- Why stand a TV on its end for a north Indian kitchen?
- Because the wall usually decides. A north Indian kitchen tends to sit against a pillar, a narrow strip beside a doorway or a window that is taller than it is wide, and a landscape panel there either overhangs or shrinks to fit. A portrait board reads as one column top to bottom, which suits a list. What it is not is a rotated landscape design: turning a wide layout on its side re-wraps every line, so the board is authored in the shape the screen is mounted in.
- How do I mount a screen in portrait safely?
- Three checks before drilling. The bracket has to allow rotation, which most VESA plates do but some fixed ones do not. The panel itself has to be rated for portrait: many consumer TVs are not, because heat rises differently through a rotated panel and the warranty often says so in a line people skip. And the cables have to leave the set without a tight bend at the new bottom edge. A commercial signage panel is usually rated for both orientations, which is one of the real things the premium buys.
- What should a thali board show?
- The thalis you actually serve today, priced, and the one line that says what a thali includes. A customer choosing between butter chicken and paneer makhani is comparing two numbers and one word, so give them exactly that. Keep the roti and rice add-ons on the same screen since they decide the final bill. If the lunch thali is unlimited, say so on the offer slide with its hours, because that is the fact that moves a decision at noon.
- Does it work in Hindi or Gujarati?
- Yes. The board is text you type, so it renders whatever script you type into it, and a mixed board with English dish names and a Devanagari line under them is common and reads fine. Two practical notes: pick a font that actually carries the script rather than relying on a fallback, and give a Devanagari line a little more height than the Latin one, because the matras sit above and below and a tight line clips them.
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