12 Facts About Trinitron

Trinitron was Sony's brand name for its line of aperture-grille-based CRTs used in television sets and computer monitors.

Patent protection on the basic Trinitron design ran out in 1996, and it quickly faced a number of competitors at much lower prices.

Video monitors are the only remaining Trinitron products being produced by Sony, at a low production rate, although the basic technology can still be found in downmarket televisions from third parties.

Name Trinitron was derived from trinity, meaning the union of three, and tron from electron tube, after the way that the Trinitron combined the three separate electron guns of other CRT designs into one.

Trinitron quickly brought Morita and Ibuka to see the design, and Morita was "sold" on the spot.

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Trinitron was unimpressed with the labs, describing the windowless basement as "squalor".

Trinitron saw General Electric's "Porta-color" design, using three guns in a row instead of a triangle, which allowed a greater portion of the screen to be lit.

Trinitron's report was cause for concern in Japan, where it seemed Sony was falling ever-farther behind the U S designs.

Reviews of the Trinitron were universally positive, although they all mentioned its high cost.

In 1990, Sony released the first HD Trinitron TV set, for use with the Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding standard.

Sony responded with the FD Trinitron, which used computer-controlled feedback systems to ensure sharp focus across a flat screen.

Monitors using Trinitron technology have one or more thin tungsten wires running horizontally across the grille to prevent this.