Per-monitor display scaling

Over the past year we've seen high-resolution 1440p and 4K monitors come down in price significantly. In most situations, and at 4K in particular, you'll need to enable display scaling so that text is still readable at a comfortable viewing distance. In previous versions of Windows, you could only enable one scaling level that was applied over all monitors, which was incredibly annoying if you had a high-resolution display paired with one or more standard resolution (such as 1080p) displays.

Microsoft has realized this flaw with Windows and have updated their display scaling implementation in Windows 10. The updated OS allows you to set display scaling levels for each individual monitor attached to your display. For those pairing a 4K monitor with a 1080p monitor of the same size, this means you can set a scaling level of 200% for the 4K monitor and 100% for the 1080p monitor, and items will appear the same size on both displays.

The ability to set separate scaling levels for each display is also handy for those connecting a standard resolution display to a high-resolution laptop. In Windows 10, you can maintain the same scaling level for your laptop's display while adjusting the scaling level for the external display.