[RTTY] 17" flat panel prices

[Kok Chen]

On Nov 5, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Peter Laws wrote:

> I'm not at N5UWY/9 right this moment, but these units are small.  It's
> much smaller, physically, than the 15" CRT that it replaced and not 
> just
> in depth.


On top of it, a 15" LCD display has a bit more screen real estate than 
a 15" CRT display (about 12%).

The reason is that a CRT is spec'ed by the tube size.  The usable 
displayed diagonal is typically one inch smaller (there is usually a 
more or less 0.3" borders that are not usable).  An LCD is spec'ed from 
corner to corner of the true displayed area.

So, not only is a 19" CRT heavy, bulky and eats more power, but is has 
a smaller screen real estate as an equivalently labeled 19" LCD 
display.

73
Chen, W7AY