Once upon a time, families would gather in their living rooms between 8 and 10 pm, and watch TV for a couple of hours. Alright, that wasn’t that long ago, and a lot of families still do it. However, it’s becoming more and more common to gather around a computer rather than watch TV. Netflix, a subscription service that streams high-quality movies straight to your computer, is the most popular way to legally watch movies without having to rent or buy them.
TV shows like House, Lost, and Weeds are also available for streaming. For those who prefer to watch on a TV screen, and don’t have a computer that will hook up to their television set, Netflix also allows you to check out one DVD at a time, through snail mail, for a monthly fee of $8.99. This is a lower cost than renting two movies from blockbuster for $5 a pop! Netflix will also allow you to check out multiple titles at a time for a slightly higher cost. A downside to streaming videos is NO SPECIAL FEATURES which we love here at AliVega Productions!
With all these options, it’s no surprise that the prime time TV crowd is now spending more time than ever on their laptops, away from the television.
Google TV is here and it’s bringing tons of features! What are some of these features? If you haven’t heard, Google TV is a computer in your TV, you can search the web, watch videos, use apps, and of course watch your favorite shows. Only now, you can customize your TV, your way!
For starters this TV has its own homepage, turn on your TV and it loads the homepage from where you can see all your updates and being able to browse the internet.
Next, it has a search feature which allows you to search for your favorite TV shows or you can easily change to web mode to search for your favorite online video
Google TV will even let you download and use apps right on your TV screen, it comes pre-loaded with a few apps such as Twitter, Pandora, and Netflix.
Are you always busy and hardly have time to catch your favorite shows? Well, Google TV let’s you create TV playlists so you can watch your favorite shows later.
Missed any episodes? or do you just want to watch a favorite one? This TV has a special page to find that episode you want. You can watch it if it’s on TV or on the web.
If you’re someone who always loses the remote, don’t worry because Google TV let’s you use either your Android phone or Apple iPhone as a remote for the TV, what’s even better is that you can use multiple phones for one TV!
There are more features included in this new TV, you’ll just have to check them out for yourselves.
Do you remember when DVDs first came out? Not long after your VHS collection probably went out the window.
Next, you probably spent the next ten or fifteen years building up your extensive DVD collection. And now that you finally have approximately a metric ton of alphabetically organized DVDs in your house, what happens?
Blu Ray.
That’s right. The movie industry has moved to another medium yet again. The new format provides better color, better sound, better bonus features, and more disc space. You’ve heard the hype, and perhaps you’ve even seen the beauty of Blu Ray with your own eyes. Blu Ray movies are flying off the shelves – at almost double the price of DVDs — and with the increasing popularity of Blu Ray, the price of DVDs, especially used ones, is dropping dramatically. Which makes it seem like a good time to build your DVD library with movies that don’t necessarily need all the improved quality of the Blue Ray. The question is how long will DVD players be produced?
After the release of DVDs in the 90’s, it was obvious that VHS tapes were going to become a thing of the past, luckily they were gradually phased out, and it took nearly a decade to do so (and you can still buy DVD/VHS players). So don’t worry too much – The road to the obsolete is a slow one, and it will probably be a while before your DVD collection is really outdated, still, it is inevitable in the long run.
So, how many of you have already made the switch? What technology do you think will follow Blue Ray?
Google has launched it’s website for the new Google TV and developers are lining up to have their apps featured. Twitter, Netflix and Pandora are just a few of the apps signed on so far.
If you just bought a new TV and want the same feature as a Google TV, fear not Logitech has developed a box that will make your current TV enabled with the Google features known as, Logitech Revue. Sony also launched it’s new Bravia TV with Google TV platform embedded in it. Take the Google TV QuickTour at http://www.google.com/tv/
YouTube is expanding… it’s display size. With the use of “Leanback” viewers will be able to switch the video display to full screen with the touch of a single button. Unlike their former full screen options, viewers will now be able to browse through video thumbnails while remaining in full screen mode.
Youtube hopes that this change will alter the viewer statistics . Right now an average YouTube viewer watches videos for 15 minutes at a time but 5 hours on an actual TV. Will this change in format make you watch YouTube more? Comment below.
A recent survey conducted by Entertainment Weekly named Homer Simpson the best TV and film character of the past two decades. Second on the list was Harry Potter, followed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tony Soprano, and The Joker (as played by Heath Ledger) coming in at fifth. Who do you think is the best TV and film character from the past two decades? Comment below!
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