16:10 aspect ratio

LCD computer displays with a 16:10 ratio first rose to mass market prominence in 2003.

This shift was driven by lower manufacturing costs and the 16:9 aspect ratio being used as a standard in modern televisions.

This helped consumers adopt such products more easily, "stimulating the growth of the notebook PC and LCD monitor market".

The lower cost of 16:9 computer displays was seen as a positive, along with their suitability for gaming and movies, as well as the convenience of having the same aspect ratio in different devices.

[9][11][12] Throughout the 2010s, virtually all consumer monitors and notebook computers were not using the 16:10 ratio, exceptions for major laptop OEMs being Apple (who continued use of 16:10 on their MacBook lineup) and Microsoft (who adopted the even taller 3:2 ratio for their Surface products).

In late 2019, Dell released an updated convertible model of their popular XPS 13 productivity laptop that moved away from the 16:9 aspect ratio to 16:10,[13] using a new display panel developed with Sharp Corporation.

[15] The XPS 13 influenced a number of other OEMs starting to offer portable computers in 16:10 (or 3:2) ratio as opposed to 16:9 in 2020 and 2021,[16] including Acer Swift 3, LG Gram, Asus ProArt Studiobook,[17] HP's 16-inch Spectre x360,[18] and even gaming computers.

[20] In late 2021, Apple's MacBook changed to slightly taller 1.54:1 (16:10.4) and 1.55:1 (16:10.3) ratios for the 14-inch and 16-inch models respectively.