Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for determining whether to use an interpolated frame or repeat a base frame in up-converting the frame rate of a base video stream to generate an up-converted video stream. A device to up-convert a frame rate includes an analysis component to analyze a pair of temporally adjacent base frames and a motion vector associated with movement of an object between the pair of base frames to determine a degree of visual artifacts involving an edge of the object in an interpolated frame, and a selection component to compare the degree of visual artifacts to a threshold and select the interpolated frame for insertion between the preceding base frame and the following base frame in up-converting a frame rate of the base video stream to generate an up-converted video stream based on the comparison. Other embodiments are described and claimed.