[Sorry about the inadvertent "Spoiler" tag, now removed.]
Anonymous-
I haven't received Roku 12 yet.
If I understand correctly, what you're saying is with Roku 12.0 under frame rate matching the channel app menus are displayed at the frame rate from the video previously displayed in order to eliminate the frame rate transition blackout at that point. If the next video also uses that frame rate I'd expect it should start right in with no blackout, but if the next video uses a different frame rate I expect there is still a short blackout. So blackouts would not be eliminated, but the number of them should be reduced. Have I got that right?
With Netflix, Disney, and others adding ad-supported tiers there will likely be more and more of these frame rate transitions to contend with going in and out of commercials. This and one's tolerance of blackouts may play into any individual's decision as to whether to eliminate frame rate transition blackouts by deactivating Roku frame rate matching.
makaiguy : You're right. I was describing the situation where menu navigation is actually interrupted multiple times because of the menu always unnecessarily defaulting to a 60Hz refresh instead of remaining in whatever state the video preview left it.
In your second scenario, I consider the commercial to be the interruption. Your navigation is continuously interrupted when 24p previews start and end only to return to 60p for no reason, but you're not trying to use your remote when commercials occasionally interrupt a program. The commercial is the interruption; whether a refresh rate change at the same time bothers you is a personal thing.
What bothers me in that situation is that it's not really at the same time, it seems to me the refresh changes before the video leaves the buffer and the commercial actually begins. I haven't checked to see if that's been addressed, but I think that's a different issue. Regardless, there's going to be a flash of black screen whether the timing is right or not.
I suggest you turn the feature on now and see the difference after the update.
P.S.: Does anyone know of voice commands to toggle this feature on/off? The two programmable buttons on my remote are currently programmed as "What day is it?" and "What time is it?" Changing that to "Auto-adjust refresh on" and "Auto-adjust refresh off" would come in handy.
