[techtalk] Monitor Size

[Sunnanvind]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Jenn V. wrote:
> Carry a tape measure. Measure them yourself - they did this at my husband's
> work one day, and found a massive disparity in size-of-usable-screen
> between two allegedly 21" monitors. Neither of which was 21"
> corner-to-corner of usable screen.

CRT screens are *never* 21" of usable screen.

> Don't bother getting into fights with salesmen over it - just use it so
> you're comparing apples to apples.

Agreed - one might be 20" usable and one might be 19" usable, for example.
 
> As for the original question: go to shops. Look at monitors. The only
> person with your eyes is you, and what's perfectly acceptable to me can be
> absolutely useless to someone else. Sorry, but that's the truth.

Again agreed - personally, I'd prefer a TFT-screen to a CRT-screen, even if it
means smaller, but my eyes are okay (and I want 'em to stay like that).
Sunnan
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