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Offline fateswarm

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They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:21:55 »
.. so some went a step further:

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Offline badcop

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:27:16 »


it hurts my neck
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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:29:39 »
I really, really miss square screens.

Whose idea was it to go to wide stubby horizontal screens, anyway? Is it because that is what movie theater screens look like?

My 2 monitor setup has a square screen and a horizontal one, and for almost any kind of document I am moving vertically much more often.
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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:32:36 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:29:39
I really, really miss square screens.

Whose idea was it to go to wide stubby horizontal screens, anyway? Is it because that is what movie theater screens look like?

My 2 monitor setup has a square screen and a horizontal one, and for almost any kind of document I am moving vertically much more often.

The GOOD old days.  my setup from high school.

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:47:28 »
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:27:16
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it hurts my neck

I have a Dell 24" - 1920 x 1200 - IPS that I can set vertically.  Yours looks larger.  What size is it?
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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:49:05 »
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:47:28
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:27:16
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it hurts my neck

I have a Dell 24" - 1920 x 1200 - IPS that I can set vertically.  Yours looks larger.  What size is it?

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" 2560x1440

It's my work monitor.  I think about stealing it everyday.
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Offline therecorder

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:50:34 »
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:49:05
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:47:28
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:27:16
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it hurts my neck

I have a Dell 24" - 1920 x 1200 - IPS that I can set vertically.  Yours looks larger.  What size is it?

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" 2560x1440

It's my work monitor.  I think about stealing it everyday.

No wonder your neck hurts!
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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:56:25 »
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:50:34
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:49:05
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:47:28
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:27:16
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it hurts my neck

I have a Dell 24" - 1920 x 1200 - IPS that I can set vertically.  Yours looks larger.  What size is it?

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" 2560x1440

It's my work monitor.  I think about stealing it everyday.

No wonder your neck hurts!

i have it in landscape 95% of the time.  the best portrait setup is 24" for sure.
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Offline dadgh

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 08:25:03 »
I couldn't get used to it so I went with a hybrid option.

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Offline therecorder

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:31:04 »
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:56:25
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:50:34
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:49:05
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:47:28
Quote from: badcop on Tue, 04 June 2013, 07:27:16
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it hurts my neck

I have a Dell 24" - 1920 x 1200 - IPS that I can set vertically.  Yours looks larger.  What size is it?

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" 2560x1440

It's my work monitor.  I think about stealing it everyday.

No wonder your neck hurts!

i have it in landscape 95% of the time.  the best portrait setup is 24" for sure.

I can get Windows 8 to go into portrait mode, but how do you get the Dell monitor to do so for bootup (e.g. BIOS setup).
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Offline badcop

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:34:49 »
Quote from: therecorder on Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:31:04
I can get Windows 8 to go into portrait mode, but how do you get the Dell monitor to do so for bootup (e.g. BIOS setup).

that i do not know. 
I usually only flip once its booted this machine is never turned off and rebooted maybe once a month. sorry  :(
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Offline mich

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:37:55 »
Impossible with current BIOSes.

Picture rotation is typically performed by GPU on request from software and I'm yet to see a BIOS which provides such option. I'm also not aware of any monitor which can be switched between declaring X×Y or Y×X resolution, although this is theoretically possible.
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Offline therecorder

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:42:10 »
Quote from: mich on Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:37:55
Impossible with current BIOSes.

Picture orientation is configured by software and I'm yet to see a BIOS which provides such option.

Thanks...  At least now I don't have to spend time searching.  And, I have a dual display setup, and the other monitor is a 24' Asus - 1920 x 1080, that is in landscape mode.
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Offline mich

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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:50:25 »
And back on topic, I use two old 1600×1200 IPS panels side-by-side and they give me more vertical and horizontal space than all these pathetic "Full HD" displays :)

I think I'll be looking for some nice 30"-er now because I don't want to "downgrade" in pixel count :)
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Re: They say reading and typing text is done more vertically, than horizontally..
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:54:46 »
Quote from: mich on Tue, 04 June 2013, 09:50:25
And back on topic, I use two old 1600×1200 IPS panels side-by-side and they give me more vertical and horizontal space than all these pathetic "Full HD" displays :)

I think I'll be looking for some nice 30"-er now because I don't want to "downgrade" in pixel count :)

go 1-30" and 2 - 24"s!!

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