Well after Bill's suggestion of this ex POS terminal readout I went and bought one...

A couple of hours after it arrive I had it up and working (wasn't so hard, but you have to hunt Google and have an idea what you're looking for..)

A quick C# test program later and we have...

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Not bad for <£8 inc postage and a few hours experimentation lol

Its bright and easily readable and the characters are 14mm high. Going to buy a couple more as they are great for PIC projects and the PCB inside is easily transferable to another housing...

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