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Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:19 pm

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/sony ... -crt-sets/

Let's just take a moment. It's been almost 40 years!

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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:40 pm

My back will not miss em.
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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:51 pm

Great TVs and CRT monitors for sure. I haven't used one since 2005. But this is oid news because Sony was talking about ditching their CRT TV lineup back in 2004. In 2005 it became a reality. It was just a matter of 'when'?
 
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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:59 pm

Hmm. Sony stopped making them stateside in 2005 or 2006, I believe. I guess this means the end of the tube for international markets too? *sigh*

BTW, I'm typing this on a Sony GDM-400PS. Long live Trinitron! :D
 
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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:00 pm

Still trying to figure out how to get rid of the 19"er in the garage. Certainly was a great monitor the 3 years I used it.
 
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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:13 pm

I have a GDM400PS that I purchased in April, 1998. It still works great and the screen is still perfect. As long as my desk doesn't collapse under it's weight, everything is fine!
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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:23 pm

Coran Fixx wrote:
Still trying to figure out how to get rid of the 19"er in the garage. Certainly was a great monitor the 3 years I used it.


Put it on Craigslist but list it as a boat anchor.
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Re: Goodbye Trinitron, may you RIP

Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:42 pm

My current TV is a Trinitron (KD-34XBR960). The first Trinitron that I bought was a 13" CPD-1304HG for use with an Amiga 2000 equipped with FlickerFreeVideo. I used it for a while six months ago before giving it away, and it still worked about as well as it ever did.
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