Comment on Are display sizes always measured in inches?
gigachad@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It is also measured in inches in Europe and it is weird. Electronics get sold globally and I guess nobody wants to discuss a “139.7 cm TV”.
It’s a magic number though and I cannot imagine the sizes. I just know that 55 is bigger than 49. It is the same with phones, where it is much less important as screen ratios “get improved” every year and the diagonal means basically not much.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Additionally, at least in German, the term inch is usually translated into the local counterpart Zoll.
Prancingpotato@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same in France, where it is translated to “pouces”
Strider@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And we tried changing this a few years back, but failed, since the numbers were too wacky.