Samsung's actually looks more interesting to me since it doesn't "flicker" out the whole screen. I hope they do it at a high enough refresh rate to not cause flicker or strobe light effects.
From the sound of the article, they are inserting a black frame for every 2 images in a 60 FPS sequence (image, black, image, black, ...). Samsung's approach seems to be 120 Hz (so 60 actual frames per second with the black ones):
http://www.behardware.com/news/8030/cebit-samsung-lcd-mpa-technology.html
But, yes, BFG10K brings up an important point. I think BFI is done by turning off the backlight, not transitioning the pixels, so at least the black screen can be instantaneous. On the other hand, inserting frames between a sequence that's supposed to be 60 Hz may add a delay. I'm just not sure. If you look at the CRT side of things, the phosphors are able to fall very fast (under 1 millisecond according to Tom's Hardware). With that in mind, maybe these black frames are very short. They didn't say anything about them lasting 16.6 ms (1/60 Hz). But they do say
"The framerate is still 60 Hz, 60 images per second, but now some of them are black." I'm not sure how to interpret that.
Originally posted by: OCNewbie
WOOT, sounds exciting. I just recently attempted to hop on the LCD bandwagon and am finding that even with a 5ms response time I'm seeing ghosting, or blur of some sort. I'd LOVE to have an LCD for the lower heat output, weight, power usage, and extra desktop space, but I guess gaming performance supercedes all that for me, so this may just be my ticket to getting an LCD I'm satisfied with, woohoo!
"5 ms"? Which LCD specifically? Lots say "5 ms" and still hover at 20 in reality. Try a BenQ FP93GX, Samsung 940BF, or ViewSonic VX922 (all are measured at ~0-7 ms. across the board). Of course you do have to sacrifice color accuracy for the faster speeds.
BFI should help the 8-bit, wide angle screens get to TN speed levels which is a big plus. The best TNs are very close to CRTs now in terms of speed, and this will push them to the finish line. For VA and IPS screens, BFI will help them get to where TNs are now (the speed that many people are happy with), and maybe even beyond that.
Facebook
Twitter