Blurry Windows text - Boot Camp

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Blurry Windows text - Boot Camp

Howdy folks, got a quick question -

I had to install Windows (8.1) and I did so without much problem on my rMBP (late 2013), thanks to Boot Camp. I happened to note that some of the textual content seems "blurry/pixelated".

I say 'some content' because most of the Windows-based stuff in Explorer, Desktop, etc. seem fine. But text on Chrome, or while installing any software (Windows Prompts) are not 'normal'. Or do I say... Text seems "distorted".

Is there something wrong with the display?

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On another note, Christmas greetings to those observing! Peace and good health unto us all.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 24, 2013 10:25 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 17, 2014 8:30 AM in response to karthik.swaminathan

Bump.

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Answer 2

cbs20

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Jan 17, 2014 8:42 AM in response to karthik.swaminathan

I believe Windows 8.1 has hiDPI display support so thats why everything looks clear in the OS, but Google Chrome for Windows only has hiDPI support in its beta versions so text will be blurry in unsupported applications. This is a software issue not hardware.

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Answer 3

Jan 18, 2014 8:09 AM in response to cbs20

Thank you so much for the kind explanation; I will try downloading and installing a ß-version of Chrome then.

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sireesh

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May 19, 2014 11:29 PM in response to karthik.swaminathan

Hi all, I'm having the same problem, and I doubt it is the High DPI support problem. For eg. an app created in Visual Studio 2013 looks pixelated, even if you change scaling settings for the app, while the ap in Visual Stusio itself looks good.

Can you please suggets another solution?

Thanks!

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