Fri May 26, 2023 5:04 pm
I have the Viewsonic TD2230 that I use in Landscape mode. I've had it since 2017 with no real issues. Once in a great awhile it will flicker just once after being on for the first 5 minutes. But that started about 2 years ago. I picked this one since is had very thin bezel, which I like.
As others have stated, running in Portrait orientation is a function of your VESA mount as most allow you to rotate between the 2 modes and of course the operating system needs to be told about the Portrait orientation as its default setting is Landscape. Finally the respective organ set may look better if there actually is a separate portrait option. Sonus Paradisi sets usually show what all the available screens, in both orientations, will look like on their website. Others, like Piotr Grabowski don't provide that level of detail of all screen shots but *do* automatically flip to their alternative Portrait counterpart when detected, especially for the Left & Right stop jambs. Same for the MDA Salisbury set, it does have a separate (correct) Portrait graphic but these examples are absent on their website. Someone will need to confirm about the MDA OLMC Skinner. Finally the Paramount sets DO NOT have a Portrait counterpart. So if running a Paramount set in Portrait the (landscape) graphic is flattened with large blank spaces above and below.
Finally I've seen and played a few HW setups with twin Landscape monitors. These were converted consoles with the stop jambs or bolsters still intact so the TS monitors 'hovered' over them. Having them in Portrait mode in these cases would have made them a bit tall and less attractive.
Hope this helps.
Danny B.