A fiber-optic based thrust load measurement system is coupled to a bearing housing. A mating manager may determine whether both functions are available and if so, coordinate the operations of those functions. A neighbor management module stores neighbor data for at least one macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks for retrieval by the entropy encoder, when operating on at least one neighboring macroblock of the plurality of macroblocks. In one simplified system, adjacent displays may be stacked back to back, and such adjacent pairs may be stacked with the displays in adjacent pairs positioned face-to-face.