About time too. Hopefully manufacturers are beginning to see that by breaking away from descriptions in inches they emphasize the advancement in product technology. A lot of people regard metric as something for the future but dont envisage using it in their own lifetimes (not withstanding the fact they already are using it unwittingly of course).
Phil Hall ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent: 23 June 2006 21:47 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:36971] 8 cm Mini DVD. I shopped around for mini DVD's today. It looks like there is a good contingent of manufacturers who are not afraid to put the dimensions (8 cm) of the discs on their covers. Memorex and Panasonic take the lead here: they place the 8 cm right on the front. The more timid companies, like Fuji and Sony, don't refer to any measurements. More than 20 years ago, when the 3.5 inch floppy showed up, the US marketing machine wouldn't even hear of using centimeters, ramming the inches down the world's throats. So, the 9 cm floppy had to become a 3.5" floppy even though it wasn't. Glad to see that things have changed. Maybe all future digital media will be marketed in centimeters.
