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WEGA is a brand name of consumer electronics that was originally created and used by Wega Radio GmbH of Stuttgart, Germany. After being acquired by Sony Corporation, the Japanese manufacturer adopted
Wegavision 2000, TV-prototype 1962, Pinakothek der Moderne
Wega tapedeck for Sony Elcaset, 1976–1980
WEGA Studio 3214 HiFi with record player, Dual 1218, and loudspeakers Telefunken L 250, 1972
WEGA-branded flat-screen Trinitron grille CRT TV, c. 2002
Trinitron
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Trinitron was Sony's brand name for its line of aperture-grille-based CRTs used in television sets and computer monitors. It was one of the first television systems to enter the market since the 1950s
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…and high-quality stereo equipment, designed by Verner Panton and Hartmut Esslinger. In 1980, Sony used half of the production in Stuttgart for its Trinitron televisions. The quality of the design by Esslinger was highly appreciated, to the extent that the Museum of Modern Art in New York exhibits one example…
A Sony KV-1320UB Mark II Trinitron from the early 1970s
Close-up of phosphor bars on a 14" Sony Trinitron television
A Sony KV-191SA Trinitron television
A Sony Chromatron