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Shopping for a new TV? Try to “get smart”

June 19, 2012 By

Are you confused about the differences between LCD, LED, Plasma, HD and Smart when it comes to a TV?  Technology is moving apace and it’s easy to get left behind.  When Consumer websites invite you to click here for a Toshiba TV or shop for a Samsung smart TV with Argos, it’s simple to get through to the purchase of a shiny new set, but not truly know what you’re buying!

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) arrived first on the scene and was mainly used for computer monitors as it was cheap to create.  A plasma screen uses less fluorescence and is probably the better choice.

LED (Light Emitting Diodes) followed and cost a little more while providing a better screen picture.  It also used a bit less electricity.  LED screens cut out the many “black spots” that used to occur because of using so many fluorescent lights. [Read more...]

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Apps-solute and smart – the TV of the future – now.

October 24, 2011 By

What’s a smart TV?  Samsung televisions are smart, so they say.  What does this mean to me?  Well, it’s here and you’d be mad not to care.  To begin with, it means that while you’re watching a TV programme you can, should you wish; easily start to search online for content connected to the show.  You can surf the web in your living room, on your big TV screen.  The TV will customise a list of movies that you might wish to view, based on your personal choices to date.  You’ll also be able to blog or chat online about the show with friends via social media.  To top it all off Samsung Apps are a kind of market place that will offer you many different mobile applications developed to offer you the very best in TV viewing. [Read more...]

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3D Technology

May 12, 2011 By

Most major manufacturer’s around the globe has ardently launched into the newest technology of TVs that has ecstatic its audience with its thrill and wonderful highlights. The 3D technology concerned hot models are coming up really fast from makers like Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Sony, Vizio and Toshiba and plenty more. The plasma, LCD and LED TVs have stepped up in to the following plane of technical advancement it is fascinating to grasp that Samsung and Mitsubishi has been incorporating DLP ( Digital Light Processing ) technology for years in their Televisions which were 3D able.

The first 3-dimensional picture Power of Love was made in the year 1922 and the glasses that were used to view the flick and the following releases were easy. The picture of any 3D film is locked in 2 dimensions only it is seen by both the eyes with slight modification in depth and distance. The 3D technology gets use out of the natural course of perception and sends different pictures to both the eyes and the signals are translated by the brain.

Steven Speilberg’s Avatar has made engaging ripples in the feelings of viewer’s all across the globe more and more before. The technology has disclosed many engaging dimensions and increased the enjoyment of watching a leading edge technology. The 3D TV in a living room or any other area must broadcast the received special signals and produce the required effect. 2 separate cameras from both the right and left are used to capture the image at the same time acting like two eyes.

The image is then edited to match colors and develop consistency in depth and focus. With a 3D processor, both the pictures are converted into a completely unique 3D image. Later a digital MPEG HD encoder provides help in squeezing this image which can on occasion be broadcast thru satellite.

Houses which have a mini dish that have compatibility with this technology receive the signals of this digital image and continue to process thru the set top box to the 3D Television set. Spectators may be able to see them with a bit of help from the special glasses and the brain processes the depth and focus of the image.

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