Cheap vertical monitor

[Inkz]

So I stream on twitch and I am looking to get a second monitor for chat. I think I need one with good viewing angles if it's always tilted. I am fine with 1080p even 60 hz since I would be just gaming on my 240 primary anyways. So I need cheap, good viewing angles, and can go vertical with built in stand. 

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Basically any monitor that you can mount vertically will do, doesn't need to be special.  By default, TN are generally setup so that horizontal viewing angles are better than vertical viewing angles because they're wider so they need to be, and this means if you turn it vertically it will still work well in that axis, so long as it's pointed at you.  If you get a VA or especially IPS then there also shouldn't be any issues in that regard.

 

Cheapest option is probably to get the cheapest monitor you can find with a VESA mount, and then a compatible arm.  Or, if you get lucky and find a cheap one with a fancy stand built in, that could work, but generally more advanced stands are reserved for higher end monitors which are going to cost more than you need to spend for this.

[Inkz]

5 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Basically any monitor that you can mount vertically will do, doesn't need to be special.  By default, TN are generally setup so that horizontal viewing angles are better than vertical viewing angles because they're wider so they need to be, and this means if you turn it vertically it will still work well in that axis, so long as it's pointed at you.  If you get a VA or especially IPS then there also shouldn't be any issues in that regard.

 

Cheapest option is probably to get the cheapest monitor you can find with a VESA mount, and then a compatible arm.  Or, if you get lucky and find a cheap one with a fancy stand built in, that could work, but generally more advanced stands are reserved for higher end monitors which are going to cost more than you need to spend for this.

But do you think the price of getting a mount and stand separate would be better than the cost of a monitor with it built in? I also can't put anything into walls in my apartment if that would be needed. 

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8 minutes ago, Inkz said:

But do you think the price of getting a mount and stand separate would be better than the cost of a monitor with it built in? I also can't put anything into walls in my apartment if that would be needed. 

I suspect it would be.  A wall mount VESA arm thing is like $15 US

https://www.amazon.com/Mounting-Dream-MD2463-Articulating-100x100mm/dp/B00ZKFRKIU/

I'm still looking for a desk option since it sounds like that's what you'd need, but I'd hope it wouldn't be too much more.

That plus a monitor like this would do the job I should think:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tkL7YJ/asus-monitor-vs228tp

I'm not sure bumping up the monitor budget by $15 will net you one with a built in vertical stand option, but it's possible, I just don't know all options off hand.  The problem is you can filter and sort by VESA options but not by the built in stand unfortunately, unless you know another site for this.

 

As a total aside, this is why I wish monitors would just always have VESA, and then the included stand was just a VESA itself rather than being built in specifically in a proprietary way.  That way the stand would still be useful for other displays, and you could rotate it without issues (if it was tall enough).

 

Edit: This looks like one of the cheapest options https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DHK5DHN/