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The dispersion pattern is exactly what I've always heard as the con for changing the orientation of a speaker. I'm not a speaker designer though, so I don't know how orientation truely effects the sound field.
Have you considered placing the center above your TV? I have mine on a shelf, which has long legs in the back to support the rear. If that's not an option, a wall mounted shelf would work just as well. My Paradigm center is enormous, and there were virtually no cabinets that could accomodate it.
Also, an "equivalent" bookshelf can do imaging just as well, for a phantom center. The Monitor 5 isn't much different than my 7s, and my uncles Studio 20 bookshelves have better imaging than my floorstanders. Just depends on the speaker. You do need a pretty darn good speaker to seamlessly pull off a phantom center though.
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