Thanks guys. The strobing went away when I turned the reflective switch off. It makes sense since the reflective switch cause the rays to bounce off the surface at an angle rather than along the...

Here is a link to a test video clip I rendered
1.45 meg quicktime (http://www.morphicmotion.com/blaz1.mov)

I used a Maya blinn material along with the mental ray mib_amb_occ texture which I...