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Gideon

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Lightgun + smoked plexiglass = ???
« on: February 16, 2004, 11:51:59 pm »
Will smoked plexiglass over a TV screen cause a lightgun to malfunction?  Maybe?  Possibly?  Anyone with hands-on experience?
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Re:Lightgun + smoked plexiglass = ???
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2004, 12:10:33 am »
I'm curious myself if anyone can confirm, as I am debating adding plexi in front of a PC monitor on the cab I'm designing, since I'm going to use the Act-Labs gun. I've heard that it can throw off calibration, making them less accurate...  however to make them malfunction totally I'd be surprised, i guess it would depend on how dark the plexi really is...  
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Re:Lightgun + smoked plexiglass = ???
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2004, 04:24:47 pm »
I cant' answer you definately... but it wont work as well.

I had to turn the brightness up on one of my monitors to get it to work with it...

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Re:Lightgun + smoked plexiglass = ???
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2004, 04:38:16 pm »
I've got 2 act-lab guns with 1/8" smoked plexi which I picked up from Menards (slight brown tint if that matters).  I noticed no difference between my setup with the plexi and without it.  You might just need to recalibrate the guns once you have the plexi installed.
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Re:Lightgun + smoked plexiglass = ???
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2004, 06:25:43 pm »
Thanks for the replies, guys.  What about transparent plexiglass?  I would imagine it is possible that the signal is a bit dilluted.

Quote from: drunkatuw on February 17, 2004, 04:38:16 pm
I've got 2 act-lab guns with 1/8" smoked plexi which I picked up from Menards (slight brown tint if that matters).  I noticed no difference between my setup with the plexi and without it.  You might just need to recalibrate the guns once you have the plexi installed.
But what about these?  They can't be recalibrated.  I suppose monitor settings are all that will help with those.
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