Sony TV commercial 1977

[wisteela]

From the year I was born

[JBofBrisbane]

Remember when Sony's TV ads said, in effect "Our 20-inch Trinitron screen is as big as most people will ever need"... probably because they couldn't build the Trinitron picture tube any bigger. Now Sony is building mega-sized LCD and plasma screens along with the rest.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@JBofBrisbane The maximum size of a CRT was 27 or 32 inches. Rear projection technology overcame this limit.

[FFVIIBertoldiBrasil]

Very cool!!!  Thanks SONY!! :)

[ForgottenSoul700]

That was high-tech back then......!

[mccarrpo]

It's a piece o shit

[caa1000]

Is it true that Teleprompter Cable, which I believe is now known as Bright House Networks Cable in Florida and Indiana, was the owner of Filmation the animated company behind the He-Man & She-Ra cartoons?

[ma55aracin9]

@caa1000 according to Wikipedia, Filmation was, indeed, owned by Teleprompter Cable between 1970 and 1982 before being bought out by Westinghouse/Group W and then sold over to L'Oreal cosmmetics.....only to be shut down by the latter in '89, with most of thei backlog owned by Paramount, the Warners and Entertainment Rights

[caa1000]

@ma55aracin9 I wondered if there was any connection between Teleprompter Cable and Bright House Networks and quite possible, if they owned the Filmation Company, had they kept it and not sell it to L'oreal, then it would have been owned by Conde Nast and Discovery Channel, who are parent companies to Bright House Networks. So, my believe is, that Bright House Networks did owned Filmation at some point.

[jruddock]

Does it have HDMI inputs?

[diskdok]

now thats a television!

[THX1205]

In March 1994 I purchased a brand new 13 inch Sony Trinitron color TV at a FEDCO store! Still has a very clear picture! NO repairs! NO Maintenance! Very Reliable TV! The Toyota of TV's

[pfernando27]

all i could remember was that episode form kannagi "its a sony" damn episode just for sony" lol ITS A SONY!

[JoshuaTaylor]

Sony Wega's were the last great crt tv's ever made... Heavy little gas-filled f-er's...I still have a 36" in my den. The picture is incredible, once you dialed down the pushed RED....

[Membrane556]

Back then Sony made quality products now it's all made in China stuff that falls apart after a few years.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@Membrane556 LCD TV's have a MUCH shorter lifespan than their older counterparts. The printed circuit boards are so thin and brittle in the new 3D HDTV's that you can't even use screwdriver to open the damn thing up.

[jason24568]

0:25 "IT'S A SONY." This is a first Sony slogan.

[Silvertrine]

These things last forever I used one for over 25 years and the picture never degraded. I wish I'd never gotten rid of it, it was working fine when I did.

[TVsFrank81]

"Actual TV Picture" Ahaha. They say the same thing in HDTV commercials now. Some things never change!

[donjabroni]

When Sony actually made quality products.

[ranelproductions]

Wow, they were so excited over that kind of TV set! Man now all we have is HD Plasma screens that can top that.

[GTAGAMECounterShot]

TelePrompTer merged with Westinghouse in 1982, becoming Group W Cable. TelePrompTer also partly owned the Showtime network with Viacom in the late 70's, and was the owner of the Filmation Associates animation studio. FA went to Group W until they shut it down in 1989, selling the assets off to L'Oreal.

[beanersRtheBest]

insignias are so better and underrated

[DanielSelby1965]

This was shot on the back lot at Sunset-Gower in Hollywood. The building is not real. This "building" also appears in some Bewitched episodes in the later color seasons.

[LuTELLO]

I think I have a later version of this one.

[dashwarts]

Well, there's probably a related version that has the 2 knobs instead of the 12-channel remote version. The problem with the remote version is that you need to operate a hidden set of crude (no preset) dials to change a channel.

[max6669]

Does anyone collect old sony set?I am think about doing that.

[dashwarts]

For the exact model, it's an ad for the KV-**41R series. The panel is exactly the same

[webmanc]

My guess is that the apt. building might be located somewhere in NY??? (The Empire State)

[Toledo1837]

Funny I haven't heard of that cable company before. Wonder who might've bought them out later down the line?

[kstar8706]

TelePrompTer merged with Westinghouse in 1982, becoming Group W Cable. TelePrompTer also partly owned the Showtime network with Viacom in the late 70's, and was the owner of the Filmation Associates animation studio. FA went to Group W until they shut it down in 1989, selling the assets off to L'Oreal.