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bradhig

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mattel wheel of fortune play along HD TV question
« 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

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mattel wheel of fortune play along HD TV question
« 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.
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mattel wheel of fortune play along HD TV question
« 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.
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bradhig

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mattel wheel of fortune play along HD TV question
« 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.

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mattel wheel of fortune play along HD TV question
« 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.
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