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I'm really dumbstruck by this one. I see it everywhere now, though. The last time I bought a monitor, a Samsung 1941BW, it was just 19-inches widescreen. Before that, LCD's, TV's, and CRT's where advertising "viewable" or "diagonal" area, and would often come with a sticker or logo which described the diagonal line, and where I should measure if I wanted to check for myself.
But, how the heck do I know what a 22-inch class monitor is? I just bought a TV which is 19-inch "class". What is this? It's even on laptop ads now.
To be clear: Is it correct that most advertised "diagonal" measurements these days equate to "viewable"? Or are they also including the screen bezel and other areas where content is not displayed? – Iszi – 2014-07-23T18:58:39.117
I know it's late, but, @Iszi, yes, it means viewable. It's the dimension of the actual display area, not the bezel.
I do wish bezel width were given, but nobody does that, sadly. – Jürgen A. Erhard – 2017-03-25T03:20:31.210