I used to agree with you completely when it came to the Portrait , but I've always loved my Radius 20" & 21" CRTs.
But NOW, my favorite by FAAAAARRRR would have to be my NEW HP 23" 1080p LCD! 8-o
No matter what a Mac throws at it, the Big@$$ LCD interpolates the pixels to fill up the full vertical space at whatever DPI it winds up being and displays it at the proper aspect ratio, letterboxing the sides! I pulled my old KVM/Power/Wiring rig from the whacked out desk I used to have at the shop outta' the box it's been stored in for five years. I've now got any three Macs and HP_Mini working off a wireless LogiTech PS2 KBD/Mouse while I kick back in a swivel rocker with the KBD on a lap desk and the mousepad on top of the 2002 Quicksilver!
Right now I've got the QuickSilver, A Quadra 950 and a Radius 81/110 (?) w/the VideoVision Studio Rig.
I can kick back with my feet up on an oak stool and switch between them at will . . .
. . . and I don't even need my reading glasses!
SWEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jt
p.s. Best of all, it's housed in the very first computer workstation I ever built! It was a TV stand I made to match our bedroom set w/the VCR and and the Disk Drive behind smoked Plexi Paned Doors along with my C64 on a KBD Drawer using the TV as the monitor. Now HP_MIni hangs out on the KBD Drawer!