Sony KV-25XBR

Andy King
October 2, 2024, 12:54 pm
June 22, 2026, 7:06 pm

Summary

YOU MAY HAVE BOUGHT YOUR LAST COLOR TELEVISION

Same tube as the PVM 2530 but in a consumer chassis. The sales brochure mentions Velocity Modulation - this can be disabled by unplugging a cable (see below).

Manuals & Promo Materials

Notes

Launched in two different colorways - Beige/Grey and Plum/Grey. Later an all-black colorway was also available (shown in the gallery below).

The RGB input is a 34 pin variant which is different from the 25 pin version found on other Sonys of this generation. The pinout is available in the service manual.

Velocity Modulation

This CRT has velocity modulation (VSM) - if you want to learn more about VSM, you can read about it here.

To disable VSM, you unplug the short white/black cable from the neckboard which leads to a PCB on the yoke. See last gallery image.

Gallery

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