How to make my external monitor have the same quality image as my Macbook screen?

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How to make my external monitor have the same quality image as my Macbook screen?

I just bought a monitor (AOC 27P2C 27") and I expected the resolution to be as good as my Macbook screen, but it isn't at all. The text and images show like peaks, they are not smooth. Is there a way of fixing this? I bought a big external screen so that my eyes don't suffer too much, but the quality of the image is pretty bad, things look like "broken" and some text is kind of surrounded by white.

Here the two screens:

Hope there is a solution for this. Thanks a lot!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 3:51 AM

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Patricia_F Author

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Nov 21, 2020 5:21 AM in response to kaz-k

Hey, thank you so much for the reply. A 4K monitor has a resolution of 3840 x 2160, correct? Is that the one you recommend because I want a 27" monitor? I guess trying to get a monitor with the same resolution as the screen of my Macbook will not work since the screen is 13" compared to the 27" I'm looking for. Am I correct? Trying to understand how this works. Thanks!

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Nov 21, 2020 5:21 AM in response to Patricia_F

You’d need a 27” 5K display to equal the pixel density of your Mac’s internal display. Your Mac might not support 5K, depending on the model.

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kaz-k

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Nov 21, 2020 4:55 AM in response to Patricia_F

Hi,

Since your MacBook Pro has retina screen, you can't same quality of image on external monitor.

Try to connect 4K monitor instead which could get better image on the external screen.

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Patricia_F Author

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Nov 21, 2020 5:34 AM in response to neuroanatomist

Hey, thanks. It's a Macbook Pro 13". A 4K is not enough? I've seen 5K monitors are much more expensive.

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Nov 21, 2020 5:50 AM in response to Patricia_F

4K will look much crisper than your current external display.

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