Summary

Sony's very first high-definition FD Trinitron released in North America in late 1998, first retailing for a whopping $9K(!) Manufactured in Mexico.

(Special thanks to Connor Seals and Brandon Steward for the pics!)

Manuals

• Owner's Manual
• Service Manual

Notes

This set uses the HA-1 chassis that has a few interesting quirks... For one, while it cannot natively accept 720 on its own, it can do native 540p/1080i without any lag.

It has been reported that 240p/480i have perceptually very low lag, low enough that lightguns work! However, given how there has not yet been any confirmation with a Time Sleuth, I assume that this set does have latency of some kind.

Component input can accept 480i and 1080i, which is kind of odd. But given how the DVD format and digital broadcasting was the target use for this set, it makes sense.

There is an external digital tuner box that came with this set to receive digital OTA broadcasting. This box can connect over a proprietary connection to the TV. It can convert 480p and 720p to 540p/1080i.

The tube in this set was made in Japan and would be seen in many Hi-Scan Trinitron models all the way until the XBR970 in 2006.

Has a separate subwoofer for added bass.

• Adjusting the yoke on a flat CRT to fix bowing

Enabling 480p

On the Japanese variant of this set, it could accept 480p over VGA. On the NA variant 480p support is disabled in software, but you can re-enable it via a service menu tweak:

Under service menu item "AFD", set it to "1." This will enable 480p via the component input. However, 480i may be a little jumpy, possibly because it is bypassing the framebuffer in this mode.