Does anyone know how a manufacturer measures the screen for TVs?
By Tynetta746
@Tynetta746 (264)
United States
June 9, 2008 12:36pm CST
I have read that manufacturers use the vertical to measure screens. Is this correct?
2 responses
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
9 Jun 08
According to my husband and he use to sell televisions, it's from corner to corner going vertical. But he hasn't sold them in a few years so it may have changed.
@Tynetta746 (264)
• United States
9 Jun 08
I heard it was diagonal and vertical. So maybe they use both. Thanks for responding.
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
9 Jun 08
Yep I was wrong/confused whichever, I called him and he said diagonal. I was thinking of a verticle angle. Sorry everyone.
@thrwbckjay67 (2870)
• United States
9 Jun 08
Actually, for the measurements that you read in terms of the size of a television, it's a diagonal measurement. You would take a measurement from a bottom corner to the opposite top corner to get the size of your screen. I used to work in the TV department for a electronics store so we'd have to explain this to customers quite a bit.
@Tynetta746 (264)
• United States
9 Jun 08
I think your right diagonal measurements are used. I know that the actual size of the screen isn't the actual amount of the screen that is being used. Is this true also?
