SONY TRINITRON TV How was it Made ? - Japan VIDEO Electronics Television CRT Factory 1998

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  @bossman1974 · 3 years ago

  I was a TV repairman for over 30 years, the Sony TVs were the best for decades 😊

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• PU

  @publicmail2 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I worked for Sony in the 80's and serviced these TV's for 30 years, the aperture grill was key to making the Trinitron CRT far superior to any other.  If you look carefully all trinitron CRT have 1 or more thin wires from left to right to keep aperture grill from resonating.  I replaced the largest ever CRT a 43" CRT it took 4 guys to lift it 440lbs.

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• CM

  @cmorche · 2 years ago

  Imagine a TV being built and assembled in the US now...

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• US

  @user-kt4km9df3f · 1 year ago (edited)

  It's amazing how we took these TV's for granted. I'm an owner of a 2003 Trinitron and a 1990 Trinitron and it's amazing playing video games on them.

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• JT

  @JT3-610 · 3 years ago

  I used to work at a high end audio / video store in the late 90s / early 2000s and we sold these. I remember drooling over them all day long in the store and loved seeing people happy once they bought one. They were amazing and are still legendary today.

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• GO

  @godzilla12325 · 2 years ago

  I served my apprenticeship during the 90s. I used to hate when a customer turned up with a Sony TV in the boot for repair, as i knew i had to carry it in the workshop 😂 absolute tanks.

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• AA

  @aarongreenfield9038 · 2 years ago

  When things were made to last more than 20 years not 20 months. I still have my Sony Trinitron I bought in 1996. I could go to the store right now and buy a new tv, and that Old Trinitron would still outlast it by decades.

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• SA

  @sandechoir · 2 years ago

  TV for rich people at time

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• AH

  @ahdlkasdjfhalsdkj · 2 years ago

  I am a 90s kid and i am currently in the hunt for a good CRT since they make me feel so nostalgic in this 4k era.

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• CY

  @cyberprompt · 2 years ago

  if you are over 45, you knew someone or you had one of these.

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• BE

  @benjib2691 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It's super interesting to see this 1998 documentary and compare it against the one from Philips made at the end on the 70's (available on Youtube). In the Philips factory a huge chunk of the process was done manualy by the workers: the glass work, the assembly of the electron gun, it's positionning inside the tube, the welding of the whole assembly, the testing and QC, etc... . Whereas in this one almost every step was automated. I better understand now why color CRTs dropped in price over the years, it was a combination of both the electronic components being cheaper to make and because the manufacturers needed less and less human workers to build them. Interesting indeed 😄

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• FR

  @FR4M3Sharma · 2 years ago

  Man I really miss this Sony and the hardware.

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