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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Existing HDTV Scanning Backlights

Posted Sep 24, 2012 by Mark Rejhon TV

Some manufacturers have added scanning backlights to their high-end HDTV’s to reduce perceived motion blur. From Sony website (sony.com): “The model also features Sony’s MotionFlow XR 960 featuring a precise backlight control that is synchronized with the liquid crystal movement from frame to...

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Benchmark electronics prototyping

Posted Sep 23, 2012 by Mark Rejhon Homebrew

The Arduino and initial components for prototyping have been purchased and assembled. The prototype circuit for an upcoming 16-segment scanning backlight is currently being tested with simple LED’s (LED ribbons will be used instead in the near future). Arduino tests...

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Schematic diagram for scanning backlight

Posted Sep 23, 2012 by Mark Rejhon Homebrew

NOTE: This is a very old article. Newer article is Electronics Hacking: Creating a Strobe Backlight. This is a simplified schematic diagram for a home-made scanning backlight driven by an Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping platform.The Arduino monitors the VSYNC...

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Arduino scanning backlight is viable

Posted Sep 21, 2012 by Mark Rejhon Homebrew

Positive comments have been received about the viability of my Arduino scanning backlight project on the various discussion forums, and from industry professionals including from John Carmack of iD Software on twitter! Mark Rejhon @mdrejhon @ID_AA_Carmack I’m researching home-made Arduino...

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Welcome!

Posted Sep 12, 2012 by Mark Rejhon

Welcome! This blog records Mark Rejhon’s progress on a self-made scanning backlight modification for an existing LCD computer monitor, to reduce motion blur. This blog was born from the Arduino Scanning Backlight Project post made within threads on 120hz.net, Overclock.net, avsforum.com, and...

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