Retina Display is making my new Monitor Pixilated.

Recently, I have bought a new MacBook Pro Retina Display and an Hp Pavilion 27xi Monitor. I just hooked up my monitor to my laptop last night and I noticed the picture on my monitor is Pixilated. I've been told by a friend that it's because of my Retina display and it could not be fixed. I really hope this is not the case, but I have messed with all of the resolution settings (they only gave me three 720p, 1080p, and 1600x900) I was wondering if there was a way I could somehow create new settings for my monitor so it looks clear just like my macbook pro does. Any help would be appreciated, I'm somewhat desperate right now. Thanks.

Hi gluMoster,
It's frustrating when laying out your hard earned cash on technology to find out that it just doesn't fix your issues. Fortunately it sounds to me that your issue is your network and/or internet service provider. The "speedtest" only checks your connectivity to various servers on the internet, and doesn't really test out your laptop.
For a hardware(laptop/desktop) test I recommend geekbench which can be found at http://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/ the tools here will test your machines processor and give you an idea of your hardwares speed.
To remedy your problem I would first check your wireless router (I am assuming your laptop connects to the internet wirelessly) and see if it is atleast N capable. I see routers all the time that are B/G that get old and just can't deliver the speed that new and added network devices and websites require to function frictionless. If your router is an N or better yet an AC, then we'd need to look at your modem or your service provider. If you have ATT DSL, there have been reports, somewhat confirmed, that they are dialing down things on the DSL side in order to persuade their customers to move to Uverse, but you didn't hear that from me
If your router is ok, and the modem too take your laptop and sit it relatively close to your wireless router/access point and run the speedtest again. It could be that some new piece of furniture, or maybe even cordless phone is blocking the wireless signal to where you use your laptop most.
Best of luck,
damon

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