Timeline for Will the NES Zapper light gun work on a CRT HDTV?
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| Jun 23, 2011 at 15:27 | comment | added | Jerron | Great answer, I've always wondered how the zapper worked. | |
| Jun 23, 2011 at 15:27 | comment | added | SevenSidedDie | @Kip Both. Most LCD TVs have both too slow a response time (which is measured in ms and is not the same as refresh rate measured in Hz) and too low contrast (often the contrast rating is "relative contrast" instead of the more meaningful absolute contrast). | |
| Feb 24, 2011 at 14:59 | comment | added | Kip | you say it should work on any TV, but in practice it only works on CRTs. (Definitely not on LCDs. I haven't tried on plasma or DLP, but I've heard that it doesn't work well on those either.) Is it because LCDs have too low of a response time, or too low of a contrast ratio? If it's the response time, I wonder if new 120Hz LCD TVs will work with it. | |
| Feb 24, 2011 at 1:44 | vote | accept | JustinP8 | ||
| Feb 23, 2011 at 20:45 | history | answered | ultrasawblade | CC BY-SA 2.5 |