Hello,
Last week I purchased a MacBook Pro Mid 2015 15" laptop, along with a Dell s2415h 24" External Monitor and the quality is dreadful on the external display. I am using a HDMI to HDMI cable, that came straight out of the Dell Box.
Things I've tried:
This is very annoying as I do web design and colours and everything I design on the external monitor looks entirely different on the MBP.
I'm in the process of downloading El Capitan, as it didn't come pre-installed to see if that solves anything.
I wonder if I need a 4K monitor to get a better experience? But surely this display can't be as good as it gets for a £160 monitor. And I am not splashing out £600-800 on a Apple Thunderbolt display after purchasing a £1300 laptop.
It ruins the whole experience of using Apple products also, which are meant to feel crisp and of a higher quality.
Any suggestions please, or if anyone else has experienced this or is it just normal?
Thanks.
Last week I purchased a MacBook Pro Mid 2015 15" laptop, along with a Dell s2415h 24" External Monitor and the quality is dreadful on the external display. I am using a HDMI to HDMI cable, that came straight out of the Dell Box.
Things I've tried:
- Messing with the display sharpness settings(text was slightly better turning sharpness down)
- Enabling font smoothing via the terminal (did nothing)
- Using a higher quality HDMI cable (did nothing)
- Enabling LCD smoothing on the system preferences tab(did nothing)
- Messed around with colour settings on the display and the Macbook
This is very annoying as I do web design and colours and everything I design on the external monitor looks entirely different on the MBP.
I'm in the process of downloading El Capitan, as it didn't come pre-installed to see if that solves anything.
I wonder if I need a 4K monitor to get a better experience? But surely this display can't be as good as it gets for a £160 monitor. And I am not splashing out £600-800 on a Apple Thunderbolt display after purchasing a £1300 laptop.
It ruins the whole experience of using Apple products also, which are meant to feel crisp and of a higher quality.
Any suggestions please, or if anyone else has experienced this or is it just normal?
Thanks.