Television

Categories: Entertainment | Technology
    • Inventor: John Logie Baird in 1925
    • Plasma Television: Invented in 1936 by Kálmán Tihanyi
    • Original Run: The first run of a new program either paid for or licensed by the network or individual TV station.
    • World's Largest: This monster of a television measures 160 feet by 72 feet tall and is housed in the Dallas Cowboys football stadium. Everything is bigger in Texas!
    • LCD: Outsold CRT screens in total number of units, worldwide, in 2008

  • Or Simply, TV

    Television (TV) is both a device and a communications medium for transmitting video and audio. Television provides media in the form of shows or movies, which compose every possible genre, fiction and non-fiction. In the U.S. in 2008, the three most popular genres were sports, news, and "reality tv".

    Television has become a worldwide phenomenon, enjoyed at least once by more than half of the world's population. The average American is exposed to about 4 hours of television a day.

  • LCD vs Plasma

    LCD: Lower electrical consumption, generally less screen reflectivity. Generally brighter screens than plasma, and more suited to viewing in bright rooms.

    Plasma: Generally better viewing angle, richness of colors, and deeper blacks. Older plasma screens can suffer from screen burn-in.

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