It's quite obvious that media and technology are advancing more and more. With new, crazy inventions coming out every day, the things we view as "modern" and high-tech today may very soon be seen as out of date and "old-fashioned." One of those things will probably be television.
Already, TV has changed drastically in the past decade or so. It went from being bulky and little; only playing shows (or VCR's, if any of you remember those!) in black and white, to colorful and less-bulky; now playing DVDs, plus a wider selection of channels, to ginormous and flat screen with tons of features like Netflix and Hulu to watch shows instantly. Sheesh! Talk about a change! And I've even heard they have HD and 3D television now!! Anyways, long story short: television did and will continue to change with the progressing technology.
Okay, so I'm just guessing here, but I'm thinking that one big change that television as we know it is going to make is probably its convenience. I mean, a lot of what makes people buy/ want a product has to do with its convenience. That's the whole reason programs like Netflix and Hulu Plus we're created, right? So people could watch shows they actually like when it's convenient for them. So, my guess is that TV in the future will have like an "account" I guess you could say for each person in the house. On their account, their favorite shows would be ready to watch whenever, but their would also be a place to browse all shows, and there would still be the regular scheduled television like how we have now. So for example, the TV could have a family account, have an account for mom, have an account for dad, and for each of the kids. The TV accounts would be able to sync with smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more.
I'm also guessing that TV will be voice activated, or even crazier, mind activated!! Just imagine it, your watching your favorite show and you decide it's to soft, and the volume needs to be raised, but not too much. Right when that thought pops into your head, poof, the volume is adjusted to just how you wanted it! Or what if your watching "The Voice", but you decide it's getting too boring and you would rather watch "American Idol", and just like that the TV picks up your thoughts and switches shows! Yikes... that would be kind of, no, REALLY creepy!!
In conclusion, television is definitely going to be changing in the next few years or so. Just think of how far it's come along already. Hope you enjoyed reading my very bizarre hypothesises about TV in the future :)
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