16:9 screens

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  Apart from HD video being 16:9, which is what I use my computer for about 0.0001% of the time. I think it boils down to lower mfg costs at 16:9 vs 4:3. A 19" panel is about 8% cheaper to produce in 16:9 vs a square because they are measured diagonally. So the squarer a panel, the more surface area for a given diagonal size. The more surface area, the more materials, the higher the mfg costs.

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  • it also means they don't need to manufacture separate panels for tvs vs monitorshereswhatidid

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