Television (TV), sometimes shortened to tele or telly, is a
telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in
monochrome (black and white), or in color, and in two or three
dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a
television show, or the medium of television transmission. Television
is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and
sports.Television became available in crude experimental forms in the
late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new
technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an
improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the
United Kingdom and United States, and television sets became
commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s,
television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In
the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most
other developed countries. The availability of multiple types of
archival storage media such as Betamax and VHS tapes, high-capacity
hard disk drives, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition Blu-ray Discs,
and cloud digital video recorders has enabled viewers to watch
pre-recorded materialâ€"such as moviesâ€"at home on their own time
schedule. For many reasons, especially the convenience of remote
retrieval, the storage of television and video programming now occurs
on the cloud (such as the video on demand service by Netflix). At the
end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions
greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from
standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines
of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which
provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be
transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010,
with the invention of smart television, Internet television has
increased the availability of television programs and movies via the
Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon
Video, iPlayer and Hulu.
telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in
monochrome (black and white), or in color, and in two or three
dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a
television show, or the medium of television transmission. Television
is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and
sports.Television became available in crude experimental forms in the
late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new
technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an
improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the
United Kingdom and United States, and television sets became
commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s,
television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In
the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most
other developed countries. The availability of multiple types of
archival storage media such as Betamax and VHS tapes, high-capacity
hard disk drives, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition Blu-ray Discs,
and cloud digital video recorders has enabled viewers to watch
pre-recorded materialâ€"such as moviesâ€"at home on their own time
schedule. For many reasons, especially the convenience of remote
retrieval, the storage of television and video programming now occurs
on the cloud (such as the video on demand service by Netflix). At the
end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions
greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from
standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines
of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which
provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be
transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010,
with the invention of smart television, Internet television has
increased the availability of television programs and movies via the
Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon
Video, iPlayer and Hulu.
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