[thechat] Monitor sizes in USA

[Martin]

On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 06:37  pm, Shirley Kaiser wrote:

> Typical middle-of-the-road computer packages have 17" monitors and set
> at
> 1024x768 resolution. Typical middle-of-the-road computer packages with
> flatscreen monitors are 15" and also set at 1024x768 resolution.

Remembering that because CRTs measure their size diagonally
across the tube, not the viewable portion, 15" Flatscreen's about the
same size as 17" CRT.

Trading Standards in the UK mean that CRTs sold to consumers
have to quote the viewable size too (although it's usually in tiny
tiny characters)

Cheers
Martin
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