[geeks] Samsung 204B flat panel

Mon Sep 11 10:06:57 CDT 2006

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 10:35:15AM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> The patents on Trinitron have expired from what I understand, so we now
> have quite a few clones out there, or maybe they are even licensed, I
> don't know offhand.

Sony did not invent the Trinitron. Sharp did. I have a 20 year old TV
downstairs with a Sharp Linytron (I think that's how it's spelled)
tube in it. 

Sharp licensed the patents to Sony. They may even made them for Sony.

Geoff.
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