What are the actual screen dimensions of a Surface? RT/Pro

Question

everywhere I look, I see 10.6". And I can find the resolution specs with out a  problem. Also the fact it's 16:9. What I would like to know is the actual screen height & width....

Answer 1

Depends what you define as "screen". The glass covers the entire front of the Surface, so the screen is the same size as the external dimensions of the Surface, minus about 1mm. (275 x 172mm)

If you exclude the touch-sensitive bezel area, the actual viewing area is about 236 x 133mm.

Answer 2

Thank you! I am just looking for the actual light producing/ usable screen, not the bezel. I found the approximate size of the glass. judging by the size of available screen protectors.

Thanks again!

Answer 3

if exactly (16x)^2+(9x)^2 = (10.6)^2, then

9.24 x 5.20 inches

• Pythagoras

Answer 4

I would explain it this way:

Say W is the Width and H is the Height in inches…

1.  We know that the resolution is 1366x768 and therefore w ÷ h = 1366 ÷ 768 = W ÷ H = 1.77865

2.  We know that the diagonal is 10.6 inches. That is: SQR(W^2+H^2) = 10.6 inches.

a) from 1) we get W = 1.77865 * H.

b) from 2) and a) we get SQR((1.77865*H)^2 + H^2) = 10.6

c) from b) we get SQR(3.16358 * H^2 + H^2) = 10.6

d) from c) we get SQR(4.16358 * H^2) = 10.6

e) from d) we get SQR(4.16358) * SQR(H^2) = 10.6

f) from e) we get 2.040485 * H = 10.6

g) from f) we get H = 10.6 ÷ 2.040485 = 5.195 inches

h) From a) and g) we have:  W = 1.77865 * H = 1.77865 * 5.195 = 9.24 inches

So the W x H is 9.24 x 5.195 inches.