Editing Trinitron (section)

{{Short description|Series of CRT televisions and monitors manufactured by Sony from 1968 to 2008}}
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[[File:Trinitron KV-1320UB front.jpg|thumb|right|Sony KV-1320UB Trinitron from 1969]]

'''Trinitron''' was [[Sony|Sony's]] [[brand name]] for its line of [[aperture grille|aperture-grille]]-based [[Cathode-ray tube|CRTs]] used in [[television set]]s and [[computer monitor]]s. It was one of the first television systems to enter the market since the 1950s. Constant improvement in the basic technology and attention to overall quality allowed Sony to charge a premium for Trinitron devices into the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}

[[Patent]] protection on the basic Trinitron design ran out in 1996, and it quickly faced a number of competitors at much lower prices.

The name Trinitron was derived from ''[[:wikt:trinity|trinity]]'', meaning the union of three, and ''tron'' from elec''tron'' tube, after the way that the Trinitron combined the three separate electron guns of other CRT designs into one.<ref>{{cite web |title=You Guys Can Do It! |url=http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-12/h7.html |website=Sony Global |publisher=Sony |access-date=4 May 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625235911/http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-12/h7.html |archive-date=2010-06-25 |date=2002}}</ref>

[[Image:Trinitron-bars-detail-enlarged.jpg|right|thumb|Close-up of phosphor bars on a 14" Sony Trinitron television]]