Blurry Monitor

A user at my office had to replace his monitor. The text on screen appears fuzzy now. I've tried upping the level of font smoothing, and it hasn't seemed to help. Is this something that is affected by the computer? or is it the Monitor alone?

It could be a couple of things depending on is this on a Mac, which one?
If so there is a setting in System Preferences Displays, there are 2 different settings there you can set. If the display monitor he or she has is not a widescreen be sure that the stetched is not in use in the Display Resolutions.
In the Color selection you may have to Do a Calibration, Just click and follow th steps.
Also make sure you go to the upper left of the affected computer and check Software Update making sure that you have all the latest Firmware and Security Updates. All can affect the performance.
Cheers Don

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