BenQ PD2500Q fuzzy text on Macs
Hi – I have just bought a (new) Benq PD2500Q monitor.
I bought it for my wife who is now working from home and has been struggling with the blurry text on her DELL P2418D QHD monitor, used with a 2017 15” MacBook Pro. As I discovered, Dell does not claim its monitors will work with Macs. After researching the well-known (albeit new to me) fuzzy text issue online all my attempts to solve the problem – e.g. by applying the ruby-edid patch method for forcing RGB mode and various different leads – failed.
So I bought the Benq PD2500Q because it was reviewed as an excellent monitor for the MacBook Pro and the specifications clearly state “Mac compatible – Yes” (https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/designer/pd2500q/specifications.html).
I was therefore extremely disappointed to discover it has the exact same fuzzy text problem we have with the DELL.
I have tried the Benq with a 2017 15” MacBook Pro; an early 2015 13” MacBook Pro and my 2018 Mac mini. All run macOS 10.14.6 with the latest updates.
In all cases the text is unacceptably fuzzy. Firstly, the monitor seems to be recognised as a TV since e.g. 1080p and other video resolutions appear in the list of available scalings. Setting the display manually to sRGB or the M-book ("MacBook Pro setting) makes no difference at all.
After using the ruby-edid patch method (outlined here: https://spin.atomicobject.com/2018/08/24/macbook-pro-external-monitor-display-problem/) the available resolutions no longer include video resolutions and show 1920 x 1080 which was previously missing.
I was even further disappointed when I tried the Benq on our old Compaq PC desktop PC running Windows 10. While that will drive my LG 27UK850 UHD monitor perfectly at 2560 x 1440 with very sharp text, on the Benq I could only get 1920 x 1080 resolution, even after installing the supplied Benq driver, and text was almost as fuzzy as on the Macs.
Anyone else with this problem an/or a solution?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14