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- From: bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams)
- Subject: Re: Mono Monitor Size: 17" or 16" or 15.5" ?
- Message-ID: <Bu7CFv.DsJ@iat.holonet.net>
- Organization: HoloNet (BBS: 510-704-1058)
- References: <1992Sep3.172140.1236@proforma.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 09:45:30 GMT
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- >I am a bit annoyed that my so-called 17" monochrome monitor seems to
- measure more like 16" (with a picture of 15.5")
-
- Hmmm Well if you take the number of pixels per inch as quoted in the
- reference manuals (92) multiplied by the height and width using
- Pythagora's Theorem (x^2+Y^2= Diaganal^2) you see that NeXT DID NOT LIE
- and YOUR MONITOR MUST BE ~15.5 INCHES ELSE IT WOULD NOT MATCH THE SPECS.
-
- I guess you just do not like the evil marketing slimy people that round-up
- to the nearest inch and THEN ADD THE PHANTOM INCHE OF GLASS UNDER THE BEZEL.
-
- Thus a 14 inch monitor is always a 13 inch tube, and most 15 inch monitors
- are really 13 inch tubes. Lukily a 16 inch is a sixteen inch and thats
- what you have. PS I am writing this ON THE WORLDS LARGEST COMPUTER TUBE
- MONITOR... A Viking 24 inch from Monitorm (R.I.P.). I know its not exacly 24
- inches diagonally but as long as I always own the biggest and best I don't
- really count the inches.
-
- BWilliams
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