[opendtv] Re: NTIA Issues Alert on Microprose DTV-Converter Box
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:17:17 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
No, this is your bad. I just used a tape measure to confirm my previous
measurements. The analog set is 28", the digital one is 32", the analog set
has a screen height of just under 16", the digital set has a screen height of
just over 15.5". Just to make it clear: I performed these four measurements
ANEW.
You're welcome to come to the Paradise Hills section of San Diego to conduct
your own measurements any time to confirm that I am correct on this and that
you are wrong, at least until the analog set goes to the recycling yard.
(California law has mandatory recycling requirements for electronic gear.)
That's one estimate and two actual measurements that contradict your
calculations. I'm too busy to try to figure out where your error is. Perhaps
it's related to the time of day and the time of the first beer of the day? :-)
John Willkie
-----Original Message-----
>From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 24, 2008 4:03 AM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: NTIA Issues Alert on Microprose DTV-Converter Box
>
>At 10:16 AM -0700 5/23/08, John Willkie wrote:
>>oops. Her new set is 32", and the Sony was 28". When watching 4:3
>>pictures, her picture is now within 1/2" of the size of the 4:3
>>screen on the Sony (thanks to my doing the math.)
>
>He can't do math either...
>
>a 28" display with 4 x 3 aspect ratio:
>
>Screen height = 16.85"
>Screen width = 22.467
>
>Screen Diagonal - square root of (16.85 x 16.85) + (22.467 x 22.467) = 28.08"
>
>
>A 32" display with a 16:9 aspect ratio:
>
>Screen height = 15.7"
>Screen Width = 27.91"
>
>16:9 Screen Diagonal - square root of (15.7 x 15.7) + (27.91 x
>27.91) = 32.02"
>
>Height of 4:3 picture = 15.7"
>Width of 4:3 picture = 20.93"
>
>4:3 screen diagonal - square root of (15.7 x 15.7) + (20.93 x 20.93) = 26.16"
>
>
>4:3 picture dimensions for these two displays:
>
>4:3 diagonals - 28.08" - 26.16" = 1.92" smaller
>
>4:3 picture heights 16.85" - 15.7" = 1.15" smaller
>
>Any way you look at it, the new 4:3 picture is smaller by
>significantly more than .5"
>
>Regards
>Craig
>
>
>
>
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