The marketing of screen sizes only gives you one number that doesn’t tell you much at all: the size of the picture. The industry advertises … Read More

In the past, finding a TV involved selecting something that fitted on the stand. These days, however, we have panels and rooms that demand a … Read More

Bigger is better; we’ve all heard it. But how big should that big screen be? How much deeper then your couch do you need for … Read More

The most trustworthy number on a display spec sheet is its dot pitch. Dot pitch are measured in millimeters; it’s the real-world distance between two … Read More

When you judge whether a screen is high-resolution or actualy sharp, the relevant number is pixel density. When marketing materials tout 4K or QHD, they’re … Read More

Why do most image edits go wrong? Because somebody made an image too small (or big) but forgot to lock aspect ratio. Stretch a logo … Read More

And then, once you’ve got this sixteen-to-nine screen, you put your video in and realize: whoops, there’s all these black bars! But why? Because when … Read More

There’s a reason that marketing likes to tout the diagonal measurement: It sounds larger than height or width by itself. But as you’re standing in … Read More

The server room is a hostile place for computers. It’s not only hot, it’s aggressively full off heat. Each watt of electricity flow into a … Read More

The power bill for a data center shows you a big number for electricity use, but that’s just one number hiding many more truths of … Read More