Thanks, displays work great =)
(didn't want to take the chance and burn them out)

I just got the LCD from ebay, they don't say on them anywhere that they are wide voltage, but nothing happens when 5v is applied. The chip (red arrow pointing to it) is labeled:

10
16V

http://vxspiritxv.dyndns.org:8001/lcd_image.jpg

Would this happen to be a wide voltage LCD?
The diode below ...