Sony Trinitron KV-1310

Sony · Trinitron

Trinitron KV-1310

Released October 1968

Sony's first Trinitron colour television, a 13-inch CRT model first sold in Japan in October 1968.

Sizes: 13″
Panel: CRT
Refresh: –
HDR: None
HDMI 2.1: 0 of 0
Software: None (no smart platform)

Specifications

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Display

Panel: CRT
Panel detail: 13-inch Trinitron colour CRT with a three-beam electron gun and vertical aperture grille; no fixed pixel matrix
HDR formats: None
Picture processing: Sony's first Trinitron design uses a single electron gun with three cathodes and a vertical aperture grille instead of a shadow mask

Sizes

Sizes: 13″
Largest size: 13″

Gaming

HDMI ports: None
Variable refresh rate: None

Smart TV and sound

Smart TV platform: None (no smart platform)
Software updates: Historical analogue television without a smart platform; Sony's history dates the Japanese model's first sale to October 1968

Sizes

Size	Model
13″	KV-1310

Pros and cons

Pros

Trinitron aperture-grille colour picture tube
13-inch colour screen

Cons

No HDMI input
No smart TV platform

Closest rivals

Model	Sizes	Panel	Refresh	HDR	HDMI 2.1	Software	Released
SonyFD Trinitron WEGA XBR KD-34XBR970	34″	CRT	–	None	0 of 1	None (no smart platform)	Mar 2006
SonyXEL-1	11″	OLED	–	None	– of 2	None (no smart platform)	Dec 2007
SamsungLCD R74	26–40″	LCD	–	None	0 of 1	None (no smart platform)	2006

Sources

Photo: sony.com

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