HD project upscaled on WQHD monitor

Mindmatter wrote on 6/16/2025, 6:07 AM

HI all.

so I got my new Eizo 2731 WQHD as secondary monitor, and in order for HD project not to be upscaled to 2560 x 1440 I unchecked the "scale output to fit display" box. This usually worked on another WQHD ( ASUS pro art, which I sent back because of a strong green tint) , but here, Vegas is not displaying at 1920 size.
It seems to scale it to a somewhat in between size, displaying a roughly 1 inch thick black border. I checked playing HD content with potplayer and other media players on the Eizo, and they are displayed correctly at 1920.
I correctly installed the drivers and profiles of the Eizo. This is kinda weird, and I can't seem to make sense of it. Any ideas what I'm missing?

Thanks!

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ac6000cw wrote on 6/16/2025, 8:41 AM

In Windows Settings, check in the System > Display > Advanced section that the 'Active signal mode' (the actual resolution & fps it's driving the monitor at) and 'Desktop mode' (the virtual resolution of the screen it's using internally) look correct/are what you expect for the monitor. Those two are most often/normally the same, but sometimes Windows decides to make the 'Desktop mode' different.

Mindmatter wrote on 6/16/2025, 9:38 AM

thanks, they are the same.
Media players show the HD files in the correct size, just Vegas doesn't.

Mindmatter wrote on 6/17/2025, 3:51 AM

I now contacted Eizo, in a first response they think it's a Windows problem, although media players display HD content correctly with actual 1920x1080. The upscaling of HD content in Vegas is problematic, as things generally look too soft, even though they are perfectly sharp on a HD display.
A quick example of how Vegas displays HD content in a project vs a media player:
Notice the strange black frame not entirely WQHD, which disappears when I check "scale to fit dispay".

And as I mentioned, my former ASUS pro art WQHD did not have this problem.

john_dennis wrote on 6/17/2025, 9:44 AM

I'm somewhat interested in your problem, but the examples don't hold up to scrutiny. Perhaps this is due to resizing done at the forum.

When I do a Print-Screen of my 2560x1440 display. I get: 2560x1440

When I measure your screenshots in Photoshop, I don't get anything like 2560x1440 for the gross dimensions

or 1920x1080 for the Pot Player display.

I agree that FHD upscaled to 2560x1440 can look softer than I'd expect.

Mindmatter wrote on 6/17/2025, 10:01 AM

John, those are simply screenshots from my 2nd monitor, I cropped to only the right side of the whole snip, as the print screen displays both my monitors. I just exported tro jpg in PS, and did not care for accurate pixel measures, as the pics show the problem as is IMO.

Mindmatter wrote on 6/17/2025, 10:08 AM

So...we found the problem... it's the windows 125% setting, which, AFAIK, or at least presumed, should not affect the total resolution, just the fonts.

Not sure if that's a "duh" or not...

Thanks all the same!