Should Smart TVs be Everyone’s TV?

Most of us have been extremely thankful for how technology helped us in so many ways. Thinking of how much time and effort we are able to save from doing things it has and at the same time made impossible things become possible.
Forty years ago, watching cartoons like the Jetson’s and Skylab 2020, we were all in awe of how these cartoons characters would be able to talk to others using a widescreen. It made them possible to spy on people using these gadgets with just a push of a button, and so many more. We had a sense of wanting to have the same equipment, but it was not until several years later that these became available for us.

History of Smart TV
The Smart TVs that we all enjoy today started in the 1980’s when it was then introduced as “intelligent television receivers by the Japanese. It was described as a system that makes use of an LSI chip with memory and a character generator wherein viewers were able to receive a mix of programming and information that is transmitted over spare lines of the broadcast television signal. The patent was later on published in 1994, in which it was referred to as an intelligent television system which was linked to data networks by means of a digital or analog network. One important facet of this system is its ability to automatically download various software according to the user’s demands that enable to process their needs.

It was in the late 2000s an early 2010s were the improved Smart TVs came out. Major TV manufacturers have announced the production of Smart TVs. The high-end Smart TV units were then produced in 2015. With its entry into the market, it was expected to become the dominant form of television. While everyone may have clamored to have one in their homes, according to a survey performed in 2016, those whose families with incomes over $75,000 a year were more likely to buy a Smart TV.


Is there really a need to buy a Smart TV
Pros
A Smart TV is a kind of television that can provide you with various forms of entertainment compared to the regular TVs that we all grew up with.
• Being able to be connected to the virtual world, it allows anyone to have a bigger viewing capability of watching their favorite movies.

• Additionally, it provides you with new uses of checking on your emails, going on social media as well as by installing various apps can also be similarly helpful when used for work purposes. This is made possible by attaching devices such as printers, scanners or webcams.
• Screen casting or screen mirroring is the ability of your desktop or smartphone to be mirrored into the TV screen. Whatever is on your desktop or smartphone can be viewed on a bigger screen. You no longer need to manually set up a projection cable either. Simply connect both devices to the internet and enable the feature.

• Besides being an alternative to cable, smart TV can take entertainment to new levels of awesome by allowing you to play your favorite games and apps on a big screen.
• Connecting to the internet opens access to online streaming services with varying video resolutions. You can watch in Low to HD copies of the latest shows and movies.
• Multiple accounts for online services can be synced and managed through a smart TV. You can do just about everything on a smart TV that you can on a smartphone. Example, you can log into your YouTube account on your Smart Tv by simply typing in the code provided on your Smart TV to your smartphone and it will automatically sign in your YouTube account on your Smart TV.

Cons
We are mostly presented with the good side of having a Smart TV, however, there are also some disadvantages of having one.
• An internet connection is required for a screen to be a smart TV. Unless files from the streaming services have offline enabled access, it cannot work. Practically not having an internet connection, your Smart TV will only function as an ordinary television.
• Screen mirroring is only possible when an internet connection is available.
• Although Smart TVs allow you to download applications, there are only a few apps and games available for Smart TVs.
• The streaming resolution may automatically be set to low if the internet speed is slow or unstable. Therefore, to optimize your viewing experience, a high-speed internet is recommended.
• The greatest threat is a privacy concern. By syncing it to a smart tv, it can be opened up for hacking. As prevention, do not share and regularly change passwords. Also, make sure you know who is connecting to your screen.
• The cost of Smart TVs is definitely more expensive than regular TVs.

Now that the pros and cons of Smart TV have been presented to you, it is all up to you to decide if it will be your choice of tv or not.

AVision Philippines offer both standard and Smart TVs with high-quality images which anyone would surely enjoy. Apart from its features that are very much alike as the well-known TV brands, all AVision TVs are reasonably priced to make it more affordable for the public.

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