Author Topic: mattel wheel of fortune play along HD TV question (Read 1953 times)

bradhig · « **on:** October 13, 2010, 10:19:40 AM »

Anyone tried playing the Mattel Wheel of Fortune Play Along game with HD TV? I just dug mine out and tried it with some youtube episdoes of WOF from 1988 -1990 but it doesn't work.

gameboy2000 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2010, 10:46:51 AM »

I think it only works with original broadcasts. I tried it with GSN reruns and it did not work with that either.

clemon79 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:14:18 PM »

It's not going to work on a digital signal, I don't think, since the blanking interval works differently, and that's where the information is sent. Similar to why native closed-captioning doesn't work over HDMI.

bradhig · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2010, 03:59:36 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'249105\' date=\'Oct 13 2010, 12:14 PM\']It's not going to work on a digital signal, I don't think, since the blanking interval works differently, and that's where the information is sent. Similar to why native closed-captioning doesn't work over HDMI.[/quote]

Same with the light guns on the NES. So the tapes you can buy for it won't work either.

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2010, 06:19:16 PM »

[quote name=\'bradhig\' post=\'249107\' date=\'Oct 13 2010, 12:59 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'249105\' date=\'Oct 13 2010, 12:14 PM\']It's not going to work on a digital signal, I don't think, since the blanking interval works differently, and that's where the information is sent. Similar to why native closed-captioning doesn't work over HDMI.[/quote]
Same with the light guns on the NES. So the tapes you can buy for it won't work either.[/quote]
Yes, precisely so.