What was the reason behind total transition towards wide screen displays by the manufacturers?

Because the monitors were sold for price per inch of diagonal size, the manufacturers after transition to wide screens could sell a monitor with smaller matrix area for better price.

1. Why did widescreen become popular?
2. Why are all monitors widescreen now?
3. When did TV shows switch to widescreen?
4. When did movies become widescreen?

Why did widescreen become popular?

The widescreen format allowed wider framing of TV shots, as well as being a better fit for films on TV without the use of large black bars at the top and bottom of the picture, called letterboxing or cropping the video.

Why are all monitors widescreen now?

The short answer is that 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio is the most common option for computer monitors and TVs today. That's because it fits best with most modern movie and video content, and also because it makes the typical modern work day easier.

When did TV shows switch to widescreen?

For television, the original screen ratio for broadcasts was in fullscreen 4:3 (1.33:1). Largely between the 1990s and early 2000s, at varying paces in different nations, 16:9 (1.78:1) widescreen TV displays came into increasingly common use.

When did movies become widescreen?

In 1953, 20th Century Fox returned to the concept and began using the CinemaScope process to make widescreen movies, such as How to Marry a Millionaire. Widescreen grew in popularity during the 1950s, and since 1960, nearly every American feature film has been widescreen.