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Old 10-18-2010, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by kx250rider View Post
It was just a trade name. Same CRT as anyone else, but they wanted to get in on Sony's success with the Trinitron tube. Sharp called their tube the Linytron. Regular RGB tubes; no yellow phosphor. I remember that 4-dot (with yellow) logo on the Panasonic sets. No meaning to it; just a logo.

Charles
That's what I thought. I also had a Linytron set once; the largest set with turret tuners I've ever owned, at 25 inches. I also wonder what made the Toshiba Blackstripe special?
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