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Anyone using Act Labs light guns w/ HD CRT Sony Trinitron Wega ?
MonMotha:
A great many HD CRT sets have digital scalers that cannot be disabled. These scalers have latency and other problems that will render a traditional CRT light gun unusable. The problem is especially evident when using a signal other than 1080i as the sets are actually fixed frequency (at 1080i) and hence are forced to scale everything else.
You basically have to treat them like an LCD/plasma and use the IR style lightguns on them.
wp34:
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--- Quote from: wp34 on January 29, 2012, 09:49:40 pm ---OT - Have you connected to that TV with a DVI yet? I've got one of those in my family room and have always wondered how it would work for MAME.
I tried connecting with component a few years ago and was happy enough with the picture. I can't easily get to the DVI connection to try it myself.
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I hooked my laptop up to it with an HDMI to DVI cable, but it switches to a 16:9 ratio with black bars at the top and bottom whenever that input is used and I can find no way to change the aspect ratio on the tv. When I switch to a 4:3 resolution like 800x600, it still keeps the 16:9 ratio and stretches the picture, keeping the black bars top and bottom.
I haven't tried the component inputs yet. That's probably what I'll end up using if I can't get the s-vid light guns working on it.
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That's good to know. I look for 27" versions of these from time-to-time on CL.