Video>Resolution settings need improvement for Retina

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by reesd, Dec 2, 2012.

  1. reesd

    reesd Member

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    I think the the naming and descriptions for the Configuration>Video>Resolution setting really needs to be improved. I don't think it gives enough information for users to figure out the right settings. And the names are actually wrong when you are using an external monitor, for example "Scaled" is actually native on an external monitor.

    The names also don't seem to do the same thing as the same names in Apple's Display pref settings, which is just asking for confusion.

    Could someone please share exactly what the three settings do? From what I can tell they do something like the following:

    Scaled - windows resolution same as native display resolution, 100% DPI
    Best for Retina - windows resolution twice native resolution, 199% DPI
    More Space - windows resolution same as native display resolution, 100% DPI

    Wouldn't life just be easier if Parallels let us set both independently? So we can choose our own DPI?

    And on the external monitor side, Scaled just doesn't make sense. Really I think we need the ability to set this on a monitor-specific basis (when parallels not running Coherence).

    Thanks
    dave
     

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