Sony KP-7200 Color Video Projector VPS-72HG1 Screen VPF-720 Stand 1981 Vintage

Sony KP-7200 Color Video Projector VPS-72HG1 Screen VPF-720 Stand 1981 Vintage

The Sony KP-7200 is a large-format color video projection system manufactured in Japan in September 1981. The unit consists of a floor-standing wood-cabinet projector housing three CRT projection lenses (one per color channel — red, green, and blue) that project onto a matching concave high-gain screen. This listing includes the complete original system: the KP-7200 projector cabinet, the Sony VPS-72HG1 72-inch concave video projection screen, and the Sony VPF-720 screen frame with metal floor stand.

Specifications & What's Included

• Projector Model: Sony KP-7200 Color Video Projector
• Power: AC 120V, 50/60Hz; Average 213W, Maximum 258W
• Projection Type: Three-CRT (RGB) front projection with lens assembly
• Cabinet: Wood-grain veneer console with hinged front access panel
• Screen Model: Sony VPS-72HG1 Video Projection Screen (72-inch diagonal)
• Screen Type: Concave, high-gain rear-reflective surface
• Screen Frame Model: Sony VPF-720 Video Screen Frame
• Stand: Original Sony metal floor stand (adjustable height)
• Country of Manufacture: Japan
• Manufacture Date: September 1981
• Sold AS-IS — untested, no functionality guaranteed
• Freight shipping required due to size and weight

Applications

The Sony KP-7200 was among the earliest commercially available large-screen color video projection systems for the consumer and institutional market, introduced in the late 1970s and continuing into the early 1980s. It used a three-CRT projection approach — separate red, green, and blue cathode ray tubes, each with its own optical lens, combining their images on the concave screen — a method that dominated high-end video projection before LCD and DLP technologies emerged in the late 1980s and 1990s. Systems like the KP-7200 were sold into luxury home theater installations, hotels, broadcast facilities, sports bars, and corporate presentation rooms at a time when a 72-inch projected image was genuinely extraordinary. Today the KP-7200 is a sought-after piece of early home theater and AV history, relevant to vintage electronics collectors, retro AV enthusiasts, film and television set designers, and museum or exhibit installations seeking period-correct large-screen video equipment.