LightBoost coverage by PC Games Hardware! Posted Jan 24, 2013 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
New Gaming Laptop with 120Hz LCD! Posted Jan 19, 2013 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
HOWTO: Zero motion blur on your LightBoost monitor! Posted Jan 13, 2013 by Chief Blur Buster 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,...Read more
High Speed Video of LightBoost Posted Dec 23, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
Asus VG278H LightBoost strobes: 2 millisecond @ 120Hz Posted Dec 22, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
BlurBusters.com Motion Test Software Posted Dec 20, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
nVidia 3D LightBoost can be used in 2D mode for zero motion blur Posted Dec 15, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
VIDEO: High Speed Video of LCD Refresh Posted Dec 7, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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,...Read more
nVidia LightBoost 2 strobed backlight reduces motion blur Posted Nov 28, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more
Panasonic 2500 Hz Focused Field Drive in Plasma — A Similar Goal Posted Nov 10, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster Speaking of impulse-driven technologies, Panasonic Germany has several very interesting videos of various technologies of their high-end plasma (2500 Hz focussed field drive – FFD) and LCD displays (1600 Hz scanning backlight) – multiples of the European refresh rate of 50...Read more
Welcome! Posted Sep 12, 2012 by Chief Blur Buster 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...Read more