Screen age

[r50cheapskate]

My little R50e has a perfectly good 1024x768 display, which suits me nicely. 1600x1200 on a prior (employer-owned) machine had me squinting, and changing from native resolution is never good. Here's the question:

PCPitstop.com's online "tune-up" says the screen was manufactured in 1999. I'm fine with this, but is it true? What may have been state of the art then is now entry-level, which fits the price range. But really, six years old and sold as part of new machine?