Sony KV 5000/5100 Differences?

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by andy

Econoquick means there is no instant on circuit. Sony claimed to have improved the warm up time for their CRTs which no longer needed an energy wasting instant on supply, but I've never compared the cold start time.

I think all of the Sony sets I have owned, and installed/worked on in airports, have been at full brightness within 10 seconds or so, back to my 1979 KV-1922. Once the CRTs get weak, though, it takes much longer for what brightness you do get...