I am looking for recommendations for external monitors to use with a Retina Display MacBook pro.
Background: After using a Retina Display MBP (my first Mac, yay!), I am suddenly aware of how the fonts in my external display are blurry in comparison. So I plan to buy a new external monitor
My requirements, in order of priority are:
1) Crisp fonts (as close to my MBP's as possible) and large screen real estate.
2) Shouldn't be too reflecting. The MBP screen is quite good in this respect, something similar would be nice.
3) Good color fidelity, ideally well calibrated out-of-the-box.
4) Wide viewing angle
5) Adjustable height
Size should be preferably between 24 and 27 inches. Ideally, I would like a HDMI/Thunderbolt interface, which will be natively supported by the MBP (I am not sure if I should be fussy about this, since I have heard differing accounts about the quality of display using "conversion adapters")
Finally, general consensus (e.g.: this post) seems to indicate that Apple monitors are overpriced, so I'd like to avoid those.
Please give your recommendations.
Background: After using a Retina Display MBP (my first Mac, yay!), I am suddenly aware of how the fonts in my external display are blurry in comparison. So I plan to buy a new external monitor
My requirements, in order of priority are:
1) Crisp fonts (as close to my MBP's as possible) and large screen real estate.
2) Shouldn't be too reflecting. The MBP screen is quite good in this respect, something similar would be nice.
3) Good color fidelity, ideally well calibrated out-of-the-box.
4) Wide viewing angle
5) Adjustable height
Size should be preferably between 24 and 27 inches. Ideally, I would like a HDMI/Thunderbolt interface, which will be natively supported by the MBP (I am not sure if I should be fussy about this, since I have heard differing accounts about the quality of display using "conversion adapters")
Finally, general consensus (e.g.: this post) seems to indicate that Apple monitors are overpriced, so I'd like to avoid those.
Please give your recommendations.
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