1. A method of illuminating an active matrix electroluminescent display device comprising an array of display pixels arranged in rows and columns, the method comprising acts of: at any point in time: forming at least two scrolling bands of a plurality of simultaneously illuminated rows o pixels; forming a second scrolling band of a plural of non-illuminated rows of pixels for separating the at least two bands; scrolling the at least two bands in the column direction over time such that they simultaneously change horizontal position from one time to a next time; and displaying image data for different frames of video in different of the at least two bands so that different parts of two adjacent frames are displayed at any one time, wherein not more than 75% of the rows of pixels are illuminated at any point in time.