Individual Assignment : Section 3

Nowadays television has become a huge industry in itself. Typeare s of televisions vary, such as digital light processing (DLP), liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma TV. Televisions today are  considered the number one member of any family. There are many considerable advantages of watching TV. The first advantage is that it allows people to have  a look all over the world. Many events and competitions can be watched “live” from your own living room. In addition, you can experience the joy of traveling without any cost by watching channels such as the travel channel. Furthermore, the television is an unlimited source of information. There are a lot of scientific channels which are suitable for all ages. These are the fastest and cheapest way to improve your knowledge.

But beside these benefits, there are also some disadvantages that we must acknowledge. The first disadvantage is that it wastes valuable time that can be spent learning new areas of study such as new languages, especially if you were watching something that is not interesting. Also, there are some programs which are not suitable for children and teenagers because it contain sexual or violent materials, which should not be watched without supervision. Also, spending hours watching TV is harmful to the eyesight. Children replaced playing sport and breathing fresh air with watching cartoons and movies. This is the main reason of the significant rise in child obesity.

To summarize, television is one of the most important inventions of the 20^th century. It changed the way people spend their time and get information. I personally believe that television soon will be replaced by computers, especially with the development of the internet. But television will always be the number one home entertainment centre for any family.

Individual Assignment : Section 2

                   The television industry as we know it today was born in the years immediately after World War II. The color television system was first introduced by Peter Goldmark in 1946. The idea of producing colored pictures, by having a red-blue-green wheel spinning in front of a cathode ray tube was new and exciting. Its applications included the use of hospitals such as Atlantic City hospital using it to document operations that made viewers faint. But it was not until the 1960’s that color TV was available for everyone in their homes. Back in 1948 there were even early tests of cable television. The early cable systems primarily provided improved reception of broadcast programming from nearby large cities. Also in 1957 the remote control was introduced by Robert Adler who called it a “space commander”. In the 1960’s the use of space satellites began a significant change in broadcasting real live events. People no longer had to wait for several days to watch an event that was happening in a faraway place to be relayed. The first real live event that people are remembering clearly seeing on television was the heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975 that took place in Manila. This transmission, which clearly demonstrated the ability to see real-time images from around the world, has changed the television industry eternally. Other promotions like advertising have grown alongside this event. (Federal Communications Commission, 2005)