The London 2012 Olympic Games will have excellent events to view

With High Definition (HD) broadcasting occurring for a few years now, there are more and more live and pre-recorded programs in HD and now moving onto the newer technology of 3D broadcasting.

During the last Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, HD technology was emerging into the mainstream. The games were covered fully in HD, but due to the relatively small amount of HD TVs in the world, it wasn’t viewed this way by many. Now, this technology is much more common place in the household and even on other devices such as mobile phones and hand held tablets; which means the London 2012 Olympic Games will be enjoyed by many more people in HD than the last outing.

In addition to full HD coverage, some of the events will be broadcast live in 3D for the first time for any Olympic Games. The BBC will broadcast the opening and closing ceremony, the 100 metre final and a highlights package each day in 3D on the BBC’s HD channel. For those wanting more, Sky and Virgin Media will also have extended coverage in 3D on their pay to view channels.

Another great sporting event in Europe that always gets high viewing figures is the European Football Championship, Euro 2012. This will also be broadcast in HD, for excellent viewing quality for football fans. Whilst not being broadcast in 3D, the coverage will still be excellent, with high capacity networks having been installed specifically for the events.

For those who want a break away from sport, or just to feel patriotic, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations are going to pack out a great bank holiday weekend in early June. This will have excellent coverage from national television channels in HD and broadcast around the globe, in celebration of the Queen’s 60 year reign.

If you cannot be near your TV whilst the event of your choice is on, you can always opt for a newer, smart TV, allowing you to catch up on television through the internet, without the need to pre-record anything.

Samsung TVs are leading the way with interactive, smart TVs. These offer full connectivity from other media sources including external hard drives and the internet. Combined with home entertainment systems; music, movies and more can all be controlled and enjoyed to their fullest from one place.

With these excellent and historic events going on, but limited places to view in person, the best option is to purchase a new TV set and get an experience as near to the real thing as you can!

Samsung show off their new OLED displays at CES this year

The difference in picture quality between standard LED TVs and OLED technology is nothing short of staggering. OLED screens are still incredibly expensive, but the technology is sure to eventually come down in price to the point where it becomes a viable option for the mass market. The showcase of the world’s largest OLED screens at CES had technology reporters stunned and very quickly raving about this exciting new technology that is constantly improving.

The other remarkable aspect of OLED screens is how incredibly thin they can be; in October 2008, Samsung showcased the worlds thinnest OLED display, at only 0.05mm thick this display is thinner than a single sheet of paper. The technology allows the display to also be flexible and bendable without breaking, meaning that the screen itself can imitate the properties of paper.

The superior picture quality produced is possible because OLED displays operate without using a backlight at all; this means they can produce deeper blacks than any other TV on the market. Samsung TVs already have a reputation for superior quality when it comes to both picture quality and sound, and it is exciting to see that they are pioneering the very latest technology in order to provide the market with a great future for TV.

Samsung has ties with the Olympics so it makes sense that they would want to tie in their latest release with such a massive world event. As parties spring up to tune in to the coverage of the games from all over the world, Samsung want to ensure that their loyal customers have the best TV on the market with which to do it.

OLED displays are undeniably the future of television and computer screen displays; not only are they of a higher picture quality and lighter, they are also in fact more energy efficient than the alternative.

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Additionally, since the internet became commonly used it is much easier for producers to survey the opinions of viewers who could post on social networking sites, blogs or upload clips to video hosting sites if they liked a show or not. It also gave TV its first serious competitor for attention that it has had in decades, which forced the producers to target their viewing at a new demographic and try to capture the attention of an internet generation. Sites that allow users to watch terrestrial TV online became very popular, as did the video hosting site youtube, which is almost entirely independently produced and supported by individuals.

Buying a Samsung TV and sitting down to watch has become just a small part of how we now communicate with the producers of television and it is this shift that has ultimately made TV more accessible and engaging for everyone.

The LG electronics Google 3D LED TV is available in 47 inch and 55 inch models and is set to further revolutionise people’s viewing experience. It is also set to have an effect on current markets in which cheap LED TV is now readily available. The model incorporates web browsing with applications like Netflix and Pandora and is available through people’s existing cable services. Unlike Apple TV, Google comes readily built into TV sets and works in partnership with a multitude of other electronics companies in a strategic attempt to gain an advantage over their rivals. Apple have taken a different approach, allowing no one else to touch their interface and going it alone through the use of a set top box.

One surprising element that Google has over Apple is its utilisation of Apps. Google TV runs on Android and will therefore theoretically run any App that developers can come up with. The keystone of Apple’s success, they seem to have failed to corner the market this time around, neglecting to incorporate Apps into their TV experience.

Apple have also been criticised for their blatant money making strategies. Whereas Google TV comes with its own web browser, Apple only offers YouTube and Flickr, with all other content coming from the iTunes store where they have recently introduced TV show rental.

All in all, Google seems to be winning the battle at the moment with more consumer choice, cheaper and better content and a wider scope for upgrades and development. Although not currently available in the UK, industry insiders believe that it is only a matter of time before the battle is brought to British shores, and with new developments in the pipeline from Apple, the fight looks like it will continue for a while.

