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Old 12-07-2010, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Kiwick View Post
The Hantarex/Sambers company of Italy was one of the very first plasma display manufacturer, they claim to have started making them in 1996.
Definitely not an accurate claim, but not surprised. After all, Sarnoff "invented" TV and radio, and Gore invented the internet...

ITT-Gilfillan had a working plasma display a decade earlier. I was on a tour of their plant in Van Nuys, CA in the mid 80s, and saw the demonstration. That one was for military purposes, and as I mentioned, was monochrome.

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