OK, so we have HD, 3D and now 4k what do you think will be the next development as far as TV'S go ? And what do you think TV'S will be like in say 50yrs time ?
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professorhat
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Surely with out internet connected, augmented reality enabled contact lenses / replacement eyes, we won't need TVs? Either that, or we'll be too busy battling each other for food, water and other sparse natural resources as a result of catastrophic climate change...
I agree with the prof. I expect TVs etc will be a thing of the past, because electricity will be very hard to obtain. And TV stations may have ceased to exist.
Just a few hours watching Stargazing on BBC tv makes you realise just how pathetic the earth and the human race actually are, in comparison to the enormous catastrophic events in the universe that are happening all around us.
But still looking forward to the new series of Downton Abbey 🙂
Just a few hours watching Stargazing on BBC tv makes you realise just how pathetic the earth and the human race actually are, in comparison to the enormous catastrophic events in the universe that are happening all around us.
But still looking forward to the new series of Downton Abbey 🙂
I don't think it'll be too advanced.
If you go back to 1964 we probably had 240 lines on the screen and it was mainly black and white and The Addams family was all the rage.
I think it'll be actual tv With no lines or pixels to speak of so it'll be like looking out of your window.
TV screens have got larger and I can see that trend continuing.
Alas though, aliens or asteroids might put an end to it all.
Nearly forgot smell-o-vision, gotta have it, just think of the money they could make re-releasing every title available :roll:
If you go back to 1964 we probably had 240 lines on the screen and it was mainly black and white and The Addams family was all the rage.
I think it'll be actual tv With no lines or pixels to speak of so it'll be like looking out of your window.
TV screens have got larger and I can see that trend continuing.
Alas though, aliens or asteroids might put an end to it all.
Nearly forgot smell-o-vision, gotta have it, just think of the money they could make re-releasing every title available :roll:
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We have many, many thousands of wee innocent children dying EVERY day all around the World ... whilst we 'fortunate few' have so MANY delightful tech things to enjoy ... :?
Hope the God 'Judgement ' ...isn't JUST around the corner tbh 😛ray: ?
Hope the God 'Judgement ' ...isn't JUST around the corner tbh 😛ray: ?
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Alantiggger said:
Other than the nonsense in your second sentence, this is true, but somewhat off-topic.
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Back to the question. I don't agree that things won't be very different. Technological progress is moving almost exponentially.
So long as the planet is not destroyed in the name of one deity or another (pick any out of the 10s of 1000s that have been believed in at some time in the last 50 thousand years or so), then I think the TV will have shifted into the walls and "things". Empty surfaces will be the TV, and the houses will be full of them.
It goes without saying that they will be very high definition and content will be user definable. I can't see there being any actual live sending any more.
and yes, Alan, there will unfortunately probably be parts of the world where people can't even eat properly. That's us greedy, selfish humans. ;(
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I guess one look at the news tends to mean looking 50 years into the future is possibly rather optimistic
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skippy said:
We had 405 lines (377 actually used for the picture) from 1936.
From 1969 (and the change to UHF for colour) it was 625 lines, although test transmissions in 625 lines were going out long before that from 1962 onwards. (Except no-one had the TVs to watch them on!)
VHF transmissions in 405 lines (and B&W only) continued being broadcast in parallel until 1985.
Something from Vic and Bob's House of Fools got me thinking about combining TVs with other, non-communicative devices. But I guess that would just make use of existing technology if you were going to put it in, say, a microwave door.
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chebby said:
Thanks for the info, I was trying to find it on Wikipedia.
So it seems like the tv resolutions have only started to increase in the last 10 years or so.
If you compare this to the advances in PC technology, the rate at which Tv tech has increased, it is lagging behind so I don't feel there are going to be any major leaps forward.
Put this post on a time capsule and see who's right
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But then resolution is only one very small aspect of TV (or more accurately, display) technology. Until the advent of home cinema, a TV's single function was really to display whatever was being broadcast - up until very recently, this has solely been PAL in the UK, so naturally TVs have stayed at that resolution here. Nowadays of course, not only is high-def content being broadcast, we have all sorts of other content being displayed on TVs, thus it makes sense for the resolution to increase to keep up with this demand.
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Zuul sounds good (as long as Sigourney's there).
I'd also say the development of flex screens will become more prevalent.
Due to the physical size of a rigid screen it will limit that market.
A flexible screen will be simply rolled into a cardboard tube which could be simply manouvered throughout the residence. This would be connected to a central box which would deliver the signal from whatever source.
I'd also say the development of flex screens will become more prevalent.
Due to the physical size of a rigid screen it will limit that market.
A flexible screen will be simply rolled into a cardboard tube which could be simply manouvered throughout the residence. This would be connected to a central box which would deliver the signal from whatever source.
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