Windows 10: Correct improper scaling of a Program on a 4k TV?

Hi, I'm running my Win 10 pc on a 70" 4K Vizio and I often find that certain programs do not scale properly when running them. Meaning that the program window is too squished to make it usable.

Is there any trick to get these problematic programs to display on a 4K TV?

Thanks.

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4k Resolution scaling but then watching a 4k video

Hi,

I am building a PC with windows 10. I have yet to buy my monitor.

I'm considering buying a 4k/UHD monitor but given the issues you can have with scaling (i.e. when using program's that aren't set up to cope with the scaling and therefore show up blurred) I am wondering if it is worth it at this point in the 4k/windows
infancy? Its worth pointing out that I am thinking of buying a monitor no bigger than 24" so not using scaling won't be very good as the task bar will be tiny.

Also, (my main question) when you use the scaling its effectively at Full HD resolution, correct me if I'm wrong, so what happens when scaling is on and I want to watch a 4k video. Will it be shown in 1080p or 4k? How does it work? What is the scaling actually
doing.

Thanks in advance.

 

4k Resolution scaling but then watching a 4k video

Hi Anup,

Thank you for your response.

So therefore is my previous point on certain program's displaying as blurry when scaling is used wrong? I.e. as they'll be effectively displayed similarly to full HD resolution?

Also, if I used scaling at 200% and I wanted to watch a 4K video would it be displayed at full HD (due to the scaling) or 4K resolution.

Thanks again.

 

the best way for help on this issue is to provide two pictures.
what the program looks like normally on a monitor and what the program looks like on your 4K TV.
screen shots arent necessary, just a photo of each one taken right in front of each monitor device.

 

Hi there

Depending on the model go into the HARDWARE menu (i.e use the handset) and there's normally an option somewhere buried within the loads of options on these new TV's that is something similar to "Autoscan" or "Auto re-size".

That should fix it.

Remember also with some of these 4K TV's DRM rears its ugly head and to play especially DRM'ed streaming content or output from things like SKY Q boxes you need the correct level of HDMI cable -- at least version 2.0 now.

Cheers
jimbo

 

On another site, a poster said this problem isn't fixable as it lies within the software and not the monitor so for now it seems I need to find alternate software that plays well with a 4k display.

 

Here's a link http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-a...-displays-fix/, if the software programs are Adobe. The solution also worked, last year, with Auslogics Disk Defrag. It can be a hassle to redeploy the solution after a program update.

A Youtube video by Dan Antonielli may be available for the less-than-technically-literate.

 

i dont have the issue your experiencing but isnt right clicking the shortcut for the program and changing the setting from there, the same fix and a bit simplified ?

 

Thanks EliteD - I'll give that a try