Windows 10 vs Windows 8.1 - HiDPI/High DPI scaling on high resolution/4K displays
Can Windows 10 beat Windows 8.1 and previous versions of Windows when it comes to HiDPI/High DPI scaling on high resolution/4K displays? Watch this video to find out.
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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
There's been a whole lot of 4K action going on recently, with manufacturers at CES showcasing their advanced new 4K displays, some with curved screens and 120Hz refresh rates. 4K is fine if you have a large TV, but on a laptop screen or even a standard desktop monitor, everything looks way too small. For a while, there's been an easy way to fix this, by adjusting the scaling options in Control Panel so that you can maintain your native resolution while making text and icons look larger. But, as I explained in one of my previous videos, DPI scaling looks terrible on Windows 8.1 and earlier versions, with many system utilities, let alone third-party apps, having blurry text and out-of-place UI elements. Windows 10 promises to fix this, but does it deliver on its promises? Let's find out.
Now to test this, I installed the latest build of Windows 10 Technical Preview in a virtual machine, and adjusted the scaling settings up to 150%. Quite honestly, I was extremely impressed with the
sharpness and clarity of all the pre-installed apps. Modern UI apps have always looked great with scaling enabled, even in Windows 8.1, but the fact that I could open up nearly all of the DESKTOP
apps in Windows 10 and see no serious scaling artefacts is really saying something. Yes, alright, there were a FEW, but not nearly as many as I expected.
Third party apps? Well, they're a different story. Some developers, like Google, have taken the time to redesign all the assets for their apps, so Chrome, for example, looks excellent at any level of scaling. Others, like Apple with iTunes... they haven't. For the most part though, unless you're running apps that are 20 years old (which you probably couldn't do anyway with the 64-bit version of Windows 10), you're probably going to be quite comfortable using Windows 10 on a 12-inch display running at 4 or 5K resolution. At least I would be.
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Windows 10 vs Windows 8.1 - HiDPI/High DPI scaling on high resolution/4K displays
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