Honeywell to make 82-inch LCD panel tellies
IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT, DESPITE THE DAILY DOOM-MONGERS telling us that we're all going to be living in a giant carboard box come this time next year, there are still some companies which refuse to be cowed by the economic downturn.
Which is good news for those of us who don't work for a major banking institution which has been bailed out by Gordon Broon, and won't be receiving an obscene bonus paid for out of the public purse despite the fact that they have piddled away billions, because very soon there will be some really big cardboard boxes for the rest of us to live in.
That's once the few people who manage to ride out the global financial catstrophe have bought theselves a brand new 82-inch LCD built under the Honeywell brand by Thai company Soyo and sold under the GE name.
And if you're lucky to be in the right place at the right time when whichever overpaid Premiere League footballer who stumped up the cash for it puts the empty box out for the bin men, you can rest safe in the knowledge that your new home once contained a full 1080p 82-inch LCD TV with three HDMI sockets, 120Hz refresh rate, built in speakers and a shiny black bezel.
You can also make yourself feel warm and fuzzy when you're wrapped up in your newspaper duvet dreaming about the possibility that the 303-pound monster will somehow tear itself away from the wall crushing them to death. µ
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What's that? What's 303 pounds in real money as well for us Internationally minded folks?
I'm pretty sure that 303 lbs, as in weight. I highly doubt there is an expected price yet, and if there were it certainly wouldn't be as low as $436.35 (the equivalent of 303 british pounds, google is a wonderful tool, try it sometime).
Headslap, when someone asks why the chicken crossed the road, they don't actually expect to hear a proper answer.
What's that? What's 303 pounds in kilograms as well for us Internationally minded folks?
To get to the other side.
No no no no no no!
It's a 303 lb (137.727 Kg) cardboard box! So your next home won't blow away in the first mild breeze!
For those metrically challenged people: you may calculate the ratio of lb to Kg. Your computer has a built in calculator. Use the '/' operator.)
The solution to the paragraph break bug was not to insert horizontal line ( <hr>) tags but to insert paragraph (<p>) tags!
303 lbs probably means liquid bullsh!t, since we are talking about a liquid crystal display, right?
Seriously, can we get in the future the displays' area in width times height, measured each in cm, and can we get the weight in kg, PLEASE?
I noticed recently that The Register is actually coping with International Standard units, at least they do far better than The Inquirer. That tells me something about the editors at The Inquirer.
83*2.5 ... 207.5cm diagonal measure
303/2.2 ... 137.72kg weight
The calculator found in Windows and most versions of Linux works just fine
This Yank even learned how to add pounds/shillings/pence and work out the dollar value of the prize when gold guineas (21s) were given away.
Metric, imperial & US standard are in use all over the world. Get used to using your calculator :)
BTW http://www.xe.com/ucc will help with those nasty currency questions.
I have to say that my current IPS LCD monitor has 1200p resolution. 1920x1200. It is 26" diagonal.
I cant imagine the pixel size of a 83 inch model. It is a tad useless unless you are sitting 30 feet away.
Don't make it harder than it is. You don't need to know the different measurements to convert stuff.
Just type in google:
82 inches in cm
303 pounds in kg
(x)$ in £ (though they don't guarantee accurate exchange rates)
Re: It's a 303 lb (137.727 Kg) cardboard box!
Err, mate... its the screen that weighs in at 303lbs... the box would weigh considerably less...
And the person to live in would to be extremely thin ;)
Let's see where the imperial nonsense is still in use:
http://www.metric4us.com/
Just embarrassing!