To mark the 40th anniversary of colour TV broadcasts in the UK, we take a stroll down TV times and explore some of the world's 'firsts' in TV set development and design innovation.
1968 - The first in Sony's line of Trinitron colour TVs. This model offered approximately twice the brightness of TVs using conventional shadow-mask tubes and goes on to become a milestone product for UK consumers, when colour TV broadcasts finally start on BBC 1 and ITV the following year.