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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!
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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High Speed Video of LightBoost
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
My USBee compatible oscilloscope has arrived! Â 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
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
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
The Casio high speed camera has arrived! Â An exclusive from The BlurBusters Lab:Â A high speed 480 fps video of an LCD refresh. Â This video shows the pixel refresh in super slow motion. Â (silent video) This is a 2007-era LCD monitor,...
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nVidia LightBoost 2 strobed backlight reduces motion blur
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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Panasonic 2500 Hz Focused Field Drive in Plasma — A Similar Goal
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...
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Sneak preview of Arduino Input Lag Meter!
Coming soon: How to build your own Arduino-powered input lag meter using a photodiode! No soldering needed. Cable latency accuracy of +/- 1 microsecond and input lag accuracy of +/- 0.1 millisecond (once zero-calibrated with a CRT display first on the...
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Welcome!
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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