2002-04-19 And I thought all along that the reason for the sets being described as 27 in for the US and 28 for Canada was because the true size was 700 mm. When converted to inches, 700 mm equals 27.5 . I just figured that Canada rounded up and the US rounded down.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gottlieb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-04-19 14:20 Subject: [USMA:19533] RE: Monitor sizes > > 3) Why not make a CLEAN break from this (apparent) chicanery and > > provide honest measurements for the active screen: [eg. 35 cm]? > > Everyone would have to do it, or the government would have to force it > (sorry, Jim). For computer screens in the U.S., I believe sellers are > required (or a strong "voluntary" agreement was reached) to also > provide the viewable measure. > > In television sets this happened many years ago. Manufacturers used to > quote the tube size until the Federal Trade Commission (I believe) > issued regulations requiring TVs to be advertised with their viewable > dimension. > > This is why we see on TV boxes here markings like: > 27" Color Television (28" in Canada) > > It's not that the TV is bigger in Canada. It's that Canada still > allows them to use the tube size so they do. >
