Repair Blog of a 1967 Sony Chromatron

[Sandy G]

I remember seeing a Sony color set & BIG-@zz VCR on an audio-visual type roll-around cart-The metal kind schools used, prolly 1968-'69, but the TV was NOT a Trinitron... Looked more like a Zenith or RCA table model, was about 19-23" whatever they usually were. This was at Bondurant Bros. Co. in Knoxville, they were the Sony distributors for Knoxville & environs back then. I DON'T think Sony ever re-badged somebody else's sets, at least not in the "Consumer" line, but MAYBE they did in the A/V business... Anybody got any ideers ?!?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I remember seeing a Sony color set & BIG-@zz VCR on an audio-visual type roll-around cart-The metal kind schools used, prolly 1968-'69, but the TV was NOT a Trinitron... Looked more like a Zenith or RCA table model, was about 19-23" whatever they usually were. This was at Bondurant Bros. Co. in Knoxville, they were the Sony distributors for Knoxville & environs back then. I DON'T think Sony ever re-badged somebody else's sets, at least not in the "Consumer" line, but MAYBE they did in the A/V business... Anybody got any ideers ?!?

I the early days of B/W, R-R Sony VTR's, Sony had Motorola build a 23" B/W monitor with the input connector for their VTR.
That was in the mid-60's.
The set was badged "Sony", but it was obviously a Motorola.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I remember seeing a Sony color set & BIG-@zz VCR on an audio-visual type roll-around cart-The metal kind schools used, prolly 1968-'69, but the TV was NOT a Trinitron... Looked more like a Zenith or RCA table model, was about 19-23" whatever they usually were. This was at Bondurant Bros. Co. in Knoxville, they were the Sony distributors for Knoxville & environs back then. I DON'T think Sony ever re-badged somebody else's sets, at least not in the "Consumer" line, but MAYBE they did in the A/V business... Anybody got any ideers ?!?

I have a Setchell Carlson tube color monitor with Sony badging. http://videokarma.org/showthread.php...tchell+Carlson It probably was made as an accessory or a trade show monitor for some early tape or camera gear.