FD Trinitron/WEGA
  KV-XA29 series FD Trinitron, circa 2001 | |
| Owner | Sony Corporation |
|---|---|
| Type | CRT displays (TVs and monitors) |
| Retail availability | 1997–2008 |
| Predecessor | Trinitron |
| Successor | Sony Bravia |
| Production | Japan: Tokyo United States: San Diego, California (Sony Technology Center) Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh) Singapore |
FD Trinitron (i.e. Flat Display Trinitron) is a television display technology created and marketed by Sony as the flat version of their Trinitron picture tube. These displays rid of the curvature of traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) by utilizing a fully flat glass front and matching flat aperture grille inside the tube, significantly improving the viewing quality. This technology was also used in Trinitron computer monitors.
Introduced in 1997, Sony released television sets using the FD Trinitron technology as the WEGA series in the Americas and Japan while in most other regions the WEGA name was used only for premium models. All Sony CRTs had shifted to flat by 2002, after which the WEGA brand was also used for unrelated flat-panel televisions. Production of all Trinitron tubes ceased in 2008.