Budget VESA monitor arm which allows Portrait/Landscape rotation?

gazjam · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:00

HI,
Will be going Dual Monitor soon, picking up a Benq G2420HDBL to go with my LG204WT.
I want to be able to use the LG for both Documents (Portrait mode preferred) and as a second screen for 3D modelling software to store all the numeric panels etc to keep a clean main work screen.

Would be good to mount the LG on a monitor arm which will let me swap between portrait and landscape.

Anyone suggest anything to suit?

Thanks for any replies.

gazjam · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:50

anyone?

just wondering if theres a recognised "best" product for this...

dustofnations · 28 Feb 2010 at 21:07

I've heard Ergotron touted around as pretty good.

alex24 · 28 Feb 2010 at 21:11

They're far from budget though.

I'd also like to know if anyone has got a decent one for a good price.

McPhee · 28 Feb 2010 at 21:41

I picked up a Neo-Flex stand 2 years ago from ****. Great bit of kit! Gone up a bit in price since then though, now around £40.

No competitors!

gazjam · 1 Mar 2010 at 10:18

This would do?

http://cablemountain.com/TFT-Monitor-Desk-Arm-with-Clamp

(reckoned link would be ok as OCUK dont sell these?)

sygitius · 2 Mar 2010 at 14:48

Ergotron Neo-Flex Dual LCD Lift Stand

gazjam · 2 Mar 2010 at 21:58

nice..

but not really budget.
Thanks anyway!

Less than 30 Quid as above sounds a good one..

gazjam · 16 Mar 2010 at 10:15

Update:
Bought the 26Quid monitor arm.

Perfect!

Solid heavy bit of metalwork, allows for portrait/landscape use, adjustable height, swivel, tilt all you'd expect.
Good product.

Only thing Id improve is not being able to adjust "on the fly" the distance from teh back wall.
There are 5 "angles" of the main vertical support that can be set by screwing it together in different ways...once its set you have to dissemble it to change it.

I would have to pay a LOT more money for this (like Ergotron money) so its something I can live with.

I just set it to teh position nearest the back wall and left it there.

A great product, great for those (like me!) on a budget!

Prophet · 16 Mar 2010 at 10:19

Pictures of it in action?

gazjam · 16 Mar 2010 at 17:57

coming!

Se7ven · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:37

gazjam looking forward to pics, I am looking to buy this

tankskun · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:36

My ebay one brought for £25.99 delivered, not bad though mount could be stronger. holding my DEll 24" fine.

gazjam · 23 Mar 2010 at 10:54

Se7ven said:
gazjam looking forward to pics, I am looking to buy this

Pics as promised...(from crappy cam phone!)

In Portrait mode:

another:

Only problem Ive encountered is that my 20" LG being a TN panel, vertical viewing angles are not that great, and when rotated to portrait mode, this translates to moving your head from side to side makes the contrast/brightness change quite a lot.
However its not a problem on white background documents only on websites...which is the primary reason I wanted to be able to rotate into portrait mode in the first place - so not a drama!

Detail of the mount itself:

Detail of the Desk Clamp:

And the way I normally have my 2nd monitor set up.

Overall, this monitor arm is a cracking buy.
A solid, heavy piece of metalwork it clamps to the desk and holds the monitor rock solid. Only thing that could be better (for me) is not being able to put the monitor closer to the back wall "on the fly"...the distance is defined by the way you bolt the arm together.
There are 5 "angle" settings the arm can lean forward from the desk, and this is the only means of adjustment of distance from the back wall.

No a major problem for me...its just that I had to move my Benq 24" further away from the back wall that I would prefer to match the LG.

9/10

Hope this helps!