vintage.digi
03-07-2025, 08:27 PM
I've only seen these monitors once and they sold before I had a chance to get to them. I haven't been able to come across any information about them, but I figured if anybody knew about them it would be someone here. As the title states, they were roughly equivalent to the early color CVMs; they had a television style cabinet with horizontal arrangement, a tuner, and composite inputs in the back. The composite ports were SO-239 and there may or may not have been a second composite input through a VTR port. I don't recall if they carried the Linytron branding or not.
Has anyone seen monitors like these? I've never come across them again.
Username1
03-07-2025, 09:13 PM
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Sharp did have high quality monitors with gorgeous (Simulated Wood Grain) cabinet.
It was a 13" or 14" Linytron had tuner, and many inputs that I have never seen
before. We had 2 in our shop, I worked at a satellite Sharp service center
around 1981 - 84. We did factory service for Sharp, and many other
brands. But for Sharp we had a lot of stuff I never saw in stores.
The Linytron sets were really good, I have several in my
collection from 9" - 25" - one of which is my daily driver
since 1984 or 85, With of course Simulated Wood
Grain Cabinet.... I Love those years for all
makes of tv sets.... Those monitors had
a ton of knobs on them too, and clicker
tuners, nice quality speakers too!
We made many trips to the Sharp
US Headquarters in Paramus,
NJ - Just about 20 Minutes
from the shop......
They might have just
had the SHARP name
on them, not sure....
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