All LED TVs are HD ready to improve the contrast and picture quality even further. Some are also mercury free, leading to safer disposal and them being more environmentally friendly.

For such high quality you may expect a high price tag to match. However we have cheap Samsung TVs as well as many other brands including Sony and Toshiba. The difference in quality is almost as considerable between big brand and non-branded televisions as it is between LCD and LED models.  Both sound and picture quality is greatly improved when you purchase a model that has been manufactured by a trusted electronic company. Here at Electronicworld, we have these top brands available for the same price you would expect to pay for a generic branded TV elsewhere, so it’s a simple decision to choose quality now that price is no longer an issue.

Firstly it is much more convenient; you can browse hundreds of products in the comfort of your own home and are not restricted to any shop opening times. There is also much more choice: companies can put a wider range of larger products such as televisions online than they can fit in a store. But one of the biggest attractions for many buyers is that buying online is usually cheaper. You can get a cheap LED TV from us for a fraction of the price that you would have to pay in most electronic shops and with our unique collection service you don’t even need to pay postage and packaging, a cost that can often bump up the price of buying online significantly.

LCD TVs are great for those who want to watch their energy use. They use little power and produce little heat and so are very efficient, lowering you bills. You can put them almost anywhere, including mounted on a wall and as they are thin they take up little space meaning that you have more living space. LCD TVs are very light which means they can be transported and mounted with ease and they are reasonably sturdy meaning that they will not break easily. Screens on LCD TVs are non-reflective which will heighten viewing enjoyment and there the light output does not degrade overtime meaning that picture quality remains high throughout the televisions lifetime.

However, LCD TVs have a response delay which causes fast motion to blur and their black levels and colour contrasts are not as strong as those of an LED or plasma television.

LED TVs

LED TVs are best for those who want the deepest blacks because they use LED lights for backlighting instead of the fluorescent CFL lighting that LCD TVs use. This means that they share many of the advantages listed above however LED televisions also have the benefits of higher colour contrast, the most realistic colours, darker blacks and brighter whites. However these additional advantages mean that they tend to be more expensive than LCD TVs.

Plasma TVs

Plasma televisions are the most recent of the three types. They are extremely thin and can be put almost anywhere meaning that they use minimal space. They produce a deep black level and use a variety of lighting with a variety of sources. Many plasma TVs can reproduce a movie in the correct shape meaning that you avoid the slightly squashed picture that you often get with other sets.

However, plasma TVs are heavy meaning that you must be careful if mounting them on a wall and make sure that the wall fixtures are correct. Additionally as they are made mostly of glass they are extremely fragile so can not be placed anywhere where they may be knocked or bumped into. Their screen can be reflective which will lower the quality of viewing and the light output degrades overtime due to phosphor wear causing the picture quality to listen. Plasma TVs use more power than either LCD or LED TVs meaning that energy bills will be higher.

So with so much to choose from buying a new TV can be much more challenging than it used to be. But with the constantly reducing cost of electronics we are now lucky enough to be able to pick the TV that suits our needs from a wide selection of TVs available at better value than ever before.

If you currently receive five or fewer analogue channels through an aerial on any of your television sets, it is time to go digital. All LED televisions are HD ready and come with an inbuilt Freeview box making them the perfect choice to prepare for the switchover. The cheap LED TVs available at Electronic World means this option has never been more affordable and gives you a great excuse to update your home entertainment system.

As well as being inexpensive, an LED television is the perfect addition to any home. They are slimmer than many competing types and use less electricity which will save you money. They also produce truer blacks giving a heightened contrast between darks and lights leading to a better viewing experience. Many LED sets are now mercury free which means that when they reach the end of their lifetime (about 100,000 hours) they can be disposed of more safely and they are more environmentally friendly. With a huge choice of cheap LED TV’s from leading brands including Sony, Samsung and Toshiba, switch to digital today.

So how do we push our technology forward past the limit of just sight and sound? It is possible that the secret could lie in synesthesia – which is the denotation of one sensory experience for another. There are many variants of how this could happen, some people may perceive numbers or days of the week as having a certain colour, or perhaps they see a month as existing in a physical space. But it can be used to make up for a sense that you are lacking in.

For example, artist Neil Harbisson has achromatopsia which means that he only sees in black and white; he uses a head attached webcam with a computer that plays a certain sound for each colour that the webcam sees. From this he is able to distinguish colours and has even started dreaming in colour since he started wearing it. Rock climber, Erik Weihenmayer, is completely blind, but he uses a special pallet on his tongue with many diodes that make small charges based on the image from the camera mounted on his sunglasses, allowing him to interpret a basic sort of vision.

With these remarkable achievements of technology, perhaps the television industry could look into how to make up for the senses which we are deprived of when watching. We have all doubtlessly experienced something similar when watching someone cooking on screen, the visual and audio experience have made it seem as though we can almost smell or taste what is being cooked. TV of the future could take a step forward into a more engaging, immersive experience for all of our senses.