Will I be able to use a Guncon or other light gun on my DLP that supports 480i/p, as well as 720i/p, and 1080i? I keep hearing about light guns not working on HDTVs. My tv supports SD signals so I'm wondering if I'd be able to play light gun games on it. My tv is a Samsung DLP and it's about a year old.
I was wondering if the Frequency of Operation has something to do with the compatability problems. In the manual for my tv it says it has a frequency of operation of 60Hz. I'm reading about problems with 100Hz tvs. Would most guns still not work or does that make a difference?
Nope, CRT based light guns don't work on other technology because the gun is designed to measure the time it takes for the electron beamto redraw the area of the screen the gun is pointed at. All other display technologies do not work this way so the gun does not have way of identifying targeting position. Newer guns have external sensors (like the Wii) which allow the gun to triangulate it's position by measuring it's distance from the two sensors.
The timing on most CRT light guns is based on 60Hz SDTV refresh rates so most do not work with CRT monitors that operate outside of that frequency. That has nothing to do with DLP or any other display technology though.
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