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Have you ever wondered why laptop screens seem to come in such odd sizes?
Then you are not alone!
Photo courtesy ofJace Cooke (Flickr).
The hope is that it is aGood Subjectivequestion.
Why do laptop screen sizes come in the fractional sizes they do instead of 11/12/13/14/15"?
What is the reasoning behind it?
Looking at actual LxWxD dimensions on laptops does not really help since screen bezels vary in size.
and not actual dimensions of the monitor lid itself.
To Help Clarify The Question:
I am asking why those particular fractional sizes are so common?
Look at HP, Lenovo, and Dell.
They all tend to go with those screen sizes.
Is it because it is what the consumers are used to seeing or using?
Or is it something else?
Why do laptop screens come in such odd sizes?
The manufacturing plant starts off with a single slab of glass on which the displays will be manufactured.
So to increase throughput, increase the mother slab and put more displays on it.
It does not make sense to create a manufacturing line for a single size of display.
A more in-depth treatment of this can be found atNorm’s Flat Panel.
AUO has a niceinteractive diagram that shows cutting patternsfor a few sizes up to generation 8.5 glass.
While I included 11th generation size, there are no plants currently operating at this size.
