If you have one, than you know how far we have come, even if you don't have one, you still know that technology of televisions has come a long way.The pictures and sound quality are so amazing; even the color. The flat screen televisions are less compact in size. These characteristics has made it one of the most hottest technology of many homes in our society. The flat screen television was first introduced in the late 1990s, but it was first displayed in 1964 at the University of Illinois. Today you can see a varities of all brands and size of televisions, but it was Sony and Sharp that introduced the very first large flat screen television; in 1997. This was done in a collaboration of both Companies, eventhough flat screen TV was avalible, it was limited to certain sizes. Sony actually owned the a trademark called "Plasma-Addressed LCD" (PALC), which was combined with LCD and plasma; which together created a better picture. At the time it was about 42 inches and sold at around $ 15,000, but majority of manufactures found that the PALC technology was too costly and also unreliable for wide-scale use,therefore they went for plasma instead. In 2006, LCD(liquid crystal displays) were ranging in sizes from 42 inches, while thee plasma TV was going at 103 inches, however LCD screens were the top of the market and plasma was accounting for only 12% or the televisions sales. Most buyers look for LCD than Plasma because they are "thinner," "brighter" and is "efficient," but will go for plasma because they are larger in size.
My aunt and uncle just got a Sony flat screen and the difference in picture and sound quality versus a regular television are just amazing. It is clearer and pumps out better sound. If I were able top afford one of these I do believe I would go without the plasma screen. From what I hear they are more expensive to repair and break more easily. One wrong tilt and it's bye bye TV. Good topic, the research brought light on the issue.
ReplyDeleteThe television and its uses have come a long way. What started out in the early 19th century as a heavy box is now a flat screen with high picture definition. Technology has allowed our TV’s to become lightweight and have better quality of picture and sound; it increases the viewer’s experience. Nowadays, you can connect your computer to your LCD TV and view movies or stream online programs; you can even connect your IPod and enjoy music. We’re able to enjoy our screen with higher detail, better definition, sound and quality. Technology has allowed televisions to be more convenient to the buyer; one can hang it on the wall or place it above the bed, etc. What will be next? How smaller will our T.V’s get? We’ll just have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteTelevisions have improved a lot because of advances in technology. They started out as large cubes that only had black and white picture. Then they had color picture. Now they are as flat as can be and the picture is even better than before. High definition is amazing. It looks like you are right there with whatever you are watching. While watching sports, you look like you are apart of the game. The sound has also improved a lot. The thinner televisions have allowed people to save a lot of room in their homes. People no longer have to deal with the large cube televisions. Also, the price of these thin televisions has gone down a lot. At first, the prices were ridicules. Now they are more affordable. I don’t think televisions will get much thinner because they are already an inch thick and that is small.
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It’s amazing how sophisticated this technology has become. It seems like only a few years TVs were these huge bulky devices. Now they hang almost flat up on a wall. The technological advances for televisions seem to be happening extremely fast.
ReplyDeleteI got one last year, and the picture quality is amazing. I thought this TV would be up to date technologically for at least a year or two, but every time I open the bestbuy circular I see something newer that’s better. It will be interesting to see what the future of the television will be.
Flat sreens are a must have! The quality and piture are such a differnce. My house has two flat screen LCD TVs and compared to the other two televisions the image is dramaticaly different. They do seem to get thinner and thinner each advertisment I see. I predict one day it will be a slice of glass that has the capability of portraying the images the TV does now. The future is scary and those Sci-fi movies that show the future looking advanced ectremely electric is not the far from reality, its only a matter of time until that is our everyday.
ReplyDeleteI just bought a TV recently and all the information that is available is just too overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteThere are LCD TVs, LED TVs, DLP TVs and Plasmas and each one has their own specific specifications that you need to know and check for. Some TV's offer hard drive support, Networking ability, Web browsing and the option to upgrade the TV. It's just amazing on how much is out there.
I attribute the sheer amount of TV's out there with societies drive for improved technology. The past only required large CRT TVs, now you can not give those away for free. You need to pay someone to take it away. Society will never let technology sleep.
One of the thing is that plasma until the last year or so still was susceptible to burn-in, where as LCD had fixed the problem a couple of years ago. One of the other improvements is OLED. Currently it is still expensive for its size. The funny thing is that larger OLED tv's currently are built by combining smaller screens together. Right now its cheaper and easier to build them smaller. There have ideas that OLED and reach the point where it will be able to be applied like paint to a surface, as long as the surface has a control device.
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