Delta Gun Hype/understanding

[etype2]

Got it. Took a while to sink in.

[Popester]

When I worked at the tv shop a Sony KV-1920 came in for a repair and the jug was in need of replacement. That was my first set into the wonderful world of Trinitron. Our only other color sets were delta tube/shadow mask technology. I bought the Sony as the customer didn't want to fix it. The shop got a new jug from San Diego as their CRT plant was opened by then. The tv sat unrepaired for a long time as it needed the usual parts that would be taken out when the SC613 would fail. It needed SG613, HO transistor, and new style top hat damper diode. But after having that Sony finally working I became a true Trinitron follower and never looked back. Next set was a Sony KV2648R. I joined Videokarma when the 2648R died. I still have the KV1920 and it is operational, but needs a restoration if I were going to use it daily. I'm probably an oddball collector that only has one delta tube set. A 1968 Zenith color console, all tube. Everything else I collect will be a Sony product. That's how much I respect the Trinitron technology. Partly because I don't have room or time or space to collect anything that's large. I appreciate all the delta sets I see on here, but won't be collecting them. With about 20 sets I'm seeing a space issue. I just wish the CRT technology would of lasted longer.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Popester

I just wish the CRT technology would of lasted longer.

It didn't make it to 4K/8K, but it did make it to HD...I've got what I consider the ultimate Trinitron (KD-34XBR960 WEGA with a 16X9 Super-Fine-Pitch CRT that supports native 1080i HD) as my daily HD set/media PC monitor...At nearly 200lbs it aint exactly fun to move (though I can pick it up and walk with it), but it is probably the best compromise between wanting to watch a CRT and see HD video as you'll ever find...Flat panel sets for years after it was made were still not beating its contrast ratio, brightness, and color fidelity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD_Trinitron/WEGA

These things can still be found for under 50 clams if you watch the used market (they have a following with gamers and some other circles).

[etype2]

Originally Posted by Popester

When I worked at the tv shop a Sony KV-1920 came in for a repair and the jug was in need of replacement. That was my first set into the wonderful world of Trinitron. Our only other color sets were delta tube/shadow mask technology. I bought the Sony as the customer didn't want to fix it. The shop got a new jug from San Diego as their CRT plant was opened by then. The tv sat unrepaired for a long time as it needed the usual parts that would be taken out when the SC613 would fail. It needed SG613, HO transistor, and new style top hat damper diode. But after having that Sony finally working I became a true Trinitron follower and never looked back. Next set was a Sony KV2648R. I joined Videokarma when the 2648R died. I still have the KV1920 and it is operational, but needs a restoration if I were going to use it daily. I'm probably an oddball collector that only has one delta tube set. A 1968 Zenith color console, all tube. Everything else I collect will be a Sony product. That's how much I respect the Trinitron technology. Partly because I don't have room or time or space to collect anything that's large. I appreciate all the delta sets I see on here, but won't be collecting them. With about 20 sets I'm seeing a space issue. I just wish the CRT technology would of lasted longer.

I’m convinced that the Trinitron (which is really an improved Chromatron) was the best CRT period. I saw the first two in 1968, bought both and never looked back with the exception of an RCA 38 inch HD 16x9 set, followed by the Sony 36 inch, 16x9 HD XBR. I didn’t have to buy many Sony’s because they just last.