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Phil2003 Author

Level 1

11 points

External monitor = blurry fonts

Hi,

Im quite satisfied with my first OSX product, a macbook pro 13". But i want to use it mainly with my 27" external Samsung LCD, which is

quite frustrating as the fonts are totaly blurry compared to Win7.

Things of interest:

Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2012

OSX = Montain Lion 10.8.2

Adapter: Official Apple Adapter mini-dvi -> HDMI

Ext.Monitor resolution: 1920x1080 native

Tried changing the fonts with Tinkertool

Tried changing the font smoothing via System settings and Tinkertool

Tried changing my monitors settings (AV/PC, sharpness, etc)

On the macbook everything looks fine.

Any hint?

Thanks

Phil

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 6:20 AM

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rekordz

Level 1

12 points

Posted on Feb 1, 2017 8:24 AM

Hi guys,

Just got myself a external monitor (Dell 24" UltraSharp u2417h) and plugged in my MacBook Pro Retina 15" Late-2013 using DP. To my great disappointment text and fonts look extremely blurred and not with a good definition, I can't stand reading anything on it.

I tried doing some research but I didn't get to any conclusions.

Space in set RGB in my Color Profile, so I guess running that script would not have any effect. I'm running Sierra.

Is this kind of monitor not compatible with Retina?

Can someone please let me know what should I do?

thanks

Thomas

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Jun 30, 2017 4:25 PM in response to mdmdiv

What are the steps to set your external monitor's input to "PC" rather than "AV"? Explain it to me like I'm five 🙂

External monitor = blurry fonts