# North Indian thali menu board · Portrait > A free vertical thali menu board for any TV. Butter chicken and paneer makhani thalis, priced in rupees, with an unlimited lunch offer. Source: https://channelos.tv/t/north-indian-thali-menu-board-portrait-873103ad-92c6-44b3-8972-d0d38ba77d52 Category: Restaurant & menu Shape: 9:16 (portrait, a TV stood on its end) Slides: 4 Author: ChannelOS (community) Price: free --- ## What is a vertical thali menu board? A thali menu board is the screen in a north Indian kitchen listing the day's thalis and their prices. Run on a TV it loops the kitchen's name, the thali list with prices, one lunch offer, and opening hours, and the day's rates are typed in rather than rewritten on a board. A north Indian kitchen runs this on a TV stood on its end: the venue, the priced list, one offer and the hours. ## What is on this board The slides below are the template's real content, flattened to text. Remixing copies the whole deck into your own workspace, where every line is editable. ### Slide 1 of 1 ![North Indian thali menu board · Portrait, slide 1: the venue and what it is known for](https://channelos.tv/templates/03-indian-dhaba/p-1-hero.webp) - Ghar ka khana - Darbar Rasoi - Slow-cooked gravies, tandoor breads, every day. - @darbarrasoi · north indian kitchen ## Frequently asked questions ### 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. ## How to use it 1. Open https://channelos.tv/t/north-indian-thali-menu-board-portrait-873103ad-92c6-44b3-8972-d0d38ba77d52 and press "Use this template". 2. It is copied into your own workspace, where you edit the words, prices and colours. 3. Open the player link on the TV, pair it once with the code on screen, and the board airs. It runs in the television's own web browser. There is no media player box to buy and nothing to install. The first screen is free.