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Not so much of a stretch. We use Dells with a rotatable screen at our work place and about half of the people keep one vertical and one horizontal monitor. Rea

Not so much of a stretch. We use Dells with a rotatable screen at our work place and about half of the people keep one vertical and one horizontal monitor. Reading logs or browsing code is quite nice with the vertical screen, as is reading some vertical oriented pdf materials. Cat videos are usually watched on the horizontal screen. :)

crististm 12y ago
How many of your coworkers noticed the difference in image quality in portrait mode? The monitors are optimized for "landscape" and when you put them in "portrait" you get a very different color hue on each eye. I found it so disturbing that I never used the monitors in portrait mode.
- astrodust 12y ago
  It depends entirely on your panel and how well your operating system handles sub-pixel anti-aliasing. Some panels shift dramatically, and some operating systems do a terrible job and you'll notice all kinds of fringing.
- Luc 12y ago
  Not all panels have this problem. Of my monitors, only the one with the cheap TN panel has it (and it's so obvious it would drive me mad if I had to use it vertically). My screen with a PVA panel is fine.
- Gravityloss 12y ago
  Those panels from different lots have somewhat different colors anyway, even in the same orientation, and you can't tune them to be equal very easily, at least I gave up. They have pretty good viewing angles too. So it doesn't make it better or worse to turn either one 90 degrees.
  - astrange 12y ago
    Did you use a hardware calibrator? It shouldn't be hard to get a Dell monitor to a calibrated white point - they're not bad unless you got a TN panel model.
baddox 12y ago
For productivity, ignoring the aesthetics of letterboxing for videos or games, aspect ratio comparisons really just come down to more resolution/desktop space is better. A 1920x1920 monitor is "squarer" than a 1920x1080 monitor, sure, but you can also just think of it as a 1920x1080 monitor with more space in the vertical axis. For productivity, making either axis longer or higher resolution is just better (obviously until you approach extremes which are physically unwieldy).
razster 12y ago
Linked is a photo of my current workspace. I use one in landscape and the other in portrait. http://i.imgur.com/CWYv6ZG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CWYv6ZG.jpg The setup is perfect for Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects - I can set all my menu/preview windows on the portrait, landscape for primary. Could I use a monitor like that? Not really, I thought about it for a while but it just wouldn't help me anymore than what I use now.

crististm 12y ago

How many of your coworkers noticed the difference in image quality in portrait mode? The monitors are optimized for "landscape" and when you put them in "portrait" you get a very different color hue on each eye. I found it so disturbing that I never used the monitors in portrait mode.

astrodust 12y ago
It depends entirely on your panel and how well your operating system handles sub-pixel anti-aliasing. Some panels shift dramatically, and some operating systems do a terrible job and you'll notice all kinds of fringing.
Luc 12y ago
Not all panels have this problem. Of my monitors, only the one with the cheap TN panel has it (and it's so obvious it would drive me mad if I had to use it vertically). My screen with a PVA panel is fine.
Gravityloss 12y ago
Those panels from different lots have somewhat different colors anyway, even in the same orientation, and you can't tune them to be equal very easily, at least I gave up. They have pretty good viewing angles too. So it doesn't make it better or worse to turn either one 90 degrees.
- astrange 12y ago
  Did you use a hardware calibrator? It shouldn't be hard to get a Dell monitor to a calibrated white point - they're not bad unless you got a TN panel model.

baddox 12y ago

For productivity, ignoring the aesthetics of letterboxing for videos or games, aspect ratio comparisons really just come down to more resolution/desktop space is better. A 1920x1920 monitor is "squarer" than a 1920x1080 monitor, sure, but you can also just think of it as a 1920x1080 monitor with more space in the vertical axis. For productivity, making either axis longer or higher resolution is just better (obviously until you approach extremes which are physically unwieldy).

razster 12y ago

Linked is a photo of my current workspace. I use one in landscape and the other in portrait. http://i.imgur.com/CWYv6ZG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CWYv6ZG.jpg The setup is perfect for Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects - I can set all my menu/preview windows on the portrait, landscape for primary. Could I use a monitor like that? Not really, I thought about it for a while but it just wouldn't help me anymore than what I use now.