The PVM-4300 was unveiled in a 1988 issue of the Japanese DIGIC magazine as well as in American tech-related publications, with no official release date given.

[10][11] The PVM-4300 has a 45-inch (with a 43-inch viewing area) colour Trinitron Microblack CRT picture tube, which is the largest ever produced.

[5] It is capable of displaying a standard interlaced image as well as a 480p picture at a 60Hz refresh rate, using improved-definition television (IDTV), which used a digital frame buffer to deinterlace video.

"[7] A review in the Sun Sentinel expressed a similar sentiment to its cost yet praised the monitor for its "brightness, clarity and sharpness of color.

"[9] A 1989 issue of Video Review described it as the "best-looking, big-screen set we've ever seen", but also said it's "designed more as a statement than a conventional product.