Solid State Television "Firsts"

[captainmoody]

Remember Motorola's "JA" Panel? They used it for the first time in most of their '72 color sets, It was a switching supply! When I started doing repairs in '78 I was fortunate enough to have been trained by my boss on it (he worked for moto until panasonic took over) Kept telling me that that was all I was going to see soon, Well he was right! By the early eighties nearly every set had one!
A lot of the techs back then had trouble understanding them at first.
Anyway, I started this thread to see what other "firsts" anyone out there might remember.....