Is it me, or is someone at dell on crack?

[airbornflght]

This is straight from Dells Website (http://www.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?~id=crt_vs_lcd#1), are crt's really measured this way? if so, it is something new to me:eek:

http://img.dell.com/images/global/learnmore/crt_vs_lcd_a.jpg


Edit: I just went and measured a 17" CRT, and guess how big it was from screen corner to screen corner.... a little under 17", imagine that.

[deicist]

Nope, that's correct. Most CRT measurements are the size of the tube, not the visible screen area which in practice means the reported screen size usually includes some of the plastic round the outside too.

[airbornflght]

Nope, that's correct. Most CRT measurements are the size of the tube, not the visible screen area which in practice means the reported screen size usually includes some of the plastic round the outside too.

I know it includes some of the plastic, but the tube doesnt extend all the way to the edge of the plastic, and I know so, because the cotrols for the monitor are there, making it impossible for the tube to extend that far.

I know that if you buy a 17" crt, you wont get a full 17" viewable, but you dont loose much, maybe 1/4"-3/8" on each side, give or take, but dell is illustrating that you loos 2-3"...bs.

[madmat]

Most CRT's lose 3/4" to 1" in viewable area. The ones that don't are the minority.

[lemonlime]

My 22" Nec Multisync has only 20" of viewable space. In my experience, it is about 1" lost at average. I don't think it is accurate to say that they are measured to the edge of the plastic (perhaps dell monitors are, but not all). As someone else mentioned, it is the tube itself measured, not the plastic casing.

[Thrax]

My 21" CRT has a few sixteenths of an inch over 20 viewable.

[madmat]

My 22" Nec Multisync has only 20" of viewable space. In my experience, it is about 1" lost at average. I don't think it is accurate to say that they are measured to the edge of the plastic (perhaps dell monitors are, but not all). As someone else mentioned, it is the tube itself measured, not the plastic casing.

My 21" Dell CRT has about 20" viewable and that's nowhere near the outside of the plastic casing. It's hype.

[WuGgaRoO]

this is how its always done...so a 19" lcd is like a 21" crt...its always been that way

[RWB]

This would account for my my 17" widescreen laptop screen is as tall as the viewable area on the 19" CRT I had... I fixed that problem though with a 20.1" widescreen LCD monitor to replace it :D

The CRT was a viewsonic e90 or something...

[Sledgehammer70]

Intresting topic here... my 21" Viewsonic CRT's actually have 21" of screen showing...

[hatty]

Some one at dell is on crack. FTW!!!