Who uses HiDPI - Odd problems with it?

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I got a 4K monitor over the weekend. I previously used a 2K monitor with HiDPI tuned off. I figured I would give it a shot so I turned it on and have it set to scale per windows. What exactly does HiDPI do? I “think” Nuendo 11 looks cleaner but I’m having real problems with some plugins.

Fuse Audio - The black container field that the plugin lives in is huge but the gui for the actual plugin doesn’t change.

Cytomic - The Glue - Meter no longer works and it crashes Nuendo “poof” when resizing it.

All plugins work fine with HiDPI off. Is anyone using HiDPI successfully? What are the benefits to you?

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Good day @trmupstage,

I am running HiDPI without any unexpected problems. Have you had a close look at this article:

The gist of it is there is a sweet spot somewhere between not being on certain Intel GPUs or non-UDH monitors. I’m on a AMD Ryzen, Nvidia, and 5 Dell - S3220DGF 32" LED Curved QHD monitors. HiDPI setting is Windows Scaling, and only have the occasional problem with iZotope plugins when I have too many of them open in real-time. On just one of my monitors, the Nuetron Pro plugin window flashes white when I move the mouse over it.

I actually repurposed the 4K monitors I had running, due to issues similar to this in other applications, I just couldn’t read the screen
IMO, 4K monitors are an excellent choice for 4K video workflows, gaming, and watching movies, not so much daily audio work.

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A lot of problems with HDPI. I was sold my 4k 27 Display and now want to buy 2k 27. Hope it will be better… What was wrong with 2k Display for you? Check the post here.

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@Alexander_D
I was updating my post above, while yours was being posted, and I did the very thing - replaced my 4K monitors.

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So, what displays now you are using?

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I am running 8 monitors in total. 5 Dell - S3220DGF 32" LED Curved QHD monitors at 2560 x 1440 refresh rate 120hz and 3 Dell U2713HM at 1920 x 1440 60Hz on Nvidia RTX 2070

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I was tested 33 with QHD… don’t like the picture after 4k. Seems that 27 looks more good with QHD. 32 with QHD looks like 24 HD for me

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That makes since, with me being nearly at senior citizen age, the larger monitors are a necessity. The younger the eyes, the higher the resolution!

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In the studio I am using a 55" Samsung, but am not sure if it is “hidpi” whatever that is.

When I get back from my “workation” I’ll try to see what is what.

That said, on my 15" laptop, seeing certain things like text is a PITFA. LOL.

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Thanks for all the replies. Seems I’m not alone with odd screen behaviors. I did have a 2K monitor and it was OK but it began doing some screen burn in thing. I’d close a window and the ghost of the window would stay on screen for a few minutes. I use a 4K at my regular job and enjoy the higher readability. I went though and upgraded all plugins, including Waves WUP $$$. It’s sort of workable right now but I still have a number of plugins that act strange. Izotope and Cytomic being two. I was having problems with Fuse plugins but ray told me to remove the VST3 versions and just used VST2.4. Those work fine now. I will give this a while more. I’m a bit short on money after making all the upgrade purchases so I’d like to see if i can make it work.

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Not necessarily helping with the solution, but more validating the problem - Working on the engineering side of this business for 20+ years has resulted in a singular consistency with this problem: You can have have great Audio or Video support in a platform (software/hardware), but not both. Case in point: Nuendo is awesome at audio, not so much on the UI. Conversely, DaVinci Resolve is quite the opposite.