Turning A 30 Inch Monitor Vertically

[dave9988]

my 30 inch samsung 305t will not turn with vertical with the stand it came with.

does anyone know where i can an lcd stand that will let me use it vertically in bangkok or if not, online?

i cant find anything about this topic anywhere

thanks

[H2oDunc]

Dave, now I might be missing something here so bear with me but the question I have to ask is............................................

WHY would you want to turn your monitor vertically ???????????????????????? Thats maybe why your stand doesn't allow for this action ?????????????

As said it may be me missing something ?????????????

[spacemunk]

SyncMasters dont go vertically unlike the Dell's

[richm7]

Dave, now I might be missing something here so bear with me but the question I have to ask is............................................

WHY would you want to turn your monitor vertically ???????????????????????? Thats maybe why your stand doesn't allow for this action ?????????????

As said it may be me missing something ?????????????

So he can display an A4 or Letter page in it's entirety. Useful feature if you do a lot of that kind of work (an it's been around for years).

[Devil]

I have seen this at the cinema (Major cineplex Samui) with the schedule displayed A4 style, I had to look twice, very cool idea.

[sniffdog]

Actually, many of McDonalds in store promotion screens are vertical ...

[wpcoe]

If you're looking for an LCD display that rotates, that feature generally must be designed into that particular LCD monitor, and relies on corresponding rotation software.

I have a SyncMaster203B which was designed to be rotated from landscape to portrait and vice versa. The hardware has a 90-degree rotation "hinge" (for lack of a better term) on the back which lets me grab the screen and rotate it. I also need Samsung's MagicRotation software to then rotate the image. The rotation software only works with certain (not all) video cards.

I'm not sure if there's 3rd party software that would work with the video card to rotate an image, if say, you just mounted a non-rotation landscape LCD display and mounted it vertically (in portrait mode) on a stand?

I prefer operating in portrait mode when working in a word processor and when reading forum message (less scrolling and shorter line-lengths). I prefer landscape mode when using Photoshop to keep the palettes on the left & right sides of the screen with still enough room to see the image.

Another caveat in rotating a monitor: Beware of the location of the backlight fluorescents and vertical/horizontal viewing angle restrictions. If a monitor is designed for only landscape mode viewing, if you turn the thing on its side, the lighting may be not appropriate and/or you might restrict viewing angles.

[crocodilexp]

I'm doing this with a stand made of plastic/carboard like material (buy in Office Depot for 50 baht/sheet).

Tried finding a real stand (should not be hard, there's a VESA standard for mounts), but no luck. I get a sense that even if I found one it'd be prohibitively expensive (more than a good monitor itself).

[Rice_King]

I'm not sure if there's 3rd party software that would work with the video card to rotate an image, if say, you just mounted a non-rotation landscape LCD display and mounted it vertically (in portrait mode) on a stand?

Windows 7 supports this portrait feature. I use it to rotate the view on my old Viewsonic VP171b from landscape to portrait mode. No need to install the Viewsonic software.

[toptuan]

Dave, now I might be missing something here so bear with me but the question I have to ask is............................................

WHY would you want to turn your monitor vertically ???????????????????????? Thats maybe why your stand doesn't allow for this action ?????????????

As said it may be me missing something ?????????????

So he can display an A4 or Letter page in it's entirety. Useful feature if you do a lot of that kind of work (an it's been around for years).

At least 20 years. I saw it in 1980 used for word-processing in Seattle. The clunky old cathode-ray monitors were turned on end to give the viewer the feel of working on an actual page of text. In the days before Windows they actually had white background with black text--quite innovative and advanced for the time!