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    Blurry Fonts

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by codeoverride, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    Just want to share my experience with the "blurry fonts".

    I've been a PC user all my life and just recently purchased a Macbook Pro. The fonts on the laptop screen look good but when I connected it to my 20" external monitor they looked really blurry!

    It seems that the problem was that I connected via a VGA cable. When I tried it again with a DVI cable, the screen looked very sharp and clear. The text is displayed a little differently than Windows but it is not blurry. Hopefully this will help some of you guys out :)
     
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your post just made me purchase a mini-DVI to DVI-D adaptor. I hope I'll see the same improvements as you did on my 20" LG.
    I do have a question. Does your external display's contrast or brightness improve with DVI? Because I think my LG isn't bright or colourful enough, given its technical specifications.
     
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  3. codeoverride

    codeoverride Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think that the brightness or contrast changed. If you're having problems with that stuff I'd recommend buying a color meter. I use the Spyder2Express and it really improved the image.

    I was extremely disappointed when I had my external monitor connected to the Macbook Pro via the VGA cable but as soon as I changed to DVI it looked great. I've always had my desktop computer connected through VGA (it doesn't have DVI out) without problems.. I guess maybe it's because the Macbook Pro needed to converted DVI to VGA and that doesn't work too well.. anyway, let me know how things work out for you :)
     
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    I've always had issues with VGA-outs on laptops. I don't know why, as VGA seems to work just great on my LCDs from a desktop source.
     
    l33t_c0w, Nov 23, 2007
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    My Acer AL1714 does just fine with the dvi-vga converter. It doesn't look as good as the MBP screen, but that can only be expected from a three year old monitor.
     
    system_159, Nov 23, 2007
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