2007-07-08 11:57:09 · 9 answers · asked by The Mole 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Because something English has to survive !
2007-07-08 12:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by Martin B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because that is the way that TVs are (and used to be) measured.
Before that TVs were measured by the CRT diagonal size in inches.
Originally TV tubes were pretty much round so the diagonal used to be the diameter. Probably inches because TVs first were popular in the US.
2007-07-08 12:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are a friggin idiot. Inches are not outlawed. I can go to the store right now and buy a ruler with inches. The reason things are in Inches is because America started the computer revolution. There would be no computer industry if not for us. America owns the whole world. Everyone else is just jealous. The world would be nothing without us.
2016-05-17 04:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if it was measured horizontally or vertically it wouldnt be clear on all the measurements so they would have to write both
so i guess its easier diagonally
and inches because its the only approiate one, because meters are too big and centimeters are too small
2007-07-08 12:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by badmannn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has to be measured in something, and inches are pretty much universal - diagonally for simplicity.
2007-07-08 12:00:12 · answer #5 · answered by piquet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mine are so big I measure them in feet.
2007-07-08 12:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because it is!
carried on from the way tv was measured - why does it matter?
2007-07-08 23:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by andy t 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it's easier that way. you'd have too big a number if you did it in millimeters or centimeters....and too small a number if you did it in feet. inches just works
2007-07-08 12:01:02 · answer #8 · answered by gibsongtar101 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it makes it sounds like it's larger than it actually is.
2007-07-08 12:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by Dianne 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