Slideshow focus blur second monitor

For my weddings, I sometimes develop some pictures on my laptop and show them on a 17" apple monitor.
In LR3 I could only use fullscreen slideshows without any text, lines or shadows, or it would blur my pictures.
In LR4 this is still the case!
What am I doing wrong?
The only time it produces sharp pictures is with one monitor, or with a picture fullscreen but I want a line around them!
Not sharp with a slideshow on second monitor, even with 'blank other screens'.
And yes, I'm letting it make previews.
Help?
Thanks!
Regards,
Mark, The Netherlands

Hi Victoria,
I use prepare previews in advance.
Then, all pictures are crispy sharp when I use 1 monitor.
But when I use the second monitor for showing the pictures they are blurred.
Do you mean I have to make 1:1 previews in advance, before LR makes the previews in advance?
Thanks, Mark

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