Best vertical displays?

Question

I've got used to work with vertical screens. They are the best for programming in my opinion. I want to buy a new one but they are really hard to find, has i expect not to be the only one using them, i wanted to ask which ones do you use? and which are the best? (mine gets blury with small angle variations when looking at it)

It's programming related because i want to use it to code so don't close it please, at least until i get some answers.

By vertical display i mean this--> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/263500/best-programming-monitor/263631#263631

Answer 1

I use two HP LP2065 monitors (plus a third older one for email). One HP is normal, the other is rotated 90 degrees for coding. I find this to work well with both VS2008 and VS 2010. Note that I don't use Cleartype (hate the fringing, even if I tune it).

Some people find these HP monitors "grainy" because of their coating, but I love them. Its especially nice that they have a very wide viewing angle, so demos are a lot less trouble.

I believe HP do an IPS 24-incher now, but I haven't seen that yet. They can prise these 2065's from my cold dead fingers, anyway :). Note that HP have (had?) a very nasty habit of selling different technology panels under the same product name, so you may have to watch out for that.

Answer 2

You need to find monitors with VA (PVA or MVA) or IPS panels. Cheaper TN LCDs have very poor vertical viewing angles which become horizontal angles when rotated. Some vendors list panel types but in most cases you need to infer it from the listed stats. 160/170 viewing angles mean TN panels, 176 is VA, 178 (IPS). The actual numbers for the angles are meaningless for anything except IDing panel types becuase they represent an angle where contrast drops to 10:1 or 5:1, not the point where the image quality gets really bad; eg the TN's in most laptops get messed up around a 30-50 vertical angle.

*VA displays are good enough for most uses and have less of a price premium than IPS, but will still be significantly more expensive than TN panels. I love my IPS displays because they have the best viewing angles and color quality; but if you're not doing photo editing they're probably overkill.