

IPS and VA panels are the only 'tate-able' lcd panel types, check here if you want to learn about the different panel technologies. you shouldn't - ever - pick a monitor with a TN panel, because those are bad and banned for portrait/tate (extremely narrow viewing angles making about half of the screen go dark). Does the difference in size between 24" and 27" tate make a difference when playing? Or is the 24" big enough? All those would be widescreen displays btw, so there will be black borders top and bottom. In another thread I read that the bigger the screen the slower the game feels and dodging becomes much easier. The question here is, how big a screen do I need for proper shmupping? I tried turning around my 24" but had to hold it with one hand so I could not proplerly play. The other option would be a 27" with a mounting bracket for the desk, which would cost about 80 more than the first option. The first option would be another 24" but this time with a tate-able stand, this would cost 150 bucks.

But due to a lack of VESA mounting options I can't just flip this display around so I have to spend a little cash on something new but I am unsure about what to get. I find it very hard to keep track of dense bullet patterns and my ship's position when playing more finicky on this display. I got all my clears on this but as you can see it's only the easy games. I'm planning on going for a tate setup after shmupping exclusively on a yoko 24" LCD.

After a year of hardly playing anything I want to get back into arcade gaming (meaning playing stuff in MAME ).
