r/MotionClarity

Like many people, few modern games are doing it for me any more and so I'm in search of the best way to play my old consoles and backlog. The majority of my backlog of games run at 30FPS (frustratingly, including a lot of Switch 2 games) which to my eyes, the judder and the lack of clarity the moment I move the camera, is just really intolerable. I've really gone down the rabbit hole here but I'm curious where the community sits on this topic of 30FPS/Motion Clarity?

Here's what I've either tried or am thinking about:

Tried:

1. Lossless Scaling paired w/ Capture Card into PC: Its OK but with input latency, artifacts and not being exactly "pick up and play" its just not hitting for me.
2. Samsung OLED 95F GameMotion+BFI: Close but still an awful lot of "judder" and a much darker image to contend with doesn't lead to a great experience.
3. Sony BVM: I have a beautiful 240p BVM I adore for my 4:3 content, this is kind of out of scope for that widescreen generation I'm seeking.

Considering:

1. Pioneer Kuro KRP-500a Plasma TV: I am hovering over purchasing this beautiful plasma that from doing my research sounds perfect but I am conscious of the 30FPS double image issue many have said looks truly awful.
2. Pulsar Monitor: John Linneman has talked a good game about Pulsar and its new 60hz Content but I have seen very little else about this tech in relation to external consoles, only lots on high framerate PC gaming. Has anyone tried this? Also boo, IPS etc. etc.
3. Very High (How High?) Refresh OLED Monitor: Have seen even less on these and I wouldn't even know WHAT hz to aim for to compensate for 30FPS content.

What have you all tried? What are your recommendations? Am I chasing a white whale or can I get close to how these used to look?

So yeah, I’m 40 now and I’ve noticed something kinda annoying. When I was younger I could play literally anything — 30 FPS, stutter, janky camera movement, whatever — and it never bothered me.

But lately I get eye strain or even a bit of nausea from tiny stutters or weird frame pacing. Sometimes a game “looks” smooth but something in the motion still feels off and I get uncomfortable. No idea if it’s the engine, frametime spikes, animations running at different framerates… I just know I feel it.

I also have pretty bad eyesight (strong myopia, one eye weaker, no 3D vision), so maybe my brain used to compensate better and now it doesn’t.

Just wondering if anyone around my age has the same thing. Like, becoming way more sensitive to motion issues in games?

Funny thing is, I always thought getting older meant I’d need less visual quality… but nope. I don’t really “see” the benefit of 4K or super high FPS anymore, but if the motion isn’t perfect I feel like crap. Getting old is wild.

I bought a PC CRT and used it for a year. Now I upgraded to a plasma TV, and it’s amazing. The size and motion clarity combination is amazing. What about other people? What do you do? Because I have no other idea. From my short experience OLED is not good.