4 digit 7-segment LCD display with built in I2C controller,
in a footprint less than 0.5 inch on a side.

http://store.hexsys.biz/cubecart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=11

$12, though.  I wonder how much they'd run in "volume"...

BillW
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