POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

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Do you use motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Yes, always
21
40%
Sometimes
11
21%
No, never
18
34%
I have never tried it before
3
6%
 
Total votes: 53

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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 12 Aug 2021, 14:37

RonsonPL wrote:
10 Aug 2021, 19:13
I wish at least here the poll would came up more optimistic, but it is what it is
Discorz wrote:
12 Aug 2021, 11:34
This is a big topic to talk about but we'd end up talking weeks about basically details. I'd say mbr is very good for low hz gaming but as refresh rate goes higher strobing benefit decreases. And monitors are getting faster by the day.
Yes, strobless Hz-based blur reduction is pretty much the Way of the Future anyway.

360fps at 360Hz on my ASUS PG259QN (2.8ms MPRT non-strobed) looks uncannily close to the motion clarity of a 2012-era LIghtBoost monitor, ASUS VG248QE (at LightBoost 100% = 2ms flash = 2ms MPRT)

Although I enspouse 1000fps 1000Hz as the threshold, the mainstream threshold could easily be 480fps 480Hz, with GtG’s sufficiently fast (e.g. under 2ms GtG100%). It’d look exactly as clear as LightBoost was, except you don’t need strobing!

I have seen prototype 1000fps 1000Hz, and it’s definitely superior to strobing — less motion blur than LightBoost had ten years ago. But no stroboscopic artifacts, no flicker, and no picture dimming. PWM-free blur reduction, combining eye friendliness with motion blur reduction. Once GPUs can do 1000fps cheaply, then strobing would mainly be useful for retro frame rates in situations where you don’t want to add artifical frames (interpolated, extrapolated or otherwise reprojected).
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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by jasswolf » 13 Aug 2021, 02:49

LG need to implement QFT for their OLED BFI features, as it will make them highly competitive monitors despite potentially starting at 120Hz refresh rates.

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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by Discorz » 14 Aug 2021, 18:33

Chief Blur Buster wrote:
12 Aug 2021, 14:37
I have seen prototype 1000fps 1000Hz, and it’s definitely superior to strobing.
Wow! That must of been an experience. What kind of display was that? Panel type, resolution and who manufactured it?
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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by ItwasLuck » 25 Aug 2021, 12:21

Fixed Refresh Rate + VSYNC OFF + BFI Always ON [ULMB] + RTSS @ 3FPS below Refresh Rate (Scanline Sync)

This works really well for me even in games where I am not hitting the matched FPS (in my case 237, on the Alienware AW2521H). There are some games where I can be hitting half the FPS yet motion clarity is still incredibly clear.

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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by Discorz » 06 Sep 2021, 17:21

I play with max locked fps to stay within vrr range. Love the vrr + high Hz smoothness. 95% of the time blur reduction off. But I'd love to use a good vrr strobing. Unfortunately that is very rare these days.
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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by Discorz » 27 Dec 2021, 04:39

Votes were void after adding a new 'never tried' option.

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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by Discorz » 15 Jan 2022, 06:32

Came across this poll on YouTube from Bijan Jamshidi:
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugx-ck0aWQ3_dJJb62Z4AaABCQ
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Re: POLL - Do you use display motion blur reduction? (backlight strobing/BFI)

Post by Bishi » 17 Feb 2022, 11:30

I've used it since it first existed on the monitors. I've never experienced any headaches from it although I've always used it at 120hz or higher so maybe that helps.

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