"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!!!
I am not sure about the US but Canada allows the seller to measure the total tube, not just the viewable area.
Oh yes, it wasn't great for the salespeople either.
At one point in my life I was a dreaded computer salesman. One time a customer came in and started looking around. When he asked me for help on choosing a monitor I showed him the choices, quoting the sizes. He then pulled out a tape measure and determined that the nice 19" monitor I was showing him was only 16" viewable! I had known that the sizes would be off, but 3"!??!? I was astonished and actually thanked him for letting me know. He bought the 17" monitor, which also measured 16" viewable...
TTYL
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