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Blurry text with Dell 2417h and MacBook Pro, please help!

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? I kept the boxes and all from the monitor.

thanks

Thomas

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 10.2, Late 2013

Posted on Jan 20, 2017 6:38 PM

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Level 5

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Jan 21, 2017 3:50 AM in response to rekordz

http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/09/mac-screen-blurry-optimize-troubleshoot-font-smoo thing-os-x/

http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/27/change-font-smoothing-text-os-x-yosemite/

OS X El Capitan: If screen text looks blurry or jagged

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Level 1

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Jan 20, 2017 7:43 PM in response to Sonicray

is automatically set in DP 1.2

the monitor max res is 1920x1080, could this be causing some issue with the retina res?

no haven't tried HDMI, but I need it works under DP since I'm using the other TB to another device, and I will use HDMI to second monitor.

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Level 1

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Jan 21, 2017 3:35 AM in response to Sonicray

I'm using the cable included in the box, from what I've read it seems to be DP cable. I tried the regular TB cable I have but nothing happened.

Images look neat...the problem is with text and fonts.

I need a fix!!! Plugging monitors should be a walk in the park... =(

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Level 5

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Jan 20, 2017 7:04 PM in response to rekordz

Make sure the setting on your LCD Monitor is DP 1.2 and not 1.0 ...

Have you tried using HDMI?

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Jan 21, 2017 1:15 AM in response to rekordz

Is the cable that you are using a TB2 cable or a DP cable?

Also DP 1.2 supports 4K res. but it should work fine under 1080p

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Level 1

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Jan 21, 2017 11:16 AM in response to Sonicray

Hey mate, thanks for taking the time.

I actually tried that, font smoothing is ON. I will try to change the values, but I see this as a palliative measure.

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Feb 1, 2017 8:33 AM in response to rekordz

anyone?

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Mar 10, 2017 3:02 AM in response to rekordz

Hi, i wanna buy the same monitor, I have a Mac book pro 2016, have you solve the problem?

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Blurry text with Dell 2417h and MacBook Pro, please help!

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