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I've just purchased the new mac mini and there seems to be some text rendering issues on my Samsung external monitor. The text is blurry/fuzzy. This is especially so for the Monaco font I use in RStudio/terminal. The screen resolution is set correctly, there are no problems there and video and other images are perfectly sharp, but this text blurriness is a real problem.
Mac mini, macOS 11.0
I decided to return the monitor (there was also monitor damage by way of an odd grey ring of pixels in the middle of the monitor. I instead have purchased a 4k BenQ monitor (EW3270UE), which wasn't much more expensive and the text looks amazing. Would recommend this monitor to anyone with a similar issue looking for a mid range monitor.
I decided to return the monitor (there was also monitor damage by way of an odd grey ring of pixels in the middle of the monitor. I instead have purchased a 4k BenQ monitor (EW3270UE), which wasn't much more expensive and the text looks amazing. Would recommend this monitor to anyone with a similar issue looking for a mid range monitor.
Purchase a USB-C to DisplayPort cable and connect to one
of the USB-C ports.
The HDMI ports on Macs have been historically noted as being great
for video viewing but have been lack luster in terms of use as a
computer display port.
Apparently this is the result of MacOS sending data to the monitor using YPbPr instead of RGB.
See this thread https://www.chanhvuong.com/4403/fix-blurry-text-on-mac-using-external-non-apple-monitor/
Unfortunately the fix suggested there does not work on M1s. But it does give hope that a fix is possible. Either Apple corrects their setup and start using RBG as default for monitors affected, or someone savvy enough in the inner workings involved present an adjusted script that we can use for M1 computers. Please let me know when that happens :-)
I have the same problem. Text was blurry on external monitors. I ended up returning the Mac Mini M.
I understand that many people use Apple products for video editing. However, if a target population for the Mac Mini M is for people over 40 years old, then this is a real problem for Apple. Not being able to clearly read text is critically important and is a show stopper.
I have the same problem and have been browsing about this a lot lately....I have the ASUS MX279 1080p. pictures and videos are great but text is fuzzy, blurry.... I found this link but scared to try it.
https://medium.com/comsystoreply/force-hidpi-resolutions-for-dell-u2515h-monitor-5304e5506214
Cable arrived just now (I had actually ordered one last night as I read it might be a fix), but absolutely no change, I'm afraid.
I have the same issue. Mac mini 2020 with a HP 27fw screen, connected via HDMI cable. Fonts on websites are blurry. Apple blames HP and HP blames Apple.
Thanks for the suggestion. One is on its way and I'll report back with findings!
(I should also note that I had also ordered a HDMI 2.0 cable, which also had no improvements.
Have you tried other resolutions? The resolution you have set might be interpolated.
Thanks for your suggestion dwb. I've tried different resolutions, which only make things a lot, lot worse. I'm fairly confident there isn't a problem with the resolution that I'm using.
Blurry text on external monitor (Samsung LS34J550) with new M1 Mac mini (2020)
