Author Archive: Mark Rejhon

About Mark Rejhon

Also known as Chief Blur Buster. Founder of Blur Busters. Inventor of TestUFO. Read more about him on the About Mark page.

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LightBoost coverage by PC Games Hardware!

Posted Jan 24, 2013 by Mark Rejhon

The german website of the PC Games Hardware magazine, has given the LightBoost HOWTO some coverage, spreading the word about strobe backlight technologies to the mainstream! (The video is in...

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New Gaming Laptop with 120Hz LCD!

Posted Jan 19, 2013 by Mark Rejhon in: Gaming Laptops & Phones

The 2013 International CES Show has demonstrated the upgraded Toshiba QOSMIO X875 Gaming Laptop with a GTX 670M and a built-in 120 Hz LCD display, supporting nVision 3D Vision 2 with LightBoost! The vendor-supported section of the Lightboost Zero Motion Blur HOWTO can also...

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HOWTO: Zero motion blur on your LightBoost monitor!

Posted Jan 13, 2013 by Mark Rejhon

Here is a new guide on how to enable the LightBoost strobe backlight in 2D mode for zero motion blur on all LightBoost-enabled ASUS or BENQ monitors! This is a must for any serious fast-twitch action video gamers (Quake Live,...

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LightBoost HOWTO — The Original

Posted Jan 13, 2013 by Mark Rejhon in: Display Motion Blur HOWTO

Instructions for Zero Motion Blur on LightBoost LCD HISTORY: These instructions, based on an original 2013 HOWTO, became extremely popular a decade ago. This HOWTO is still used today by users who still own these original monitors, as LightBoost was...

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Specialized LED drivers, useful for strobed backlights

Posted Jan 5, 2013 by Mark Rejhon Homebrew

While waiting for a BENQ XL2411T monitor to arrive for testing, peckB from esreality forums, sent me this gem of a URL: Semtech.com – Specialized backlight LED drivers This could present some interesting electronics to experiment with for strobed backlights,...

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High Speed Video of LightBoost

Posted Dec 23, 2012 by Mark Rejhon

A high speed video of LightBoost on an Asus VG278H has now been created, including 480fps and 1000fps captures. It clearly shows that strobing can bypass pixel persistence on an LCD. This allows for CRT-style motion of zero motion blur. LightBoost...

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Asus VG278H LightBoost strobes: 2 millisecond @ 120Hz

Posted Dec 22, 2012 by Mark Rejhon

My USBee compatible oscilloscope has arrived! I did photodiode tests on an impulse-driven LCD computer monitor with a LightBoost strobe backlight at 120Hz refresh. When LightBoost is enabled, the ASUS VG278H computer monitor backlight strobes once every refresh, at 2ms...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: BlurBusters.com Motion Test Software

Posted Dec 20, 2012 by Mark Rejhon in: TestUFO

December 20, 2012 — BlurBusters.com is proud to announce the upcoming BlurBusters.com Motion Test web site as modernized substitute for the wonderful free PixPerAn motion test software from PRAD. The software has now been launched — www.testufo.com — 100% web based! The Blur...

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nVidia 3D LightBoost can be used in 2D mode for zero motion blur

Posted Dec 15, 2012 by Mark Rejhon

Zero motion blur on LCD computer monitor is possible in an out-of-the-box LCD monitor, without needing to hack a backlight. Tech Gaming has posted instructions for enabling nVidia 3D LightBoost during 2D mode: Yes, I’ve finally found the holy grail of gaming...

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VIDEO: High Speed Video of LCD Refresh

Posted Dec 7, 2012 by Mark Rejhon

The Casio high speed camera has arrived! An exclusive from The BlurBusters Lab: A high speed 480 fps video of an LCD refresh. This video shows the pixel refresh in super slow motion. (silent video) This is a 2007-era LCD monitor,...

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Inexpensive motion-blur tracking camera being obtained

Posted Nov 30, 2012 by Mark Rejhon Homebrew

The BlurBusters Lab is expanding! Two new developments: (1) A Casio Exilim EX-FC200 has been obtained, for high speed (480fps, 1000fps) capture of scanning/impulse/flashing backlight patterns of existing and future LCD displays. (2) An open-source motion-blur tracking camera dolly is...

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nVidia LightBoost 2 strobed backlight reduces motion blur

Posted Nov 28, 2012 by Mark Rejhon

This excellent AnandTech article shows that nVidia is also developing LightBoost 2 to also reduce motion blur. LightBoost is essentially a strobed backlight for 3D monitors, which strobes while 3D shutter glasses are open, and then turns off while waiting for...

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