This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for compensating for slow light modulator transitions in a display device due to opposing motion events. In an opposing motion event, portions of respective pairs of neighboring light modulators are to be driven in opposite directions simultaneously. In one aspect, a controller associated with the display device can be configured to determine light modulator transitions associated with displaying an image frame based on at least two subframes associated with the image frame. The controller can identify one or more opposing motion events based on the determined light modulator transitions. The controller can obtain an output sequence parameter for displaying the image frame based on the identified one or more motion events, and cause the image frame to be displayed according to the obtained output sequence.