Are you bored watching the same old programs and movies? The problem may not be what you're watching on television, but the very television you're watching. With plasma HDTV, it's like you're watching television for the very first time.
The television industry has evolved at an alarming rate over the past fifty years. Television sets have morphed from small screens with rabbit-ear antennas, to wall-sized flat screens. The media has grown as well, taking North American viewers from three main networks to countless satellite programming choices.
Buying a television used to be as simple as choosing from a few models at the local department store. Today, viewers are faced with many factors in choosing a new set. There are analog and digital sets. Some are HDTV ready while others are simply HDTV enabled. Screens can be plasma or LCD, true flat or virtual flat. The decision can be so overwhelming that it's necessary to educate yourself about the basic elements present in modern day television sets.
Analog Television
Analog is the type of television signal that has been used over the past fifty years. Using this technology, television signals were sent and received in basic analog format. While analog televisions are the least expensive to buy and can provide decent quality, there are several drawbacks. The most prominent disadvantage to using the analog format is that the television signals are able to accommodate a limited amount of data for the screen and sound. The analog signals are also easily, and often immediately, corrupted. Even still, analog systems are still the basis of the television industry, and the service will be available for years to come. So don't worry if you have an analog set. You'll still be able to use it, long after other formats dominate the market.
Digital Signals
Digital TV signals allow television stations to send date that is much more dense, and includes more definition. There is also less degradation of signal. This increased level of density creates a much better quality sound and picture, particularly through DVDs.
High Definition (HDTV)
High definition is quickly passing traditional digital as the new standard in television viewing. Customers are able to enjoy the highest levels of audio and video quality when television stations transmit signals in high definition television (HDTV) format. To enjoy this format, your television set must be able to receive and process the specialized signals, and display them on an HDTV-enabled screen. All of the elements combined will create a stunning visual and audio experience.
Even though digital television and HDTV are now commonplace in our modern television industry, viewers can't appreciate the pristine levels of sound and picture if they don't have proper equipment. The recent advancements like DTV, DVD-Video, HDTV, digital satellite broadcasts and computer video have placed us in the midst of a digital video revolution, but we need to keep up with the technology in order to enjoy and appreciate it. One giant leap forward in the way we're able to enjoy modern television technology is with plasma display technology.
Plasma screens first appeared on the North American market toward the end of 1999, but the concept was initially developed in July 1964 at the University of Illinois. In their initial stages, these first plasma displays were nothing more than points of light formed in laboratory experiments. This was the starting point from which the technology began to flourish. By the late 1960s, plasma technology had advanced to the point where scientists were able to put up geometric shapes. Thanks to the development of high speed digital processing, new materials and advanced manufacturing technology, we are now able to enjoy brighter, full-color plasma display screens in our own homes.
Plasma television technology has gone leaps and bounds ahead of other types of televisions, making plasma the fastest-selling 'new' television technology on the market. Plasma television screens provide a higher resolution as compared to conventional TVs, and many plasma screens are capable of displaying HDTV signals. These space-saving screens can be wall-mounted for a true theatre quality viewing experience.
With a world of programming choices and mind blowing new technologies like HDTV signals displayed on plasma screens, your television experience need never be boring again.
About the Author:
Columnist Gideon Laston writes for a variety of web magazines, on plasma tvs and home theater topics.
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