After few years, I believe there should be a solution to this horizontal stretched widescreen issue when connected to mbp. I have tried all the 8 different scaled options which still don't fix the problem. Can someone help please? See photos below. The first photo was taken from mbp and the second was taken from LG widescreen monitor.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4
What LG monitor, and how do you have it connected?
Clearly the resolution is being stretched horizontally to match the resolution of the monitor, but that could be in the monitor's settings as well.
You may want to check the monitor's setup menu (typically under Input) for an "aspect ratio" setting, and make sure it is set to "1:1" not "Full Wide."
Note this may cause slight pillar boxing, or black bars on the left and right of the display, but that is because of aspect ratio differences between the MBP display and that of many widescreen monitors.
What LG monitor, and how do you have it connected?
Clearly the resolution is being stretched horizontally to match the resolution of the monitor, but that could be in the monitor's settings as well.
You may want to check the monitor's setup menu (typically under Input) for an "aspect ratio" setting, and make sure it is set to "1:1" not "Full Wide."
Note this may cause slight pillar boxing, or black bars on the left and right of the display, but that is because of aspect ratio differences between the MBP display and that of many widescreen monitors.
For some reason I now have the option to choose 2560 x 1080 and can enjoy the wide screen feature "properly".
Thanks for your quick response.
Yes, I have "Full Wide" and black bars left and right. Is there anyway to fix this if I change it to 1:1? Otherwise, having this monitor seems useless to me because I can't enjoy the "widescreen" feature properly.
"Full wide" is what is stretching your video, it needs to be 1:1.
Unless the MBP's video can output something in that aspect ratio, if you don't want it to be stretched you have to live with the pillarboxing as the standard screen aspect ratio is not the same as the monitor's if the monitor is 16:9.
Have you matched the monitor's specs to what the MBP is specified as being able to output?
Thanks for your help.
A summary for future query on same topic, mbp is compatible with wide screen monitor at "non wide screen resolution", i.e. you can't enjoy the wide screen feature "properly" as it will be stretched.
Does this mean that mbp is not compatible with all 16:9 monitor?
It is but only at specific resolutions.
It may have been added in a recent macOS update.
Why my LG widescreen looks horizontally stretched with mbp?
