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Old 11-29-2010, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut View Post
I'm trying to recall if there was a trade name for tinted (pigmented) phosphors. These helped improve the contrast a bit under ambient light. If you look at such a tube under a magnifier, the phosphor stripes have a tint of the appropriate primary color when the set is off. I think RCA may have had some advertising term, but I can't recall now.
Chromacolor, or ColorTrak, maybe? ColorTrak was RCA, and Chromacolor Zenith, as I recall.
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