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Q: Second display everything is bigger, same res

Using a iMac 21.5, late 2013. I have a second 23 inch display connected and everything on it is slightly bigger.

Both the iMac and my 2nd display are set to 1920 x 1080 resolution.

It seems that my 2nd display is making everything bigger to fit the screen. I tried using underscan but the sharpness/quality goes down and everything is less clear.

 

When I open say a finder window and drag it to maximum width and height on my 21.5 inch imac then move that over to the 23 inch monitor it fills the screen completely. Should a bigger screen not be able to display more? if it makes sense.

 

Have tried the built in display settings on the 2nd monitor but nothing works.

 

Just want to be able to have the 2nd monitor show the same size as my iMac without losing quality.

Posted on Sep 28, 2016 5:51 PM

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