Are there any dangers in laying your monitor on its side?

reason: using Propeller Heads Reason 3 software which has 2 screens, want to put the audio rack on 2nd monitor with 90 degrees rotation...

cheers

LCD or CRT ?

CRT

If you only have holes at the top of the monitor, ventilation may be a problem when sideways. Don't have any definitive information about anything else (magnetic field, etc).

(Edit: talked a lot of s***)

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There should be an option to rotate the screen in your display options, eg. nVidia cards have nvrotate. Why do you want the rack on its side?

i got told when carrying a TV to keep it upright and not on its side because the phopshors might go funny and change the colour.

I know older monitors went all crazy with their colours the same way as if you stuck a magnet next to it.

i use to turn my TV on its side to play Raiden 2 on the PS. At the time the advice was leave it off for a half hour or so before turning it back on.

as long as there's no danger to the manifold

Why do you want the rack on its side?

I'm guessing physically rotate screen to then rotate the program in the software for more vertical height of the application?

^^ I thought that too but seriously, how much extra would turning a screen on its side get you? an extra inch?

I see, I misread the OP.

thats right scuzzy

whoop, The audio rack cannot be resized. it sits with about 2 inches each side unused. where as i found when rotated 90' it fits the screen perfectly

my print screen of both monitors...
http://65.98.68.106/~getcabu/qgl/desktop.JPG

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