does framerate effect motion blur on a plasma?

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does framerate effect motion blur on a plasma?

Post by willrs » 02 Dec 2022, 23:24

Hello! I know the Blur Busters forum has many experts so I was hoping someone could help me out with this one: basically, does the frame rate of a game have an effect on the motion blur on a plasma tv? I know with LCD and OLED, the higher the FPS, the less motion blur. But does this also apply to plasmas? A lot of games now have a "quality mode" that's 30FPS and a "performance mode" that's 60 FPS, I'm wondering if this effects motion blur on my plasma. Very eager to hear from the experts!

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Re: does framerate effect motion blur on a plasma?

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 03 Dec 2022, 01:50

willrs wrote:
02 Dec 2022, 23:24
A lot of games now have a "quality mode" that's 30FPS and a "performance mode" that's 60 FPS, I'm wondering if this effects motion blur on my plasma. Very eager to hear from the experts!
Plasmas are impulse-driven displays so the flickering adds gaps in the motion blur, creating the "duplicate image" effect.

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So to avoid the gapped motion blur effect (erm, duplicate image effect), you want framerate=Hz.

BTW, here's a software-based BFI performing the double strobe (view on a strobeless display such as LCD):


www.testufo.com/blackframes#easteregg=1&multistrobe=2

Note: To do it in a software based manner requires 2 hardware refresh cycles per simulated impulsed refresh cycle, as you can only generate 30 flickers per second at 60Hz in a software based manner. So it can only work at up to 15fps at 60Hz. But a plasma is hardware impulsing at 60 cycles per second, so 30fps at 60Hz is double-strobing whether CRT or plasma
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Re: does framerate effect motion blur on a plasma?

Post by willrs » 03 Dec 2022, 15:08

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Thank you so much for replying! So ya, plasma's are 60Hz, correct? Which means 60 FPS is the way to go on a plasma?

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Re: does framerate effect motion blur on a plasma?

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 03 Dec 2022, 21:16

willrs wrote:
03 Dec 2022, 15:08
Chief Blur Buster wrote:
03 Dec 2022, 01:50
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Thank you so much for replying! So ya, plasma's are 60Hz, correct? Which means 60 FPS is the way to go on a plasma?
Yes. Always try for framerate=Hz especially on a impulse-driven display, to minimize artifacts.
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