3Byte has produced a new tool called PrePix for previewing Video Content on Virtual Displays. PrePix has the ability to effectively model any LED, LCD, Projection or Plasma display.

A PrePix Screenshot

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February 19th, 2010 | geekery | No comments

And now, by popular demand, (AA says: “I’m popular?”) a few high-speed captures of LED signs in Times Square:

(All videos were captured at 1000fps with a Casio Exilim EX-FS10, rendered here as 30fps video.)

When transitioning from one frame to the next, the M&M’s sign and all components of the ABC sign update all pixels on the sign at once, demonstrated here in less than one of my video capture frames, so we know it’s less than 1ms. The different components of the ABC sign seem to update at different times because of a sync issue, not an LED technology issue. (more…)

January 22nd, 2010 | geekery | No comments