Macbook pro and two HP 25xi monitors resolution issues

I have a Macbook Pro with Retina display purchased in 2014. I connected two HP Pavilion 25xi monitors and was having major issues where the second monitor would always be blurry and the resolution would not fit the screen so basically you could not see the border of the screen including the menu bar, sides, etc.
After troubleshooting and looking at blogs, I tried to investigate from the Monitor itself and did the following:
HP Monitor Menu > Image Control > Overscan > Turned it OFF
ISSUE RESOLVED!!!!

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