Comments on: TVs enter high-end car branding territory: Why get a 31.5-inch TV when you can get a 32 class? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/27/tvs-enter-high-end-car-branding-territory-why-get-a-315-inch-tv-when-you-can-get-a-32-class/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:28:09 -0500 hourly 1 By: zea http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/27/tvs-enter-high-end-car-branding-territory-why-get-a-315-inch-tv-when-you-can-get-a-32-class/comment-page-1/#comment-963411 zea Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:13:23 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=61580#comment-963411 Dear john: Please restrain yourself from using political references in the story as that is the very reason which turned me away from bigger tech sites such as engadget and gizmodo. And its one of the reason why I only read crunchgear these days. Your faithful reader Zea Dear john:

Please restrain yourself from using political references in the story as that is the very reason which turned me away from bigger tech sites such as engadget and gizmodo. And its one of the reason why I only read crunchgear these days.

Your faithful reader

Zea

]]> By: Nick http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/27/tvs-enter-high-end-car-branding-territory-why-get-a-315-inch-tv-when-you-can-get-a-32-class/comment-page-1/#comment-963311 Nick Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:52:52 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=61580#comment-963311 The reason for the odd LCD panel sizes is the specific lithography process that is used in the fabrication leading to a very strict pixel size per manufacturing process. At the same time, the LCD panels are designed to have a standard number of pixels and all of the driving components (buffers, scalers, decoders) are optimized for these standard resolutions. The bottom line is that it becomes expensive to produce an LCD panel whose active area is exactly 1920x1200 pixels, for example, and guarantee a 37" diagonal while maintaining a desired aspect ratio. The purpose of rounding this number is to make it easier to market, how annoying would it be to see a 31.543321" TV sticker? The reason PR people always round up but never round down is purely due to economics. The reason for the odd LCD panel sizes is the specific lithography process that is used in the fabrication leading to a very strict pixel size per manufacturing process. At the same time, the LCD panels are designed to have a standard number of pixels and all of the driving components (buffers, scalers, decoders) are optimized for these standard resolutions. The bottom line is that it becomes expensive to produce an LCD panel whose active area is exactly 1920×1200 pixels, for example, and guarantee a 37″ diagonal while maintaining a desired aspect ratio.

The purpose of rounding this number is to make it easier to market, how annoying would it be to see a 31.543321″ TV sticker? The reason PR people always round up but never round down is purely due to economics.

]]> By: harm http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/27/tvs-enter-high-end-car-branding-territory-why-get-a-315-inch-tv-when-you-can-get-a-32-class/comment-page-1/#comment-963304 harm Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:55:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=61580#comment-963304 I disagree, I am not down with the changes. This is making customers confused and ripping them off. Another shrink-ray :( I disagree, I am not down with the changes. This is making customers confused and ripping them off. Another shrink-ray :(

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