Act Labs USB light guns... PC or TV?

[krick]

I'm trying to figure out what kind of Act Labs light guns to get.

PC or TV.

I currently have a MAME cabinet with a standard res arcade monitor but I may "upgrade" to a Gells Gardner D9200 in the near future.

As I understand it, a standard res arcade monitor is pretty much a TV without a tuner.  And the D9200 is pretty much a specialized PC monitor that does arcade refresh rates.

I'm confused.  Which guns should I get?

[Kremmit]

The difference isn't so much in the monitor, as the signal type.  If you're using S-video, you need the TV gun.  If you're using VGA, you need the PC gun.

[krick]

In a related topic, is this true?...

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=32150&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

> I hope this is the right place to post, but I was reading the faq on act-labs site,
> and it said it required the jpac to operate correctly. is this accurate? or can the
> arcadeVGA set up work just as well?
>
> thanks for the time as always.
>
> edit: actually they word it funny... the 'jpac arcade vga card'
> http://www.act-labs.com/gun-support.htm#16

It actually WON'T work thru a jpac, as it uses composite sync.

Use a avga card and the video amp modified to use seperate syncs as show on this page.

http://www.ultimarc.com/vidamp.html