Trinitron

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Trinitron is Sony’s line of high-quality aperture grille cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, renowned for their sharp image, bright colors, and widespread use in televisions and computer monitors from the late 1960s onward.

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AI-generated illustration of Trinitron

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Trinitron (Trinitron is Sony’s line of high-quality aperture grille cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, renowned for their sharp image, bright colors, and widespread use in televisions and computer monitors from the late 1960s onward.)

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sony product line ⓘ
aperture grille cathode-ray tube display technology ⓘ
appliedTo computer monitors ⓘ
television sets ⓘ
brandOwner Sony Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Sony
competedWith Mitsubishi Diamondtron ⓘ
NEC aperture grille CRTs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
developer Sony ⓘ
displayStructure aperture grille ⓘ
displayTechnologyType CRT ⓘ
hasVariant FD Trinitron ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron

Sony BVM series monitors ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron

Sony GDM series monitors ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron

Sony PVM series monitors ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron

Trinitron WEGA ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
inception 1968 ⓘ
introducedAs television picture tube ⓘ
manufacturer Sony ⓘ
marketedAs high-end display ⓘ
premium television brand ⓘ
notableFeature accurate color reproduction ⓘ
flat or nearly flat screen variants ⓘ
high brightness ⓘ
high contrast ⓘ
sharp image ⓘ
use of tensioned vertical wires ⓘ
vertical phosphor stripes ⓘ
notableFor widespread global adoption ⓘ
patentHolder Sony ⓘ
phaseOutPeriod early 2000s ⓘ
receivedAward Emmy Award for engineering achievement ⓘ
IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) ⓘ
replacedTechnology shadow mask CRT ⓘ
supersededBy LCD flat-panel displays ⓘ
plasma displays ⓘ
targetMarket computer graphics and gaming ⓘ
home entertainment ⓘ
professional video production ⓘ
timePeriodOfPopularity 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
usedIn broadcast reference monitors ⓘ
computer CRT monitors ⓘ
consumer televisions ⓘ
professional video monitors ⓘ
visibleCharacteristic one or two faint horizontal damping lines on screen ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sony → brand → Trinitron ⓘ
Trinitron → hasVariant → FD Trinitron ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
Trinitron → hasVariant → Trinitron WEGA ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
Trinitron → hasVariant → Sony GDM series monitors ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
Trinitron → hasVariant → Sony PVM series monitors ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
Trinitron → hasVariant → Sony BVM series monitors ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) → honors → Sony Trinitron color television receiver ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
Mitsubishi Diamondtron → rivalTo → Sony Trinitron ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
Mitsubishi Diamondtron → competesWith → Sony Trinitron CRTs ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron
NEC aperture grille CRTs → similarTo → Sony Trinitron CRTs ⓘ
linked to: Trinitron