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Blur Busters browser tests have shown Chrome, Internet Explorer 10+ and FireFox 25+ can play 120fps video in real-time! This video is a true 120fps real-time video, not slow motion.  You must use a 120Hz monitor and a recent nVidia/ATI GPU to...
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New Philips 144Hz Monitor
Philips has a new 24″ 144Hz monitor, the Philips 242G5DJEB. This model does not appear to support motion blur elimination via LightBoost. The Official 120Hz Monitor List is now updated to include this...
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Blur Busters 120Hz Web Browser Tests
During the development of Blur Busters Motion Tests at www.testufo.com, extensive tests were made in all major web browsers, including on 120Hz computer monitors. — view large image of benchmarks. This graph shows wide variances in motion fluidity within different...
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John Carmack Discussions About Motion Blur
Just this week at QuakeCon, John Carmack of iD Software talks about motion blur in his QuakeCon keynote address, beginning at 5min 35s: Note: Blur Busters started because of John Carmack’s tweet reply in September...
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Valve Software: Article about judder & motion blur in VR headsets
Michael Abrash of Valve Software has a great article about the problems of motion blur, judder and strobing when using virtual reality headsets. Â He has several great explanations about these problems, and also touches upon the benefits of 1000Hz-refresh displays....
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New Sony HDTV’s with Motionflow Impulse (Sony “LightBoost” equivalent)
Sony’s strobe backlight, Motionflow Impulse, is very similiar to LightBoost. It eliminates motion blur in the same way. It is interpolation-free, works in Game Mode, and is also available in Sony 4K HDTV’s. The Blur Busters article on Sony Motionflow...
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[2013 Launch] New Blur Busters UFO Motion Test — www.testufo.com
Finally, at long last… Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â www.testufo.com The world’s first 100% web-based motion test! Works in modern browsers with VSYNC support. Â No plugins, no Flash! Â Works on PC, Mac, iPad! Â The best browser...
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500Hz Native Refresh Rate — No Interpolation!
VPixx Technologies, a company in Canada that makes equipment for vision researchers, has developed PROPixx, a projector capable of a 500Hz native refresh rate! This is a native refresh rate, without interpolation. It is one of the highest native refresh rates...
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Blind Test: 86% of gamers prefer 120Hz over 60Hz
A controlled blind test was executed by Hardware.info with everyday gamers playing on unlabelled 60 Hz monitors versus 120 Hz monitors. The test found that a remarkable 86% of gamers preferred 120 Hz. Even more tellingly, 88% of gamers were...
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New List of 120Hz Monitors
A new Blur Busters Official List of 120Hz Monitors has been created. This lists 120Hz and 144Hz computer monitors, including LightBoost models, Samsung models, overclockable models, and...
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New BENQ XL2420TE with both LightBoost and ZeroFlicker
BENQ just released the new XL2420TE, a new LightBoost-compatible computer monitor that has a ZeroFlicker mode. This make it the first LightBoost monitor with: (1) PWM-free mode for non-LightBoost (good for eye-friendly) (2) LightBoost strobe mode (good for motion blur...
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LightBoost on AMD Radeon
Although ToastyX Strobelight makes LightBoost easy on AMD Radeon products, please lean towards the Green Side (e.g. Geforce GTXÂ 680, Geforce GTXÂ 780Â or Geforce Titan) when you upgrade your AMD/ATI Radeon GPU to the next generation — to support nVidia’s invention of...
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