I found out as well how we are being hoodwinked by the inch nonsense of TV and computer screens. A few days ago ´24 inch´ LCD computer screens from Targa, the SilverCrest series, were recalled in The Netherlands because some of then had a dangerous flaw which could electrocute their owner. The warning began with `SilverCrest widescreen monitor 60 cm - 23.6`` ´. Its type number was SilverCrest24/1 Wide. The number 24 stands of course for 24 inches. I am convinced that the so called 24 inch size is in fact 60 cm exact. So why won´t the marketeers stop at last with their ridiculous inch campaign they have been waging all over the world since the arrival of home computing? I have a ´24 inch´ screen which in the shop was indicated as a 24 foot one!
Greetings, Han ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Naughtin To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, 2010, November 11 10:49 Subject: [USMA:48839] Top-secret screen size Dear All, I do not own a Blackberry so when a friend handed me his phone to make a call, I immediately checked the size of the screen as I have been curious about how the Blackberry company designed the screen. I have some sight problems so screen size is important to me. The screen looked to me like it had an aspect ration of 4:3 and it measured 50 mm across the bottom of the screen and 37.5 mm vertically. I then calculated that its screen diagonal should be 62.5 mm and this seemed to check as a 3-4-5 triangle. However, I then went to the official Blackberry web site to check these figures only to find that the width and length are not stated and that the diagonal is only given as "2.44 inches diagonally measured" inches. However, 2.44 cannot be a conversion from 62.5 millimetres. The rest of the dimensions given look a lot like they were designed in rounded metric system values, then converted to decimal inches, then converted back to metric system numbers. See http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberrycurve8900/curve_specifications.jsp As we all know the Blackberry is designed and made using metric system units (such as nanometres, micrometres, and millimetres) -- only -- so why do they go to so much trouble to hide the screen size. On another tack, I also tried to find the screen sizes of a range of Apple computers. They too completely conceal the size of their screens while vigorously advertising their products with such quite inaccurate names such as: 13" model 15" model 17" model etc. However, like Blackberry, I was completely unable to find the size of these screens anywhere on the Apple web sites. What is it that makes the width and height of the screen in millimetres such a top secret? Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
