| ▲ | Sony Jumbotron Image Control System (1998) [pdf](pro.sony) | |||||||
| 16 points by xattt 4 days ago | 4 comments | ||||||||
| ▲ | xattt 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
A couple of interesting takeaways: - Pre-LED Jumbotrons used CRT pixels called "Trinilite" elements. This was a proprietary Sony technology where each sub-pixel or "cell" was a miniaturized CRT assembly. Each resolved one pixel each. - A "maximum" NTSC configuration consisting of 40 units wide would result in a horizontal resolution of just 640 dots. - The display needed a calibration using a “Screen Alignment Unit” (the JME-SA200). This unit used a remote modem chain involving a "cellular phone" and "digital data card." This means that Jumbotron techs could dial in over 1998-era mobile networks to geometrically align a stadium-sized wall of vacuum tubes as they sat in the middle of said stadium. I also found the format of the manual interesting, because it follows the same style of consumer-grade Sony devices from that period. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | zdimension an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Off-topic, but this ongoing trend of brands getting TLDs is really starting to infuriate me. It's not what TLDs are for! Sony is a Japanese company, so it should use sony.com or sony.jp. | ||||||||
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