Are there any LCD monitors with vertically oriented RGB stripes when in portrait orientation? [closed]

It's a known issue that ClearType doesn't render text well when lcd monitors are rotated to portrait orientation. ClearType is primarily tuned for a vertically oriented RGB stripes (your average everyday LCD monitor in horizontal mode).

It would be awesome if I could find a monitor built for portrait orientation. i.e. a monitor that has vertically oriented RGB stripes when in vertical orientation.

Does anyone have experience using a monitor like this?

I plan on it being a fourth monitor that is used primarily for reading. It will sit in portrait orientation permanently.

FYI, here's a great article on ClearType in Windows 7. I've highlighted some of the discussion in the comments sections on vertical mode rendering.

You'd be after a specific technology to get that, and you'd pay a lot for such a non-TN monitor (>$1000).

A much easier solution would be to use the ClearType configuration tool - it is possible to tell ClearType to use alternate pixel arrangements (this is mostly for compatiblity with older LCDs, but also includes vertical arrangements last time I checked).

If you switch back and forth between portrait and landscape (which would make your special monitor useless) you could look into the registry changes needed to switch back and forth using a script (you could also script the change between portrait and landscape resolution).

EDIT: I'm trying to find the specific property page for this - I remember it as 4 boxes with different pixel layouts (2 vertical/2 horizontal). Hopefully it isn't my imagination that I've seen the vertical option in one of the ClearType tuners (there is the control panel, the power toy, the web thing)