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external monitor blurry text on new M1 macbook pro

Hi all, I just bought the new Mac book pro M1 chip, I connected it to my Samsung Curved screen C27F591FD but it seems very blurry text and doesnt look good like on my windows machine. I tried to play with resolution and the terminal commands to change it from 0 1 2.

Any other options recommend ? or the best bet is to buy new 4K screen ? thank you all

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Dec 23, 2020 12:26 AM

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Dec 23, 2020 3:44 AM in response to gilibz

It looks like your monitor is 1920x1080 so picture quality should be the same whether it is connected via HDMI or DisplayPort, assuming the USB-C to HDMI adapter is doing the right thing.


Is the resolution set to 1920x1080 or something different?


Note that as a large monitor limited to just 1920x1080, your text will never be as clear as it is on your MBP's screen or compared to what it would be on a higher resolution monitor.


It looks like that monitor is optimized for viewing content and gaming, not for large text displays per se.

Jan 23, 2021 9:17 PM in response to Dogcow-Moof

I had this same issue when I connected MacBook Air M1 2020 to external monitor AOPEN gaming monitor display blurry.

once I changed the HDMI cable which has come along with AOPEN gaming monitor display started working fine with out blurry.


Resolution : Make sure use the same HDMI which you along with the monitor. I know it sounds weird but I am not sure why it happens with third party cables.May be Apple did trick ?


external monitor blurry text on new M1 macbook pro

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