure-out the specifications for the time circuits' LED displays by looking at both the original film and the restoration props.

The original time circuits were non-functional, meaning that the display segments were controlled by a special effects box offscreen. I have full confidence that the restoration team is a lot more knowledgeable about the time machine’s original props than I am, and I trust that the parts they chose are as screen-accurate as possible. One member of the restoration team, Mark Dehlinger, posted a thread about the time machine props on the DMCTalk forums where he says that the digit height is 0.60″.

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