Flat Tube Light Gun Support List

[RP2A03]

Upon investigation I have found that there seems to be contradictory information regarding whether or not light guns work with flat tubes. To remedy this situation, and for our collective edification, I propose we create a list of flat tube SD CRTs and their results with light guns. The process shall be as follows:

1. Identify the make and model of your flat tube(s); this is usually located on the back
2. Conduct tests with all of your light guns. If your TV has an option for VSM, SVM, or any other such edge enhancement then conduct the test with this feature both on and off
3. Post results including the make an model of the TV, the effects of turning on and off VSM, and whether or not the console was directly connected to the TV. If you received a negative result and your console did not have a direct connection, then please remove any extraneous devices in the signal path (switch boxes, receivers, scalers, scan converters, etc.) and perform the test again.

I will periodically update this list with your results.

TV		Shooting Gallery		XE-1		Zapper		Light Phaser		Super Scope		Menacer		Justifier		GunCon 1		GunCon 2		Stunner		Dreamcast Gun		Notes
JVC I'Art AV-*F734		--		--		Y		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		Not affected by VSM
Sony WEGA KV-*FS13		--		--		Y		Y		Y		--		--		--		--		--		--		Not affected by VSM
Sony WEGA KV-13FS110		--		--		Y		--		--		--		Y		Y		--		--		--		No VSM
Polaroid TTM 2420		--		Y		--		--		--		--		Y		--		--		--		--		No VSM
Toshiba FST Pure Flat *AF43		--		--		Y		--		--		--		--		--		--		Y		--		Not affected by VSM
--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--		--

[wizardofwor1975]

Great idea!

[Tanooki]

I'm not sure how this will help your test or not, but this is the TV I had linked up over at amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KV-27FS13...ct_top?ie=UTF8

Sony KV-27FS13 (27" TV) I ran stock settings on it, Zapper and SMS Phaser both worked, never had a Sony, Saturn, or Dreamcast gun for it.

[RP2A03]

Great idea!

Thank you.

I'm not sure how this will help your test or not, but this is the TV I had linked up over at amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KV-27FS13...ct_top?ie=UTF8

Sony KV-27FS13 (27" TV) I ran stock settings on it, Zapper and SMS Phaser both worked, never had a Sony, Saturn, or Dreamcast gun for it.

Your information is useful and has been recorded. Your set does have VSM (labled as "VM" in your menu) and is probably on by default, so I recorded it as not being affected by VSM. If this is incorrect please let me know. I should also point out that while VSM does make the image appear sharper, your picture will be far more accurate with it off.

[Tanooki]

Damn I forgot, it worked great with a Super Scope 6.

I kind of somehow forgot to mention that. I would never have bought it, but won a high score competition at a Captron in the mall back in the day with Gradius III and got awarded with a gift cert I used to get it. I put a bunch of hours on the thing too with it and never missed a shot. As I said I left the TV on defaults, it didn't need extra or removed features to look awesome. It's likely I could still have that TV today if not for the fact the circuit board controlling the on/off switch blew out and was more expensive to replace/repair than a new TV which sucked.

[RP2A03]

Super Scope added.

Sorry to hear about about your loss. If it wasn't in need of a custom IC, you probably could have just replaced the damaged componets yourself. Although, there is a chance your would have to remove the tube from the chassis in order to do so.