Article about Chromatron Tube

[etype2]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

I have read that Sony secured a license in 1962 and produced about 13,000 17 inch Chromatron sets, using vacuum tubes in 1964... It was a disaster! (would love to have one of those in my collection, however)
Later, much the same target/mask structure plus the inline gun structure from GE plus an innovative focus structure yielded the Trinitron, so I guess that the Chromatron design was not really a dead end.
jr

Actually, the 17 inch Chromatron went into pilot production only. The 13,000 to 17,000 Chromatron's that were sold in Japan only, had a 19 inch CRT. They sold in 1965 and 1966. It was an upright consollete.