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Tangential. Using my monitor in portrait mode has been a game changer for me. Now when I look back I wonder how is it that I wasted so much display space.

aequitas 6y ago
I got a 27" monitor which is essentially 2 portrait mode monitors fused together. When I could get hold of a 30" monitor years ago at work it was a real eye opener for me. I always had double screens but I tended to used only 2/3 of those screens and one was always to far off to the side to be more usefull than occasionally glance at. Now with a 27/30" screen I can have 2 windows side by side within my field of view, of 1 large windows and 2 smallers ones like terminal.
colechristensen 6y ago
I like a 4:5 display, but they don't really make them any more (or if they do, there's one or two choices)
- fanf2 6y ago
  I currently have two 1200x1920 panels in portrait mode next to each other, and 2400x1920 is 5:4 It’s the aspect ratio I grew up with, but 14x the number of pixels and 4x the screen size, but probably half the weight and power consumption!
- WildParser 6y ago
  1:1 is also nice. https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/ https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/
  - mchan 6y ago
    I'm using this monitor, and it has replaced a dual-screen FHD setup. The amount of vertical resolution is fantastic.
  - vxNsr 6y ago
    That... thing is disturbing to look at, that being said the first thing I started looking for was the price, and it’s predictably expensive considering that it’s just a great aspect ratio for a 1920p 26” screen. I’d pay about $500 for a square 2160p 30” screen. But then I’m a cheapskate and I have no way to justify even the $500 cost when I could get a couple 27” 2160p’s on sale for that.
  - ddalex 6y ago
    8:9 is also a sweet spot, where you divide a 16:9 vertically to display two windows. No more awkward monitor rotations !

aequitas 6y ago

I got a 27" monitor which is essentially 2 portrait mode monitors fused together. When I could get hold of a 30" monitor years ago at work it was a real eye opener for me. I always had double screens but I tended to used only 2/3 of those screens and one was always to far off to the side to be more usefull than occasionally glance at. Now with a 27/30" screen I can have 2 windows side by side within my field of view, of 1 large windows and 2 smallers ones like terminal.

colechristensen 6y ago

I like a 4:5 display, but they don't really make them any more (or if they do, there's one or two choices)

fanf2 6y ago
I currently have two 1200x1920 panels in portrait mode next to each other, and 2400x1920 is 5:4 It’s the aspect ratio I grew up with, but 14x the number of pixels and 4x the screen size, but probably half the weight and power consumption!
WildParser 6y ago
1:1 is also nice. https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/ https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/
- mchan 6y ago
  I'm using this monitor, and it has replaced a dual-screen FHD setup. The amount of vertical resolution is fantastic.
- vxNsr 6y ago
  That... thing is disturbing to look at, that being said the first thing I started looking for was the price, and it’s predictably expensive considering that it’s just a great aspect ratio for a 1920p 26” screen. I’d pay about $500 for a square 2160p 30” screen. But then I’m a cheapskate and I have no way to justify even the $500 cost when I could get a couple 27” 2160p’s on sale for that.
- ddalex 6y ago
  8:9 is also a sweet spot, where you divide a 16:9 vertically to display two windows. No more awkward monitor rotations !