On 9/14/06, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm working on a large score and it is time to get a card that will allow rotation of my 24" monitor into portrait mode.
Hi Chuck I recently bought two 20 inch TFT rotatable monitors. They were expensive enough so I bought a second hand Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition G5 Card on eBay! It was about £80 which is what - $140? It works brilliantly. The control panels are found in System Prefs > Preference Panes > ATI and you just click whether you want 90 degrees CW, 90 degrees CCW or 180 degrees for each monitor. It also works with either VGA or DVI. Actually it has an ADC and a DVI connector but it comes with a DVI to VGA connector, and Br Bott sell an ADC to VGA connector if you need VGA. Anyway, this probably isn't the cheapest option even secondhand, but just to say that ATI versavision (rotation software) is brilliant and rotation in general is a real eye opener. I'm generally using one monitor in front of me in landscape and one to the left in portrait. This means I can have a score open in two views - the detail in landscape in front of me where I do actual work and zoom about - and a complete page overview in portrait mode to the left which updates live with the work I'm doing in the other monitor. Can't say anything about longevity, but for quality I can vouch for the LG2000C, rotatable, 1600x1200, DVI & VGA, 3 year on site swap out warranty. I paid about £350 each, you can get far cheaper if you don't need the HiRes. Anyone thinking of going for rotation would do well to put them on a shortlist. -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art
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