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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7538182" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I'm going to be placing an order from Collabrewate for a <a href="https://www.collabrewate.com/blog/2018/3/6/portable-tv-case-tabletop-games" target="_blank">portable TV case for tabletop games and digital maps</a>.Basically, the display is horizontal and connected to a laptop so you can display digital battlemaps using RealmWorks, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, or just zooming a PDF to the appropriate scale. I'm leaning towards a 32&quot; display for portability and storage between games. The case comes with a handle so you can grab and go, making it easy to take to a friend's home, a FLGS, or a convention hall.&nbsp; Larger diplays seem like they would be too cumbersome.&nbsp; Also, I want to have plenty of space for players to spread out. I don't want the entire table taken over by the display. That said, MOST of the time, I'm playing at my house. I worry that 32&quot; may be too small for many battlemaps locations. I think for most indoor locations, it would be fine. I could also shrink to a smaller scale and use digital tokens that scale with the map or smaller physical items when I need to scale the map smaller than 28mm scale. A 32&quot; screen's usable dimensions are <a href="https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship" target="_blank">generally</a> 27.9&quot; (70.9 cm) by 15.7&quot; (39.9 cm), giving a playable 27 by 15 one-inch sqares.&nbsp; The D&amp;D Aventure Grid, by comparison, is&nbsp; 25.5 x 22, but the actual playable area (full grid squares) is 25 by 21. So, I stepped away from writing this post to draw out the playable areas of (1) the D&amp;D Adventure Grid [green line], (2) a 32&quot; monitor [red line], and (3) a 40&quot; monitor [blue line].&nbsp; After seeing it physically on the table, it became clear to me that a 32&quot; inch monitor would be inadequate and a 40&quot; would still be plenty portable. [ATTACH]103769[/ATTACH]But this still isn't based on actual play. For those of you who game using horizontal displays as digital battlemaps, using actual minis on top of the screen, what size monitor(s) do you use?&nbsp; Have you felt hampered by too small a screen?&nbsp; Do you find your screen to be too large and cumbersome?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7538182, member: 6796661"] I'm going to be placing an order from Collabrewate for a [URL="https://www.collabrewate.com/blog/2018/3/6/portable-tv-case-tabletop-games"]portable TV case for tabletop games and digital maps[/URL]. Basically, the display is horizontal and connected to a laptop so you can display digital battlemaps using RealmWorks, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, or just zooming a PDF to the appropriate scale. I'm leaning towards a 32" display for portability and storage between games. The case comes with a handle so you can grab and go, making it easy to take to a friend's home, a FLGS, or a convention hall. Larger diplays seem like they would be too cumbersome. Also, I want to have plenty of space for players to spread out. I don't want the entire table taken over by the display. That said, MOST of the time, I'm playing at my house. I worry that 32" may be too small for many battlemaps locations. I think for most indoor locations, it would be fine. I could also shrink to a smaller scale and use digital tokens that scale with the map or smaller physical items when I need to scale the map smaller than 28mm scale. A 32" screen's usable dimensions are [URL="https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship"]generally[/URL] 27.9" (70.9 cm) by 15.7" (39.9 cm), giving a playable 27 by 15 one-inch sqares. The D&D Aventure Grid, by comparison, is 25.5 x 22, but the actual playable area (full grid squares) is 25 by 21. So, I stepped away from writing this post to draw out the playable areas of (1) the D&D Adventure Grid [[COLOR=#008000]green line[/COLOR]], (2) a 32" monitor [[COLOR=#ff0000]red line[/COLOR]], and (3) a 40" monitor [[COLOR=#0000ff]blue line[/COLOR]]. After seeing it physically on the table, it became clear to me that a 32" inch monitor would be inadequate and a 40" would still be plenty portable. [ATTACH=CONFIG]103769._xfImport[/ATTACH] But this still isn't based on actual play. For those of you who game using horizontal displays as digital battlemaps, using actual minis on top of the screen, what size monitor(s) do you use? Have you felt hampered by too small a screen? Do you find your screen to be too large and cumbersome? [/QUOTE]

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