Resolution on larger monitors

[mrmuggz]

I have a 30" monitor on my primary PC running at 2560x1600.  When I connect to my laptop it won't allow me to increase the Teamviewer window beyond 1280x800.  So basically I have a giant monitor with a tiny Teamviewer remote connection window.  However, if I connect a monitor to my laptop and connect remotely I can increase the resolution to whatever the resolution allows on the monitor that's connected to the laptop.

It's somewhat disappointing because I essentially have to "waste" a monitor by connecting it to my laptop in order to get a larger resolution.  When I used LogMeIn in the past it would allow me to increase the resolution of the remote viewing window to whatever size I wanted in order to match my local monitor.  If LogMeIn and Remote Desktop(RDP) can do it why can't TeamViewer?  Is there a way to force a higher resolution on the remote connection?  Thanks!

[ShadowIce]

You cannot set a higher resolution in Windows than what the monitor supports and because TeamViewer only grabs what's shown on the monitor that won't work over TeamViewer either. RDP uses a virtual monitor (that's why you never see the RDP session on the device that you connected to) so they can use any resolution they want. I don't know if LogMeIn does the same.
You can still resize the TeamViewer window beyond the original resolution though, but you have to change the scaling to "scaled" in the toolbar to do that.

[mrmuggz]

Thanks for the explanation!  I figured RDP used a virtual monitor or something similar.  It's a bummer that I need to hook a monitor up to my laptop but I guess there isn't another option.  When I go to scaled mode in Teamviewer it just magnifies and distorts the view rather than increase the resolution. 

Thanks again for your reply!