I imagine he's referring to 13-21" screens, where the price has stagnated in the past, say, 5 years, especially relative to higher-end displays. Case in point:

I imagine he's referring to 13-21" screens, where the price has stagnated in the past, say, 5 years, especially relative to higher-end displays. Case in point: you can now get a $5 Raspi Zero, which is more powerful than my laptop from seven years ago, which cost $700. That's an absolutely insane, and amazing, reduction in price. But any meaningful display for it will cost you around $90-$120, which is roughly how much it cost seven years ago. As much as I appreciate the stupid and pointless race towards insane resolutions for how it benefits VR, I too wish we had some progress making "normal", 1920x1080 20" (or 13" 1600x900) displays for cheap. People talk about "Raspi Zero, the $5 computer" but for six billion people in the world who don't have a computer, a computer is a device with a screen. When that whole shebang becomes $5, having a computer suddenly becomes a choice for everyone, not a privilege for the upper 15% of society. And right now, the thing that's holding us back from that dream is only the display. A $5 Raspi, which consumes 0.6W at most, can be powered for 18 hours with a battery that costs $2 in bulk. A SD card in bulk might be an extra $3 and a Wifi dongle can be had for $2 in bulk. That's a $12 laptop. Add a display, and your $12 laptop becomes $100. The lack of progress in displays is criminal.