Television

Television is still in the throws of establishing itself in the modern market. It has been around for sixty years, and for fifty years the most striking improvements have been 'colour' TVs followed decades later by 'stereo' TVs. The demanding gadget-oriented market has dragged the humble TV through many many changes in the last decade. We have seen:

• flat-screen
• plasma
• wide-screen
• massive 40" (and bigger) screens
• HD
• 1080p
• digital TV receivers

...and more all in just the last few years, recent TV innovations are struggling to keep pace with technology and our TVs (which used to last for 20 years) are now defunct after about 4 years.... The price of each new innovation has turned the TV into a major investment, which is where modern manufacturing techniques and a highly competitive market can help out. If you hunt around for decent tv deals, you can get yourself a thoroughly modern entertainment centre (we used to think a record player and a radio was an entertainment centre...!).