29-11-2016, 03:17 AM
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Personally I have only three TVs in the house, one in the spare bedroom which is used about once or twice a year if it is lucky, one in my bedroom which is watched a fair bit and one in the lounge which is watched if and when I have visitors.There is also a small 19" one in my camper for when I am travelling with it.
Why have TVs suddenly started to be measured in inches? when they were CRTs they were measured in cms but since the flat screen LED/plasma TVs arrived on the scene they are suddenly measured in a unit that no one understands (unless they are my age).
29-11-2016, 06:48 AM
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Bruce, you don't understand inches?They're friendly little things, you collect around 12 of them together and they get in a long line and they love that, they straighten up to make a Foot!
And then three of the feet get together and stand in a line and like to call themselves a Yard!
It's great fun...much better than boring old cms and mms
29-11-2016, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert Junior
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Do they still measure the screen diagonally?How did thaT HAPPEN?
That is the longest measurement of the screen.
29-11-2016, 12:00 PM
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Screen sizes in the UK always have been referred to in inches. I believe the measurement was diagonal because early screens were round. In fact, screens still had very rounded corners when I first became a TV engineer apprentice. The part that could make them look somewhat squarer in the corners was the mask that surrounded the tube. Part of the screen's overall surface could be hidden behind that. Some CRTs were more square in the corners than others though.Over the years, CRT corners became squarer but the diagonal measurement is just something that stuck. Most people in the land know the measurement is diagonal and so manufacturers would probably see no sales advantage by giving the diagonal measurement.
There are a few pages to be found on the Internet about why the measurement is diagonal. Try a search for: why are tv screens measured diagonally?
29-11-2016, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mart
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Screen sizes in the UK always have been referred to in inches.There are a few pages to be found on the Internet about why the measurement is diagonal. Try a search for: why are tv screens measured diagonally?
Well, yes they do, don't they? They drink that tasteless fizzy water lager thing, don't they?
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