Table of Contents If you're a sports fan, you've probably heard about the Jumbotron - the giant screen known for "Kiss Cam" and "Hockey Lookalike Cam". It's a staple for sporting events, but it can also be used for a wide range of occasions. But what is a Jumbotron screen, and how do they install these massive 'televisions'?. History of the Jumbotron (AKA Gigatron, Megatron, or JumboVision) It goes by many names, but whatever you choose to call it, the Jumbotron (or LED Screen), is great for all events. We've seen the big screens called many things besides a Jumbotron, including a Gigatron, Megatron, JumboVision, big daylight TV, event monitor, and plenty of others.
A jumbotron, [1] sometimes referred to as jumbovision or a jumbo screen, is a video display using large-screen television technology (video wall). The original technology was developed in the early 1980s by Mitsubishi Electric [2] (using the name Diamond Vision) and Sony, which registered JumboTron as a trademark in 1985. [3]. The Sony Megatron Colour Video Monitor was the greatest CRT Sony never made. Story At the end of the 90's in an underground R&D bunker located several kilometers below the Sony Tokyo HQ , Sony engineers were developing a revolutionary new screen for CRT's that could morph its physical phosphors and thus simulate that of any screen on the market. The Sony engineers code named it the.