End of an Era for Televisions....

Sony Corp. (SNE). The Japanese electronics giant today said it will end production of cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions by the end of the month, four decades after they were launched, as consumers switch to flat-screen TVs.

Sony ended production of CRTs in Japan in 2004, but continued to produce CRT TVs under the Trinitron brand at plants in Singapore and Malaysia to meet limited demand in Latin America and parts of Asia.