Vintage plasma TV?

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by andy

Are you sure about the year. According to Wikipedia, the first plasma TVs were sold in 1997. I can remember making a special trip to see an early plasma TV in a local TV store, but I don't remember what year it was. I know it was about $10-$15,000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_display#1997

I'm not sure about the year, but it was when I was working for TV World in Chatsworth, CA. I worked there from 1991-95 full time, and as a sub fill-in until 2000.

It could have been as late as '97, but that would have made the set virtually new. It might have been some sort of a limited-run (not mass-produced) set. ITT-Gilfillan produced a live plasma display as early as 1983, but that was a monochrome display.

Wiki is OK, but I've found many errors there. I'm not calling them wrong in this case, but 1997 sounds a little off to me. They gather their information mainly from users, as far as I understand.

Charles