Registry · BVM · F (900 TVL) generation

BVM-20F1U registry

20-inch BVM F (900 TVL) generation c.1996–2001 · manual copyright or brochure print year Variants BVM-20F1E · BVM-20F1J · BVM-20F1A

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Catalog notes: 900 TVL 0.30 mm HR Trinitron (same CRT family as PVM-20L5/20M4); 1x RGB/YPbPr built in; BKM-2xx cards; needs BKM-10R/11R. Era: c.1996–2001, manual copyright or brochure print year (consolemods infobox: earliest Mar 1996 (no Sony date cited); Sony TB 2001-230 (Jul 2001) lists all E/F/G in service; superseded by D series Oct 1999 and G series 1998; ex-Sony tech: most widely produced 20in BVM). Sony never published production figures for any of these; the registry is the count.