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Old 26th April 2011
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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker View Post
AFAIK 4:3 isn't more expensive to produce, rather, widescreens are produced more, so they're cheaper to produce per unit.
There is a difference actually ... take both 16:9 and 4:3 with 14" diameter, the area covered by the 4:3 will be bigger then the area of 16:9 screen.

For example, a 21" 4:3 has 218 square inches while 21" 16:9 widescreen has 211 square inches ... its very little for a single screen, but its huge if it comes to thousands of sold screens.
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