Q: Blurry Text On Dell UltraSharp U3014
I recently bought a Dell UltraSharp U3014 (30" Display). I have it connected to my MacBook Pro (2011 non-retina) via Mini DP to DP. I noticed that text seemed noticably blurry, and not as crisp/sharp as I would have expected them to be.
I've checked the Display Settings and the monitor is in fact using the highest resolution 2460 x 1600). Changing color profiles has no effect. Also in General Settings, Font Smoothing is turned on. I've tried settings that can be made in the terminal with no improved results:
Medium font smoothing:
<defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
Light font smoothing:
defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 1
Strong font smoothing:
defaults -currentHost read -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 3
This monitor is intended for a Windows computer that I have on the way, which I hope to get better results, but it would be nice to use this monitor for my MacBook when editing on occation. Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Posted on May 20, 2013 10:59 AM
The problem is in the monitor, not the Mac. I think the root cause is that the monitor / Mac connection is in "TV mode" - note that it says "NTSC" on the refresh rate.
However, a quick fix for the blurry text problem is to crank the monitor sharpness *down to 0* in the OSD.
I am seeing this problem on all the Dell U3014s that our new hires are getting at work, while the older Dell U3011s all work fine.
Posted on May 20, 2013 2:20 PM
