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minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoWhat the hell is a foot long diameter?
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoA foot as in 12 inches. An inch is 2.54cm.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agoWhat’s that in bananas? Edit: sorry, I forgot I was on Lemmy. What’s that in beans?
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThe only part that makes sense. I am not sure any tv was round and also who says “foot long diameter”?
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoEarly CRTs were round, like in the Manchester Baby computer. They got squarer as they started being used for TV, more so as the scanning technology improved. You’ll see early TVs from the 50s or so looking very squircular.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoYeah some CRTs used to be round but consumer ones afaik weren’t round at the time anyone could afford a 12 in display
What the hell is a foot long diameter?
A foot as in 12 inches. An inch is 2.54cm.
What’s that in bananas?
Edit: sorry, I forgot I was on Lemmy. What’s that in beans?
The only part that makes sense. I am not sure any tv was round and also who says “foot long diameter”?
Early CRTs were round, like in the Manchester Baby computer. They got squarer as they started being used for TV, more so as the scanning technology improved. You’ll see early TVs from the 50s or so looking very squircular.
Yeah some CRTs used to be round but consumer ones afaik weren’t round at the time anyone could afford a 12 in display