How do 144Hz monitors deal with video?

[AstroBenny]

I've never thought about this.

If your monitor is set to 144Hz and you watch a Youtube video that's at 30/60fps, why doesn't it stutter or tear?

Is something compensating?

[Shimejii]

Why would it stutter or tear? Its not like the Frames of the monitor are dipping to 30 fps  its not hard to run video like that .

[MoonlightSylv]

3 minutes ago, AstroBenny said:

I've never thought about this.

If your monitor is set to 144Hz and you watch a Youtube video that's at 30/60fps, why doesn't it stutter or tear?

Is something compensating?

You can play 30fps on a 60hz monitor. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the Hz is the maximum amount of frames it can display not the only amount of frames it can display.

[8-Bit Ninja]

8 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

You can play 30fps on a 60hz monitor. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the Hz is the maximum amount of frames it can display not the only amount of frames it can display.

Spot on

[manikyath]

23 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

You can play 30fps on a 60hz monitor. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the Hz is the maximum amount of frames it can display not the only amount of frames it can display.

its the amount of times the screen refreshes per second.

 

which.. 144/30 = 4.8 which is large and round-ish enough to not notice any difference in video content.

 

to explain it simply, the video's frames will stay on the display for 4 refreshes, and every 5th frame will be on the display for an extra refresh if my midnight math is correct, but even if it isnt you get the point.

 

basicly, it's like playing 24FPS content on a 60FPS display, i bet all of you have done it, and havent noticed it.

 

EDIT: i is durr, figured it out: the video's frames will stay on the display for 5 refreshes, and every 5th frame will only stay on for 4 refreshes.

 

for those screaming stutters, thats a 6.9 millisecond difference, on frames that stay on display for an average of 33.3 milliseconds. if you can see that to the point its bothersome when watching a movie you need to apply for the avengers initiative.

or those that want even more values:

- the 4 frames will be on for 34.5ms each

- the 5th frame will be on for 27.7ms

=> 994.2ms total, close enough rounding error wise