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We’ve looked at getting the internet on your TV in a previous blog post, but what if you want to watch films downloaded to your laptop on your TV, play games on a really big screen or show off your holiday snaps in style? Today we’ll look at connecting your computer to your TV.
There are several different ways to connect your computer to your TV, depending on what kind of sockets there are on your laptop/desktop and TV. There will be quite a lot of variation depending on the age and model of your computer and your TV. I’ve listed the possible ways of connecting in order of increasing image quality.
Composite/RCA
This is the most old-fashioned kind of connection, found as standard on older TVs and computers. There are three plugs and sockets: white for the left stereo audio, red for the right stereo audio and yellow for composite video. This kind of cable can be found very cheaply.
SEPARATE AUDIO CONNECTION NECESSARY
Composite socket composite cable
Most newer models of Full HD TVs (and some models that call themselves HD Ready) have 1080p resolution, but there are still some 1080i models around and still, it seems, quite a bit of confusion between the two resolutions. So what’s the difference between 1080p and 1080i?
The short answer is that 1080p gives a higher quality picture, while 1080i can suffer from problems with blurry motion. The full explanation is a little more complicated. (more…)
Since our last post on what Panasonic TV model numbers mean, Panasonic have changed the way they use model numbers. Here is a quick guide to decoding the new product numbers, part of our ongoing series on understanding TV model names.
The first two letters are no longer a simple guide to the type of screen. In the new system, both plasma and LCD screen model numbers start with TX. Older plasma screen models start with TH.
- TH is used for older plasma screens (pre-2009)
- TX for LCD screens and newer plasma screens (2009 onwards)
The third letter refers to the type of screen
- P for plasma
- L for LCD
The first two numbers refer to the screen size in inches.
The next numbers and letters are the series. Full details of the newly launched series can be found at Panasonic’s website: click here for information on Panasonic’s new LCD TVs or click here for information on their new plasma TVs.
Finally, the B that’s sometimes included in the product name stands for region B – the UK.
Following on from the introductory post last week, we’re taking a look at the various web-enabled TV technologies offered by the big manufacturers.
Today, we’re looking at the manufacturer who’s got the first web TV system on the market: Sony, with its ‘Applicast’ system.
Applicast is currently available on UK models on the W5500, E5500 and V5500 series.
So what does Applicast offer?
According to Sony, Applicast offers a fairly uninspiring collection of basic computer programs: ‘an analogue style clock’, calendar, alarm, calculator, and world clock.
Fortunately for web-savvy shoppers, Sony has packed a key feature into the Applicast system - an RSS reader. This will allow you to “Get up-to-the-minute news from your favourite websites right on your TV screen. With more than 100,000 RSS feeds available worldwide, you can tune in to any hot topic without tuning out of the TV show you’re enjoying.”
The short version seems to be that you’ll be able to get Decide What to Buy on your TV! There are lots of other potential uses: as well as blogs, you could get news, weather info, stock markets, Twitter, etc.
As you can see from the picture below, the Applicast system presents the content in a pretty classy manner, but you won’t be able to read much on the RSS widget!
Overall, the Applicast system has some potential, but plenty of room for improvement. Still, at least the Applicast system is available on TVs that are on sale now, unlike many of the web TV offerings we’ll be covering!
If you’ve been following the world of TVs this year, you’ll have seen that one of the big trends that has people excited at the moment is the serious attempts manufacturers are making to bring web content to our TV screens. It’s often been predicted, but now it finally seems to be happening: the TV and computer are coming together.
So what is ‘web-enabled TV’ - nobody has been able to agree on a standard name yet - and why should I care?
Web-enabled TV is the ability to get some web content available directly through your TV, which is hooked up to an internet connection. As is often the case with new technologies, the kind and amount of content varies widely, from feeds from from sites like Flickr to weather reports, and potentially YouTube.
Web-enabled TVs should be of interest if you like the idea of checking your email or Facebook from your sofa without having to crouch over the PC at the desk, or if you simply like being on the cutting edge of media consumption: YouTube access in particular, could mark a real change in the content we watch on TV.
Web-enabled TV is an emerging technology, with web-enabled sets just beginning to appear. Over the next week or so, I’ll be blogging about the different technologies available from the key manufacturers, including Samsung with their Internet@TV system, Sony with Applicast, and Panasonic with VieraCast.
We’ll take a close look at the current features of each web TV system, and we’ll also try to predict where each system might end up in a few months time. We should end up with a pretty comprehensive guide to the best of the web TV experience. I hope you’ll be able to join us.
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