Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!gwoho From: gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: what is a trinitron tube anyway? Message-ID: <1990Dec17.231315.8701@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 17 Dec 90 23:13:15 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 9 i have heard of sony trinitron tubes. i heard they have 1 electron gun, are cylender shaped. i have seen really old sony tvs that say trinitron. what is it? how can a color monitor work with only one gun? is it a lot better than a normal tube? i am planning to but a monitor. i am considering a seiko cm1440, which has a trinitron tube. it costs about $250 more than any cheap monitors. is it the same as any cheap monitor, or is there anything better about it? gwoho liu