Re: OLED anyone?

[Steve_Cuthbertson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 17:37:18 +0000, it was written:

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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:31:11 +0000, Jim Noble
<yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dan Khan wrote:
>
> > I think that on WS TVs, the measurement is taken along the width,
not
> > the diagnol.  4:3 TVs still use the diagnol measurement though.
>
>
> It's always the diagonal - makes the numbers look bigger. They also
> measure the tube size, which will be bigger than the area of the
screen
> occupied by the picture...

And watch out for those that give the tube size in inches, then the
visible area in CM.

(How come TV's/Monitors etc aren't subject to the same rules as
grocers, who get prosecuted if they use Imperial units?)
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Manufacturers (as far as I am aware) do something rather clever. They quote
the visible areas in cm, and don't actually quote an inch size at all. That
seems to be done by supplier/retailers. The manufacturers just use the inch
size in the model number... (at least the Japanese do. I think european
manufacturers are a little more random. Philips use model numbers with both
cm and inch, although not AFAIK in the same model number.)
As to why suppliers don't get their wrists slapped - dunno guv.


Steve.
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If it stands still, I'll keep it..
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