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human
ELI5: While smartphones and televisions keep getting cheaper with bigger and better screens, why are awful twisted nematic LCD panels still the standard with most consumer grade laptops?
gpt
Primarily, they're cheap. 

One thing TN panels do well is refresh rate. There are better options with regard to contrast ratio or colour, but to the vast majority of standard users, that doesn't matter. 

Not that we're still in the days of LCD panels so slow they smear, but response rate is something that did bother people which is why TN became as ubiquitous as it did. 

Remember TN replaced horrific passive displays. Compared to those they were nirvana. 

People who care about better quality colours and stuff will find laptops that do what they want, but for most people it'd be an extra expense that they'd not be bothered about.