"Joel Kolstad" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
these stupid games arent new, i remember the (never settled) arguement over whether the stated size of a crt was the visible phosphor area, or the size of the glass!!!
this stupid scam is still noticeable now with pc monitors,
i have a 17" monitor here by Fujitsu-siemens - it is almost 17" a friend has a sony 17" monitor with what is obviously a damned 15" tube in it!!!