Scanner and printer resolutions are similar. Even in France, "600 DPI" is translated "600 PPP" for "points par pouce." No attempt to quote resolutions in metric units. I consider this to be a simple artifact that computers were developed mostly in the U.S. rather than a global conspiracy.
I think screens should be measured in cm, and resolution in /mm. The only way this is likely to happen any time soon is if the EU adopts legislation requiring metric labeling for computer hardware. John On Friday 03 October 2003 11:10, Han Maenen wrote: > From the coming of the first home computer, the computer industry marketed > the screens (and much more) in inch sizes in Western Europe and fooled the > computer users into adopting it. This nonsense is still going on. > I think that the computer industry tried to start up the world wide > adoption of ifp and the demise of the metric system with this campaign. > Otherwise this industry would only have used inch sizes for consumers in > inch countries. > > Han > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john mercer > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Friday, 2003-10-03 7:13 > Subject: [USMA:27093] Computer Screens > > > Hello in metric countrys how are computer screens measured? When we > speak of a 17 inch screen I have converted it to metric and it works out to > 43.18 cm. If we used metric would 43 cm be clos enough? Thanks.
