by Richard Serra

Created on: March 12, 2007   Last Updated: November 17, 2011

There are quite a few people old enough to remember the first TVs to hit the market. Since then it has come a very long way since its infancy. This was going from a one channel out of three total, that could be watched for a short period of time. There wasn’t much in the way of programs to watch on either of the channels.

The rest of the day was being glued to stations splash screen logo which sported an Indian chief, as a fill in between programs.

The marvel of this technology captivated the imagination, as well as our interest, so much that people would often just stare at the logo as though it were almost entertaining itself.

It all just seemed so magical, that something you could see and hear was somehow transported into your home.The concept of seeing something in your home that came through the air waves was just such an unbelievable oddity, that no matter how amateur the early days were in simulating some sort of a scene, it was viewed with great interest.

As they began to get a little more creative, they replaced the stations ID logo with video feed back, which was nothing more than a camera pointed back at the screen, which would cause floating looping light patterns, that would just move about in an interesting random way, to help viewers pass the time while waiting for some programming, all in beautiful black and white on a nine inch screen.

That was then, and here we are now.
Watching something on a new 70" 3D High Definition, state of the art TV, is truly amazing. This makes TV viewing an altogether different experience from anything else before. Problem is, somewhere along the way, the quality of what the producers put out isn't as good as the technology they have at their disposal.

It’s sad but true. High tech special effects seem to have created less than producers and directors, because they rely too much on the effects rather than the quality of acting, or story line.
Unless you’re watching "made for High definition programming" which a lot of quality goes into what they produce, you’re still watching a mindless series of programs that insults ones intelligence. Thank goodness there are however, an abundance of programs, unlike just a few in the 50’s.

The future of TV sets is going to be radically different that what we have today. You will not need 3D glasses to view three dimensional broadcasts. TVs will no longer be confined to just one focal point such as a rectangular screen that sits in front of the viewers. The ultimate is a media room whereas each wall, front and sides will be a screen.

There is new technology for thin sheets of film that will display life like viewing that covers each wall, thereby giving you a panoramic seamless viewing.

There is also new technology that will bring the stars right into your living room via of holograms. Exciting future for Television in the coming decade, which of course will make the latest we have now be completely obsolete.

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