MACBOOK PRO / MINIDISPLAY PORT TO HDMI / 1080P / BLACK LINES

MacBook Pro

http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro

Turn OFF [√] Mirror displays

Then you will have the ability to set the resolutions independently. The result is an Extended desktop like this:

Hi,

I am loooking to get the LG M2352D for use as a monitor with my MacBook pro as well. Can I ask how you find it as a monitor, any issues or are you happy with it? TIA.

The Macbook screen is 16:10 ratio (1280*800) and the LG Monitor screen is 16:9 ratio (1920*1080). It is not possible to mirror your desktop exactly between the two screens because of the difference in ratio. If you only want to view your desktop on the Monitor at it's native resolution then you would need to turn off your Macbook display I'm guessing - I don't have it in front of me to confirm. The alternative is to use an extended desktop in the preferences and set the LG to your main screen - this will run at full native resolution and your Macbook screen will then become the extemded screen and you can just ignore this screen if you want to stick with the main LG display.

I tried your method of not mirroring display, but I do not want to extend my desktop.

And what was the result for screen resolution and elimination of the black bands?

Thanks for the info.

With regards to:

The only issue that I have now is in regards to 1080p setting on Macbook. If you know the solution then please help. I have tried windows on it today, and it works perfect on 1920*1024 setting as it allows you to have full screen desktop on your LG M2352; sadly my issue still remains unresolved.

The maximum size you can set on the Macbook is 1280x800 if you are using the mirror feature. Turning off the mirror feature will allow you to run at 1920x1080 on the LG with the Macbook. I'm assuming the Windows machine let you set the desktop resolution to 1920x1024 and this is what is mirrored on the LG monitor? This is still not full native resolution of the LG monitor. What kind of Widnows PC was it? Desktop or Laptop and which brand/model?

What are you trying to achieve? Are you wanting the same screen displayed on both the macbook screen and the LG? Or do you only want the desktop displayed on the LG screen?

Okay, now I know. As far as I am aware, there is no way of doing this by default on the Macbook because it's highest resolution is 1280x800. You could mirror this to the LG but of course it won't fill the screen unless it scales the image but again there will be black bars because the two screen ratios are different. if this did manage to scale up and also stretch to fill the entire LG screen, it still woudn't be 1080p resolution, it would be 1280x800 but stretched to fill the screen and it would look a little blurry and distorted on the LG. If the LG has this scale/stretch ability, it will be under the menu system for something like Picture mode or it may be a dedicated button on the remote - the ratio button perhaps?

There may be an app out there that forces the Macbook pro acreen to run at a higher resolution e.g. 1920x1080 and if you mirrored this then it would look fine on the LG as it would be a full 1080p image. Of course, if such a tool does exist, the Macbook Pro screen content (icons, text etc.) will appear tiny and hard to read and it won't actually be running at 1080p on the Macbook screem, it would just appear that way. Maybe others can advise if such a tool exists?

I'll try and replicate this tonight on my Macbook with a couple of 1080P TVs and feed back with the options.