Light Guns and HDTV Question

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nester76 wrote:But they are saying it works on rear projection as long as it is not 100mhz and mine is 60. So they are wrong?

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Maybe narrow mode is les stretching so that could be it but rear or no rear my mitsubishi is CRT not HDTV. It is HD Ready but not HD builtin so it should be ok. And it is CRT so why would that not be ok.
The Lightgun can't read the lens reflection from the internal projector. A blown up image from the projector.

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Then how did I register 1 hit? Got lucky?

And we also have another old crt upstairs in the main area we might be getting rid of. If we need to buy a new tv are any of the new ones going to work? Which would be the best option?
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nester76 wrote:Then how did I register 1 hit? Got lucky?

And we also have another old crt upstairs in the main area we might be getting rid of. If we need to buy a new tv are any of the new ones going to work? Which would be the best option?
NES light guns are simply looking to see if they hit a white square on screen. You can cheat by pointing the gun at a light bulb. so maybe it lucked out and saw something bright enough that it registered as a hit.
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Of fine then for future what kind of TV is best to get?? In other words are any of the new TVs going to work or they no longer get made??
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nester76 wrote:Of fine then for future what kind of TV is best to get?? In other words are any of the new TVs going to work or they no longer get made??
For NES lightgun any direct CRT that is a non -HD. Yes it is eventually gonna be a rare find.
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Yes very interesting. Oh btw how about superscope for super nintendo? Some say it uses infared so its different. But can't get a clear answer. Anyone verify if that works on hd or not?
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nester76 wrote:Yes very interesting. Oh btw how about superscope for super nintendo? Some say it uses infared so its different. But can't get a clear answer. Anyone verify if that works on hd or not?
All the same needing a 60hz non-HD CRT TV, did you even read my CRT vs LCD post?
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YES!!
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nester76 wrote:YES!!
Ooookay. Anyways you can still exploit lightgun type games on you huge Mitsubishi.
For the game consoles Wii, XBox, PS2-PS3, sensor bar lightguns are available.
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The superscope has an infrared receiver for the gun to communicate with the SNES, it is not used for positioning/targeting.
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