On Nov 7, 1:49*pm, Jim Yanik wrote:
wrote :

On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:33:02 -0000, "N_Cook" wrote:

12.1 inch diagonal, from corner to corner of the overlying mask, but
that would be called 13 inches wouldn't it. No way it would be called
a 12 inch model ?

For a while, they were all being honest about LCD sizes. *Lately, the
word "class" has been used - as in "22 inch class TV" - so they are
back to their old games.

now we also have to deal with extrawide screens.
not only 16:9 "hi-def",but greater ratios.

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Jim Yanik
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So, if you want a screen size that is vertically the same as a tv you
are replacing, you have to buy a larger size, if you are not smart or
alert enough to figure this out, and buy a tv with the same diagonal
measurement as your old tv set, the picture will be noticeably smaller
in the vertical direction and that much harder to see.