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Sep 8 / 12:32pm

VMWare VDI, Wyse P20 - Beware of Display Resolution

Hello all, We have been evaluating the P20 clients along with VMWare View 4 and love the new PCoIP protocol. However there is one issue that we are having that seems to be with the P20. No matter what the screen resolution settings are in the VM or the View connection manager, the P20s connect at at 1280x1024 on both screens, which happens to be the native resolution of the monitors we have attached. We tested this by attaching monitors with a native resolution of 1440x900, and the PCoIP session came up at 1440x900. This is actually great, except for when we have users who want to run lower resolutions than what is native for the monitor. We have a couple of users who want to run 1024x768, but we cannot make it work on the P20s. Will there ever be a way to force the screen resolution of the P20 client in the future like we were able to do with the WTOS clients we had before? Thanks, Chris

This is frankly primitive and does a complete disservice to the end-user, unless you've got all your work screens optimized for the native resolution of the particular display you are deploying. This is the best kept secret in the virtual environment. If you were to ask customers, "Would it matter to you if you could not adjust screen resolution?" the answer would be a resounding "Yes!" Fix this, please, Wyse and VMWare!