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Light gun & angle of monitor?
Vesper:
I've been thinking about getting the Act-Labs USB light gun for my cabinet. My monitor is a Wells Gardner D9200 27" (SVGA) and is mounted in a TMNT cabinet. So, the monitor is angled at almost exactly 45'. Would a light gun work ok for this? I'm worried that the monitor needs to be a lot closer to vertical for accurate shooting.
Anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks,
Mike
rampy:
I have an old taito cab with a similiar mounting (I think, anyways)... I don't have a protractor or whatever to see if it's 45 degrees but it's mounted more horizontal than vertical...
Anyways... I've played some games with my USB act labs gun and it's "ok"... I can't tell if the lack of accuracy is from the angle of my monitor or from the inherent accuracy of the gun (I guess i *could* go upstairs and try the gun on my regular PC... nah!) ...
I think the gun works best "direct on" so you might find yourself compensating for the monitor angle by shooting downward at the same angle as the monitor ( like cocking your wrist downward 45 degrees while holding the gun )
*shrug* so is that inconclusive of an answer for you? It'll work, but I can't tell if the angle of the monitor detracts from the accuracy/expereience...
good luck!
rampy
unclet:
I would call ActLabs directly to ask. This was my concern as well, before I pre-ordered my USB TV gun, but my TV was not as tilted as yours.
u_rebelscum:
Quick test on my normal PC monitor, holding gun above and pointing down, up to ~30 degrees seemed to work as well as straight on (90 degrees being straight on). Horizontal was great, but vertical position was harder to hit, which could have been a combo of the gun not lined up with my eyes, math fact that same pointing error is magnified at the sharper angle, and/or maybe the lightgun being less accurate. I think it was almost all the first one and partially the second. BTW, I calibrated the gun straight on; tested during bright day light w/ white curtain west facing window behind me @ ~4:00pm local time (ie: lots of background light).
Edit: Added testing conditions.
anthony691:
Nice post U_rebelscum :D Mind if i include some of that info on the site?
My cabs monitor is slightly tilted with no noticeable difference. I also have a 1/4 sheet of glass on there and it works fine.