MBP 15" retina screen is fuzzy, changing display settings does not improve, help!

My 2013 late model MBP 15" retina screen is not displaying sharply, even with I select "best resolution for Retina display." Or when I change the settings to "scaled" and select "more space"....the text and fonts get smaller but still not "sharp". (my screen looks like an old MBP screen from 5 years ago).
How can I fix this and make it a true Retina sharpness on my screen?

Hello BocaJulz,
You may need to enable “Use LCD font smoothing when available,” in System Preferences -> General.
OS X Mavericks: If screen text looks blurry or jagged
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13821
Cheers,
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