MAMEWorld Forums - Hardware - Re: Horizontal or vertical screen?

> I am working on the design of my 1st cabinet and will be using a Dell 21" monitor. I
> have gone back and forth on deciding to mount it horizontal or vertical.
> Any suggestions?
> The games I play seem to be a mix.

I guess it amounts to the same thing either way, but I feel like horizontal games on a vertical monitor are going to look worse than vertical games on a horizontal monitor. Personally I'd go with mounting it horizontal.

That's one of the reasons I'm not inclined to build an actual cab at this point. My setup has dual monitors, one vertical and one horizontal, with MAME set up to pipe the appropriate games to each one. It works fantastic and looks great, it seems a shame to give that up just to have a cab.

> The monitor I have will rotate on it's base in either direction. I thought maybe I
> could make an electronic motor to move it to either position inside the cab via a
> switch.

It could work, but it seems like it'd be a significant challenge to come up with a mechanism that works smoothly.