Journey of innovation in TVs

It seems that every new technology in the TVadding functionalities to the TVs. Reading through
and large display category of the electronicthe TV reviews can make you think that these
lifestyle products is not quite satisfying for theare not just TVs any more. This so called high
researchers. You always have more and moredefinition TV, or the HDTV, can connect with
newer technologies continually coming. Evenyour internet connection, set-top box, DVD player
before one gets to know the older one, there is aand a few other electronic devices to give you an
new one that is launched. The pace of ushering inall-in-one solution. And, if you feel that there will be
of the newer technologies is such that you needa mesh of unmanageable wires around, you are
to keep track of them on daily basis by readingprobably missing on the latest developments in
the TV reviews. from whatever source you canthe wired and wireless technologies. The chances
lay your hands on. At first there was the CRTare that you might be requiring only one HDMI
TV. Then were introduced the improved featureswire to make all the required connections. You can
and vastly improved viewing quality with the LCDhave your HDTV fixed on the wall or be kept on
TVs. Then the researchers found that replacinga specially designed mount. These days, the TV
the bulb for backlighting with the light emittingmounts are designed in such a way that allows
diode (LED) gave even better viewing experience.keeping of other devices along with it allows
So, the flat panel LED TV entered the scene.optimum utilization of space and it can also hide
These were further played with and whatthe connecting wire, giving a clean and non-messy
emerged was the OLED TV, or organic LED TV,look to the room.
which made use of a thin layer of organicIt is ironical to see, learn and hear that on the one
compounds which glowed when electric currenthand, TV screens are becoming flatter and larger
was passed through it. OLED does not use theand, on the other hand, the TV screens are
backlight to display the functions. Now, there is ashrinking in size as well. You now have portable
talk of a new technology calledTVs of the size of your mobiles to carry
‘surface-conduction electron-emitter display',wherever you like and in the way you want.
better known by its short abbreviation, the SED.These come with antennas for reception. You
The good thing about this is that it combines thewould be amazed to see that the basic features
benefits of the good old CRT TV and the LCDand the viewing quality do not leave much to be
TV. Scoring over both of them, it uses lessdesired.
power than either of them.You shall realize by now how far the technology
Though the talk has till now remained focused on(from CRT to SED) and the design ( HDTV, TV
the different variants of the display technologies,Mounts, HDMI cables and much more) has gone in
there are a lot of things happening on the front ofgiving you the ‘home-theatre' experience.