Display output bad after Windows 8.1 upgrade

Dan · 01-31-2014, 08:45 PM

Just to elaborate, Windows 8.1 introduced per screen scaling based on the reported DPI of the screen through its EDID.

You can disable this from "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalisation\Display" and tick the option 'Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays'.

On the one hand it is annoying having icons and text looking tiny on one screen and huge on the other, but on the other hand, the way it's been implemented can end up with blurry text as you report. Personally I've ticked the box.

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01-31-2014, 08:45 PM	#5
Dan Banned Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 104	Just to elaborate, Windows 8.1 introduced per screen scaling based on the reported DPI of the screen through its EDID. You can disable this from "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalisation\Display" and tick the option 'Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays'. On the one hand it is annoying having icons and text looking tiny on one screen and huge on the other, but on the other hand, the way it's been implemented can end up with blurry text as you report. Personally I've ticked the box.