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Screen Size Calculator (Diagonal → Width × Height)

TV and monitor sizes are always advertised by the diagonal — but that single number is useless for planning a wall mount, fitting a console, or comparing how much screen you actually get. Enter a diagonal and an aspect ratio (16:9 for any modern 4K TV, 21:9 for ultrawide monitors, 4:3 for older CRTs, 3:2 for cameras and phones) and the tool returns the width, height, diagonal and viewable area in both inches and centimetres. It also tabulates the screen-area change for sizes ±15" around your input, so you can see how much bigger a "65-inch" really is than a "55-inch" — usually a lot more than buyers expect, because area scales with diagonal squared rather than linearly.

Common ratios (click to apply)

Screen dimensions

Width

47.94 in

121.77 cm

Height

26.96 in

68.49 cm

Diagonal

55.00 in

139.70 cm

Viewable area

1292 in²

8341 cm²

Compare sizes at the same aspect

Screen area scales with the diagonal squared, not linearly. "Just 10 more inches" can mean far more area than you expect — see below.

Diagonal Width Height Area diff

Formula

k = √(w² + h²) where w:h is the aspect ratio width = diagonal · w / k height = diagonal · h / k area = width · height Area ratio (same aspect) = (d₂ / d₁)² 1 inch = 2.54 cm

Frequently asked

Why does a 65-inch TV have so much more screen area than a 55-inch — isn't it only 18% bigger?

The "18% bigger" applies to the diagonal — but area scales with the square of the diagonal. For a 16:9 panel, width ≈ 0.872·d and height ≈ 0.490·d, so the area ≈ 0.427·d². Going from 55" to 65": (65/55)² = 1.397, i.e. 39.7% more area. The gap widens fast: 75" vs 55" gives (75/55)² = 1.86, almost double the screen area. The visual impact of "moving up one size class" is far bigger than the retailer's size badge implies. Use the tool's comparison table to see this directly before buying.

My TV stand is 50 inches wide — what is the biggest screen that fits?

Invert the geometry. For 16:9, width ≈ 0.8716 × diagonal, so max diagonal ≈ width / 0.8716 = 50 / 0.8716 ≈ 57.4". A 57-inch (or even 58-inch — the bezel usually shaves ~1 inch off) fits a 50-inch-wide cabinet. Note that most modern TVs have a footprint smaller than the panel — the stand may sit in the middle ~30 inches even when the screen itself is 50 inches across. So fit is rarely an issue once the diagonal works. For a 21:9 ultrawide monitor (width ≈ 0.9192·d), a 50-inch-wide desk holds about a 54-inch ultrawide.

21:9 ultrawide or a bigger 16:9 — which is better for movies and games?

It depends on the source aspect: (1) Most Hollywood films are shot 2.39:1 (≈ 21:9), so a 21:9 ultrawide displays them full-screen with no letterboxing — a same-diagonal 16:9 TV shows the same film with black bars top and bottom, making the actual picture smaller. (2) Conversely, broadcast TV, Netflix originals and YouTube are 16:9; on a 21:9 ultrawide they pillarbox with bars on the sides. (3) Games: ultrawide-aware PC games (most modern AAA titles) are stunning at 21:9; console games are locked to 16:9 and will pillarbox on an ultrawide monitor. (4) At the same diagonal, a 21:9 panel has slightly less total area than a 16:9 (because it is shorter) — but the cinema picture area can actually be the same or larger. Use the tool to compute real widths and heights for both ratios, then match to your usual content.

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