I’m sure the younger visitors perusing this short article won’t believe this at all, but there is a period, 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 is a time before the VCR, before DVD, before iPlayer…A veritable land before time.
Rather than today’s reference rag, bought more from habit than required and then callously crumpled under the coffee table, the TV Guide was one time a holy document, a scripture to be savoured and pondered upon for a complete 7 days, ahead of little sections and pictures were cropped, with great care and attention, and pasted into scrapbooks so that the whole family could re-live their favourite episodes of ‘The Avengers’ that may not once more be transmit for decades.
When VHS came down, listeners lastly had the option to control their own content. Actually, this Promethean innovation allowed us to record TV shows, in case we had to go out. We could even buy our favorite shows and replay them to our heart’s content, though you were limited to how many series you could buy, because the darned things were large enough to build an annex out of, and still have enough for the patio and a loft extension (which is just what we did along my street – It boosted the home value in the area for a good 6 months before anyone noticed that the new master suite was made out of old copies of ‘Under Siege’).
When DVD arrived, followed by downloadable content, it saved space also it made the guy inside the commercials go “whoa!” like Keanu Reeves receiving an Eskimo roll right up the you-know-what. The situation was that TV very much catered solely to its own timetable, as opposed to yours.
The BBC iPlayer and its ilk changed even this. 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 prefer, which is beautiful because, in possible of that particular programme, watching older DVDs could make you flinch at once hilarious Jade Goody or Amy Winehouse gags that are now…not so fresh.
On-Demand programmes also includes content streamed on the World wide web, something your Smart TV will now get a lot better than your computer will. This includes Web-only Television shows as well as Independent, user-created programmes just like you could find on Youtube, Dailymotion or Vimeo (most of which have downloadable Smart TV apps). Using applications provided by businesses like Amazon or Netflix, that were originally developed purposely for the World wide web, you’ll be able to even rent the latest films directly to the TV watching them anytime you prefer and never having to worry about getting up early to drop the box back to Blockbusters on your route to work.
On Demand programmes basically implies that if it’s on the market, the odds are it is possible to look at it. Smart TV means that you can watch what you want; 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 have to creep home disappointed. Instead, you’ll basically propose she catches up with it at a different time.
Smart TV fundamentally remakes you, the viewer, into the master of your entertainment destiny. You can select from literally anything one 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’s not the one thing that’s on. Personally, I’d rather track down and re-watch ‘Demolition Man’.
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