Growing up, my grandparents had a television in the living room; in fact, the tv has dominated American living rooms family rooms for many years. It was once considered the height of luxury to have a television in your bathroom. But is the age of the video going away? Once it was a considerable innovation, it may now only be in its last stages of going away. My grandfather’s first automated remote control for the television had two legs and a name. You said “boy change the channel” and a new station appeared on the TV automatically. Anyway, what I am arguing to today is that the television may be dying. In part because more and more people are cutting the cord.
(cutting the cord means typically ending your relationship with the cable or satellite television provider for a streaming service instead).
As more and more people move to stream, there will be less and less reliance on televisions. What was the family activity, gathering around the TV in the family room, will begin to fade. There may still be a family, but they will all be staring at their phone screens and or possibly staring at the wall because one of them has connected a projector to their cellular device. There are streaming services that now offer local stations. It makes me wonder if the days of television are numbered. Why have a TV when your contact is walking around with you? Or, in the future, will an integrated system reply, ace your television? Perhaps an integrated TV and computer system.
But overall, what is the television of the 1950s is already gone. Now we have the concept of a smart TV. But that is not the future version of brilliant tv. That would know what you like to watch. Instead of turning the television on, it would automatically turn on when you entered the room. It would allow you to interact with your information, your content, and what you want to watch. Perhaps instead of saying the television is dead, I should instead postulate that the video of the future will not be the TV we use today. Today you can use a smart speaker to control your TV—a future where there aren’t TV’s anymore. There may still be screens on the wall, but they will simply be there to receive content from your smart device.
Hug your TV, it may not be around much longer.
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i know many don’t stream today, but what if streaming was the only option would you stream then?
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Do you think the concept of TV’s is dying?
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Do you think broadcast television is dying?
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I’m not keen on the idea. For some old folks the TV is all they’ve got. But then again, they may be gone too soon. Sorry. Not trying to share morbid thoughts but that thought did occur to me.
it is something I think about, TVs as we know it will be going away.
TV’s will be phased out and will be tossed to the wayside just like tape cassettes when CD’s arrived on the scene. However, I could see many people keeping their TV’s around just like people still keep their radios around even though podcasts was supposed to phase radio out.
When I was a kid, living in Thailand, I listened to the radio. It was my only connection with the US. Armed Forces Radio Saigon. They were my connection. I haven’t listened to a radio since the last time I had to get a loaner car to get my car serviced.
I agree with you. I will not wonder if a portable projector will be available to that can sync with any smart device and can make any wall as a tv. So you can watch your show, sport anywhere.
i actually have one of those projectors that a buddy sent me. They are amazing!
I personally would like to have a TV even though I don’t watch much except the news. I still like watching stuff on a larger screen with my loved ones. I watch youtube videos also on my smart TV. I guess TV’s will be around for sometime but may not have the same form as it has now and perhaps with better features. Maybe we’ll just use our walls for all you know.
i suspect the days of actual tv sets are limited. i have a friend that works for XGIMI, they have a new projector coming that is brighter than a tv, resizes automatically (30 inches for two people sitting together on a couch -120 inches for 5 people hanging out and watching a movie).
Sounds like the future we might step into.
i think at this point it is a future that is close.
Q: I KNOW MANY DON’T STREAM TODAY, BUT WHAT IF STREAMING WAS THE ONLY OPTION WOULD YOU STREAM THEN?
Yes (5 votes) – 71%
No (2 votes) – 29%
Q: DO YOU THINK THE CONCEPT OF TV’S IS DYING?
Yes (4 votes) – 67%
No (2 votes) – 33%
Q: DO YOU THINK BROADCAST TELEVISION IS DYING?
Yes (4 votes) – 67%
No (2 votes) – 33%
As long as I live I will have an ordinary television. I do not like your technological revolutions. However, I read an article that said that many people still love to watch classical television as they like the routine of one program at one time and classic television will last.
classical television doesn’t require a TV.
but I do understand your point. I suspect at some point you will find it hard to buy a new TV, you will have to shop in second-hand stores to keep one/
Sorry, with classical television I mean the classic concept of television. I do not like the idea of having to buy a television in a second hand store. This is horrible. They make people to embrace change but not because people want the change. The post with this classic folk song I talked to you about has just been published. You have to watch the music video. I would love to know your opinion. I think the music video is great.
i think the reality is pal, many have changed already. Traditional TV is a western world thing more than it is in Asia pac today. Younger people are moving away from traditional TV.
it sadly is happening.
will check out the song!
Thanks a lot. Yes, the change is happening, but I still believe the old concept of television will remain. At least at my home hehehehe
as I said, you may be running around second-hand shops looking for a replacement screen. I don’t think the current content producers will exist as they are in 10 years.
Hi Doc. The TV I have now is linked to my Netflix I have now. I love my
TV and do not see it going away soon. So you were the channel changer for your grandfather. I do not remember a TV at my grandfather’s house.
my grandfather had a color TV when I was little! (we only had B&W at our house). The Netflix integration is a good one, but you can do that on a smart phone/projector as well.
That is too bad because I do not like to watch shows on a small tablet or even a laptop. I was raised with a TV and as I am not too electronically inclined so I would lose a lot. But of course there is nothing we can do to stop those changes….
there are new, small projectors that take the image from your device and project it to the wall or a screen. you will still have a larger screen!
thanks for the input!
I don’t have a TV anymore and I don’t miss it. The experience of having 100 tv channels and nothing watch is not uncommon for me, haha.
i can always find something to watch, but I do wonder for how much longer. My kids don’t watch TV anymore, they stream everything.
also, remotes are for the lazy. if you can’t be bothered to tell your kid brother to change the channel then what good are you?
my grandfather used to call it his Armstrong Remote! 🙂
exactly. organic solutions are both hi tech and low tech at the same time…
the best way to go – plus all you have to do is feed the Armstrong remote. No batteries required.
the TV itself isn’t going anywhere, but networks may be going the way of the dinosaur
as always- a great point. I suspect the value of what is the TV is going to decline in the next 10 years. To the point where I can have a projector that does a better job of presenting, can be moved to any room, and has integrated streaming. I would then not be limited to the TV’s “smart” applications.
okay, if we can do projection or smart walls then the physical TV itself will face extinction
🙂 i suspect in the next seven to eight years we will begin to see fewer and fewer TVs made.
Sadly it is, I do not like streaming. But if it is the only option, I am onboard.
it may be in the new few years. it may be.
I agree it is in the future for sure.
i do wonder if the concept of intelligent TV’s may keep TVs around for a few extra years (not the smart TV’s of today)
Time will tell, I guess anything is possible.
time will tell, i can’t wait to tell my TV to open the pod bay door!
Maybe you’re right. I notice that young people are less and less using (watching) television.
that is very true, they stream to their devices. we shall see how long this next transition takes.
I agree. I hope television will “live” for some time to come. I have to study these new devices.
the funny thing is, a good projector now, costs less than 1/2 what a good TV costs and can be used in every room of the house!
I have a feeling that this technology is getting cheaper.
projectors continue to get cheaper and cheaper. from small to big they are getting better every single day!
Nowadays all I use my television for is playing Playstation, but other than that I do most of my laptop
that is the evolution of the world now, everything on a device and perhaps fewer tV’s