. Text # 3 “Smart TVs - Television and the Internet”
More and more television manufacturers are producing Smart TVs. Although they differ in some ways most of them use the same technology. Smart TVs can be connected to the internet using a setup box, a cable or wireless adapter. As more and more broadcasting companies are showing videos on demand Smart TVs are an investment for the future. Some decades ago watching television was a completely different experience. If you were lucky you had a handful of channels you could watch. Depending on your rooftop antenna and the signal you got reception was sometimes bad and during storms the signal was lost altogether. In the 1970s cable TV gave viewers a choice of several different programs, not only from the local area. The arrival of video recorders allowed viewers to record their shows during the nighttime or while they were on holidays. Satellite television in the 80s and 90s gave people access to hundreds of TV channels from around the world. In the last decade Internet television has been growing rapidly. Today Smart TV today offers the user a new way of selecting content from the thousands of entertainment items. Content is often divided into genres, so you when you choose comedy a Smart TV can offer not only the shows and movies that are currently being shown on various TV channels but also display comedy clips on YouTube, Vimeo or other video networks. Smart TV gives its audience a broader selection of what they want to watch. Internet companies like Amazon, iTunes and Netflix are already offering thousands of on demand TV shows and pay per view movies that you can download and watch on your TV.
Mark the following statements as true or false (T/F):
1. Smart TV gives its audience a limited selection of what they want to watch. T / F
2. Some decades TV viewers had only a handful of channels that they could watch. T / F
3. The arrival of video recorders allowed viewers to record their shows during a lunch break. T /F
4. Satellite television in the 80s and 90s gave people access just to a few of TV channels. T / F
5. Today Smart TV today offers the user a new way of selecting content from the millions of entertainment items. T / F
6. Smart TVs can be connected to the Internet using a cable or wireless adapter.