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Article #3481Re: RESPONSE: What size is a 17" monitor really ? buyer accuses fraud. HELP!
From: Adisak Pochanayon
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 13:39
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 13:39
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In article <CMI1sz.5C3@kgcc.demon.co.uk> ken@kgcc.demon.co.uk (Ken Green) writes:
>Greg Elkinbard (elkinbar@filly.EBay.Sun.COM) wrote:
>Sony where the first people I came across playing this game. When I left HP we
>used either 16" or 19" screens, I left to go and work with Sony workstations
>and they called the same monitors 17" and 20". This was nearly 4 years ago.
>
Actually, the Sony 17" monitor only has a 15.7 inch viewing area when
measured diagonally. I sometimes think that 17" is the size of the "monitor"
and not the tube ;) !!!!!!
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