Flat panel technology has struggled withsmearing and blurringsince day one.
Because of the way our vision works, this leads to a perception of smearing and blur.
CRTs did not suffer from this, because there’s a natural period of decay in between each refresh.
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This means that the image is pulsed with a brief blank screen.
you might’t see this with the naked eye, but it results in sharp motion.
Some modern flat panel displays can simulate this by using a technique known as BFI orBlack Frame Insertion.
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That’s on top of the inherent motion clarity from having such snappy pixels.
The faster the monitor shows you the latest image data, the snappier and more responsive things will feel.
Besides that, variable refresh rate technology comes with itsown set of issues.
