I am sure the more youthful visitors perusing this short article will not think this at all, but there is a time, not too far in the past, where really the only content you might watch on TV was anything happened to be on at the time. It was a period before the VCR, before DVD, before iPlayer…A absolute land before time.
Rather than today’s reference rag, bought more from habit than required after which callously crumpled under the coffee table, the Television Guide was once a holy document, a scripture to be savoured and pondered upon for an entire week, ahead of small sections and pictures were cropped, with fantastic care and focus, and pasted into scrapbooks so that whole family could re-live their favourite episodes of ‘The Avengers’ that might not again be transmit for decades.
When VHS came down, viewers finally had the option to regulate their content. Actually, this Promethean innovation allowed us to record TV shows, just in case we’d go out. We could even purchase our favourite shows and replay them to our heart’s content, although you’re limited to how many series you can buy, because the pesky things were large enough to develop an annex out of, and still have enough for a patio and a loft extension (which is just what we did down my road – It boosted the property value in the area for a good six months before anyone noticed that the new master bedroom was made out of old copies of ‘Under Siege’).
When DVD came along, followed by downloadable content, it saved space also it made the guy in the commercials go “whoa!” like Keanu Reeves receiving an Eskimo roll right up the you-know-what. The problem was that TV still catered solely to its individual timetable, as opposed to yours.
The BBC iPlayer and its ilk tainted even that. Does watching ‘Mock The Week’ conflict along with your advanced cookery class? Well, now you are able to watch it on whatever night of the week you please, which is beautiful as, in the case of the particular programme, watching older DVDs can make you wince at once hilarious Jade Goody or Amy Winehouse gags that are now…not so novel.
On-Demand content also includes content streamed on the World wide web, something your Smart TV will now pick up a lot better than your PC will. This includes Internet-only TV shows along with Independent, user-generated programmes just like you could find on Youtube, Dailymotion or Vimeo (most of which have downloadable Smart TV apps). Using apps provided by businesses like Amazon or Netflix, that were primarily designed purposely for the World wide web, you are able to even rent modern movies directly to the Television watching them anytime you like and never having to worry about getting up early to deliver the box back to Blockbusters on your route to work.
On Demand content basically means that if it is out there, the odds are you can watch it. Smart TV means you can watch whatever you wish; however you want, whenever you want. That’s correct, you call the shots. Now, when you ask out the girl in the chippie and she says “I can’t that night cos Emmerdale’s on” you won’t need to creep home disappointed. Instead, you’ll basically propose she catches up with it at a different occasion.
Smart TV essentially remakes you, the viewer, into the control of your amusement destiny. You will pick from exactly anything you can think of and watch it anytime you like. You can even watch your Uncle Gordon’s holiday movies…But the beauty is that it is not the only thing that is on. Personally, I would sooner track down and re-watch ‘Demolition Man’.
You could get BBC iplayer, Netflix, Lovefilm and 4OD on a majority of the smart TVs, learn how here
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