Macbook Pro 2020 and external monitors

[langstonJ]

I'm at an absolute loss, this is a 6 month saga and I just don't know how to resolve it.

Prior to last year I was working with a Macbook Air 2016 with an external Apple 30" Cinema monitor.

Last year I got a Macbook Pro 2020, I bought a USB C hub and the adaptors for the monitor only it wouldn't work. It didn't even recognise that there was a monitor attached. I spent weeks buying different hubs and adaptors, starting it in safe mode, etc. etc. but gave up and bought what was to be the first of 3 new monitors. Each monitor I buy I have doubled checked that it will work with the Macbook but the text is so fuzzy that whilst it is initially readable it gives me a headache.

I cannot keep buying new monitors, and I cannot work without an external monitor (I'm currently using two iPads, my iPhone and my MacBook to work) before I send this one back I thought i would ask people who may know something I don't. I did download the better dummy app but I don't know how to make it work. This monitor is the LG 34" wide screen 4k.

Has anyone got any ideas or a recommendation for a 30" + monitor that will work with the M1 Macbook Pro 2020. I'm thinking of 4 19" monitor at this stage but I'm not sure how to make that work either to be honest!

Thanks in advance

 

[Amethyst1]

If you want sharp text on macOS, the external monitor’s resolution needs to be at least 3840×2160 so you get the HiDPI modes with their vastly better text rendering. 3440×1440 or 3840×1600, for example, isn't "good" enough.

For 34" ultrawides, this limits you to the LG 34WK95U and MSI PS341WU. Both have a sufficiently high resolution (5120×2160).

However, since 2020 M1 Macs cannot run scaled HiDPI resolutions wider than 3008 pixels unless you use BetterDummy, these ultrawides limit you to a maximum real estate of 3008×1269 (3008×(2160/5120)). On a 16:9 "4K" monitor, the maximum is higher: 3008×1692 (3008×(2160/3840)).