Tilt Wide Screens

[gracken]

Nowadays laptop computer screens, even the ones intended for use in the office, are coming in widescreen. I think it would be useful if these screens could be tilted vertically like for editing text documents.

Widescreens come at a ratio of 16:9=1.77. A standard letter page is in a ratio of 11:8.5=1.29 so the length of a letter would fit nicely if put at the width of a page. Anyway, it's an idea.

Reward: just knowing that took the time thinking of me to look for something is enough

[Mad_Professor]

This concept has been out for quite some time now. For example, here is a link to a Dell 22" widescreen monitor with that horizontal to vertical functionality for about $240:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/prod ... u=320-8103

[gracken]

Yeah, I guess you're right. But hey, I bet you haven't seen this on laptops yet, which is more of what I was going for. I mean those I had seen those long vertical screens on older machines but not tiltable ones and not on laptops.

[majenko]

Stand your laptop on its end (like a book) and use an external keyboard and mouse. Job done. Next?

[Uniqly]

It would be awesome if laptops had 2 screens. The first screen could function as is in most laptops today. If that isn't enough then you could fold the second screen up from behind the first so they stack vertically.