People with 1080p screen: Do you leave the DPI at 100%?

So far, I've been keeping the DPI at 100% on my 1080p Dell XPS 15 because I can't stand the way some things get messed up under a higher percentage. I noticed when I switch it to medium some of the icons on the desktop become blurry and have messed-up edges. And I just don't like it in general.

Am I going to screw up my eyes for all eternity by doing this? :\

 

With 1080p on a 15", 100% is defo on the small side, icon wise. You can try setting a custom % see if that helps with the blurriness of the medium setting.

 

Not sure how long you've had your XPS 15 but I'll tell you my personal experience:

When I first looked at the screen everything was far too tiny and strained my eyes to no end. I was moving from a 1280 x 800 screen to a 1920 x 1080 was a big change for me. I tried the medium DPI setting and like you, did not like the way it messed up certain programs. So I set my screen to 1600 x 900 for a few hours and let my eyes get used to it. After that I switched back to 1920 x 1080 and yes, at first, it was still straining my eyes but now I've gotten quite used to it. I think overtime you will have similar results, just don't expect it to happen so quickly.

Also, for browsing, addons such as NoSquint for FF and AutoZoom for Chrome really help (I keep all sites set to 110% which for me is more than enough).

 

dont have 1080 but do have 1200..... I still stick with 100% scalingmost times, occasionally I will bump to 125% in IE for web browsing

 

I've only had it for a couple of days. I really don't want to give up 100% because everything looks so much better that way, but yeah, it is straining my eyes a bit. I'm used to 1440x900 because that's what I've been using since I got my first laptop in 2006.

 

125% dpi + nosquint addon for firefox.

 

Give it some time and your eyes will adjust to the smaller size. =)

 

once you go 1080p, you can't go back, though. i'm on my desktop, with 1440x900, everything's so BIG.

 

Coming from a desktop 22" screen (1680 x 1050), I really loved the tininess of the 1080p screen. On my laptop, DPI was set at Medium (125%) by default, changed that to 100.

I see a lot of people talking about hurting eyes and all that, because it's too small. Well, I have none of it, I really love it like this. Huge workspace!

 

Turning up the DPI only affects fonts, it shouldn't be causing blurry edges on icons or pictures like dropping the resolution would.

 

Before getting this laptop I was using primarily a 24" 1080p screen, so switching to a sub-16" definitely took a bit of getting used to. I did find Medium scaling a bit too large, so I went with a custom 115% and everything's fine for me without the need for addons or anything. Ultimately it's a personal decision - try playing around with the font scaling until you find something you're comfortable with.

 

Is "font scaling" the same as adjusting DPI, or are those two different things?

 

DPI 100% here, but I'm used to 1920x1200 @ 100% on 15"

 

It seems to be affecting images for me as well, at least some icons on the desktop. Is there any way around that? :\

Also, mini-icons in the title bars of programs look all fuzzy. Is that just how it is? As someone with OCD, that kind of thing drives me insane. But I have to do something. I get a headache every day from using this laptop and I know it's because of the tiny text. I thought I would get used to it, but evidently I'm not.

 

If the medium (125%) setting is too much, just change the DPI to a custom percentage that your more comfortable with.
its not worth straining your eyesight, and getting headaches just to see the text a bit clearer.

 

Adjusting DPI does more than effect font - it causes scaling over all the GUI, menu bars and icons, so that the same part of the screen is rendered with more pixels. Internet Explorer also sets itself to magnify parts of images and web pages to compensate for the adjustment.

Some older programs with lower resolution rasterized icons can get messed up with the "upsizing" and smoothing that occurs. Older programs that aren't aware of DPI also tend to have problems with the alignment of text and objects in the program (buttons, menus, and graphics), and the result is things get cut off, or disorganized and broken..