[PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Mayuresh
I am looking for a largish (15-20") monitor that can be used in portrait (vertical) viewing mode, with pivot/swivel stand. Somewhat like a tablet, but tablets of that display size are very costly. I searched the web and called a few local shops, though did not get to see much in this category. W

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Gaurav Pant
Hi, On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Mayuresh wrote: > I am looking for a largish (15-20") monitor that can be used in portrait > (vertical) viewing mode, with pivot/swivel stand. > Just buy any monitor and use display rotation by 90 Deg. You can buy stand separately for vertical standing. Just

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 07:43:29PM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > > I am looking for a largish (15-20") monitor that can be used in portrait > > (vertical) viewing mode, with pivot/swivel stand. > > > > Just buy any monitor and use display rotation by 90 Deg. You can buy stand > separately for vertic

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Gaurav Pant
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Mayuresh wrote: > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 07:43:29PM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > > > I am looking for a largish (15-20") monitor that can be used in > portrait > > > (vertical) viewing mode, with pivot/swivel stand. > > > > > > > Just buy any monitor and use displa

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:15:29PM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > > I have tried the same with a 22 inch Samsung LED/LCD connected as a > secondary display to my laptop. I could hardly feel any difference in the > same (while in vertical mode). Great, could you share the model number please? Mayure

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:15:29PM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > I have tried the same with a 22 inch Samsung LED/LCD connected as a > secondary display to my laptop. I could hardly feel any difference in the > same (while in vertical mode). BTW 22 inch sounds like a big enough screen to meet most

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Gaurav Pant
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Mayuresh wrote: > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:15:29PM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > > I have tried the same with a 22 inch Samsung LED/LCD connected as a > > secondary display to my laptop. I could hardly feel any difference in > the > > same (while in vertical mode)

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread G Karunakar
On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:10:07 +0530 Mayuresh wrote: > I am looking for a largish (15-20") monitor that can be used in > portrait (vertical) viewing mode, with pivot/swivel stand. > > Somewhat like a tablet, but tablets of that display size are very > costly. > > I searched the web and called a few

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread G Karunakar
On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 21:19:51 +0530 Mayuresh wrote: > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:15:29PM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > > I have tried the same with a 22 inch Samsung LED/LCD connected as > > a secondary display to my laptop. I could hardly feel any > > difference in the same (while in vertical mode).

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-07 Thread Mayuresh
On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 09:29:24AM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > 22 inch gives around 10.5 inches height and 15 inch give around 8 inches in > normal portrait mode, I guess, for 22 inch, the smaller dimension (landscape height) will be at least 12 inch. No? I went by this table: https://en.wikipedia

Re: [PLUG] Looking for a portrait / vertical monitor

2016-01-08 Thread Mayuresh
On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 09:29:24AM +0530, Gaurav Pant wrote: > 22 inch gives around 10.5 inches height and 15 inch give around 8 inches in > normal portrait mode, Just to update, I bought Dell E2416H 24", abut 11.7in height in portrait mode. This is kind of sufficient for now. If required I'll ge