Traditional TV to Smart TV: evolutionary history – Hypertext

Early models of televisions.

During decades, television has been so many things that make a review of what has led inevitably return to the nostalgia. With it we have grown, laughed, played and even cried. We have learned and somehow we have known about until the arrival of our new platforms brought by Internet. And it is precisely them, new platforms, which have made television forever ceased to be what it was, but in another sense it is used more than ever. Today we try to go back to later return to the future . Knowing where we came from to know where we are going. Smart TVs

A mass phenomenon approached Spain to the world The TV was born with several purposes. The first was to give more life to the radio broadcasts, both as news stories or soap operas. Another was making every home could have visual connection from the outside world, and above all, to bring our home the scenes of the big screen.

Expansion and development globally

Although global expansion occurred before, in Spain could not enjoy the first issue TVE until 1956. Of course, were issues that came in black and white. The public was accustomed to the movies with that kind of colors, so it did not matter nor negative impact on its success. It was not until 1972 when the TV come in color, and then the television was already a mass phenomenon that approached Spain to the world .

Relay TVE at the beginning of the same in Spain.

For a long time we were with two channels, but managed to reunite the family in the living room as if they were the hundreds that we now enjoy in our SUHD satellite. It is paid by taxes, but economically it was a great way to democratize culture. VCRs arrived, and later DVD, along with the Home Cinema , and yes, I could say that the cinema experience had come home.

No But although the TVs were stretching, flattening, and gaining extraordinary image quality, the model persisted until the advent of the Internet, and especially broadband connections that enabled services like YouTube . Although it was conceived to upload home videos, with proposals like VEVO was becoming absolutely substitute channels like MTV. We were leaving like to depend on schedules .

The television has continually renewed to continue to occupy the central place of the house.

The birth of Smart TVs

In this context smartphones and Internet evolve at an exponential rate, Smart TV also made integrating widgets , and began acquiring very convenient functions as providing weather information and quick search of Google or YouTube access. Later, what he began as an attachment to traditional television got its own space for himself now, to completely replace the television life with the arrival of streaming services. After seeing the future importance, the traditional channels launched their own applications demand content, as RTVE la carte or Yomvi AtresPlayer. What followed was the explosion in other markets in services like Netflix, you can finally enjoy in Spain since the end of 2015.

Samsung SUHD Smart TV – CES 2016

Smarter, more screens and fewer televisions Arriving after a difficult day and watch your favorite series on Netflix or Wuaki is priceless, but Smart TV with Samsung is also possible to see the screen of your computer or mobile on TV , ideal to teach family photos of a trip, or better see our contacts in social networks. We can even use the screen as a monitor of mobile games or television itself with cloud applications such as Gamefly , with which to enjoy online games with powerful graphics, without having console connected to the television. Keyboard and mouse, or even without them, you substitute computer tasks like visiting social networks with a complete web browser.

All this affects the sense that the family, despite having been changed with the advance of time, repositioned its hub on TV as there are content, games and applications for all members . A Smart TV becomes something even social, as with Plex applications can even share our library of music, video and photos with our friends taking advantage of new fiber connections. Winning functionalities adapted to the XXI century, the television will remain for many years, the same as ever .

Samsung Smart TV SUHD

To celebrate the evolution of this development, Samsung, which has reached one million users with its Smart TVs in Spain , has organized a raffle in which if you already have a Smart TV Samsung Internet-connected and Samsung a free account Account, you can win gifts draw Samsung televisions UE40JU6500 , speakers Multiroom R1 , registered here, and discount codes for Wuaki.tv. All this, by accessing the Club Samsung application that comes installed on your TV.