- 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.
I believe these were supported from 2001-2011, which makes it amusing to think of some guy sitting in Times Square adjusting a Jumbotron and changing the inputs from the sidewalk.
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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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 18.9 ms ] thread- 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.