Saturday, November 24, 2007

DisplayoMania!

The difference between 42" and 50" displays may not seem much looking at these numbers, which may frighten people away given the big price jump, which is around the double. I saw lately a 50" display and felt it was significantly bigger.
I calculated the difference to find out that a 50" is 41.72% larger in screen size than a 42", although the diagonal measurements, 50" and 42", are only different by 19.05%. I used the fact that the screens have a 16:9 ratio, and the well-know phythagorian right triangle rule. I also converted from inch to cm to get a feeling of the numbers!
I guess the best size that 'fits' is determined by the size of the room where the screen will be used.

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