Portrait Orientation of a Wide Screen Plasma?

[Nate...@gmail.com]

I am setting up a booth at a mall soon to showcase Wedding photography
during a bridal expo, most of my wedding pictures are shot in the
portrait orientation, I thought it would be eye catching as well as
practical to mount the plasma screen on its side so its tall rather
than wide. I will have a 50 inch Vizio provided I support it well are
there any negative implications on the gas inside at being on its side?

[Tantalust]

<Nate...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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This is usually not advisable, as many of these are designed to vent the
heat upward (only) when in landscape orientation.

[Alan F]

I doubt if that is much of an issue with the better plasmas as they
run cooler. The plasma cells don't care.

But this would be for a static image display. I prefer plasmas for TV
and DVD viewing as they offer better picture quality than LCDs, but in
this case, I would be concerned about burn-in. For static displays and
brightly or harshly light environment- such as one might get in a mall -
LCD flat panels are more suitable. LCD flat panels are also a few
pounds lighter than same size plasmas which makes them easier to move
and set up (and less prone to cracking the screen). My recommendation
would be to look for a 42" or 46" LCD with a VGA port in this application.

Alan F

[Charlie Hoffpauir]

I remember a TV commercial a few years ago where the couple with a new
plasma tried the screen in several locations, and ended up with it on
the ceiling above their bed.... so I don't think standing it on end on
portrait position should bother it.

Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

[Alan]

Well, check the Tanforan mall (South San Francisco), or Valley Fair (San Jose).
You should find LG panels hanging around there in portrait mode, running.

Alan

[Tantalust]

Nate, not sure if this is your particular model, but the P50 (pdf) owners
manual specifically warns against portrait orientation:

http://www.vizio.com/media/products/pdfs/Manual_P50HDTV10A(1).pdf