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Quest International Multidisciplinary Research Journal Available online at www.mahidachintan.com Volume – I , Issue – II December – 2012 ISSN : 2278 – 4497 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Next Logical Step in Television Space Gaurav Jindal Assistant Professor, Gitarattan International Business School, Delhi- 110085 Namrata Sharma Student (MCA), Gitarattan International Business School, Delhi- 110085 Niharika Pandey Student (MCA), Gitarattan International Business School, Delhi- 110085 Abstract Introduction No other electronic media has created as much Television is one of the basic necessities of our mass impact as the TV. TV is both a personal daily life. Earlier the television was based on as well as family/community device which cathode ray tube. This type of television had in makes it reach a large population. Obviously built USB ports. We can watch movie with the the immense popularity of TV has resulted in help of external storage devices. The television an unprecedented growth of TV viewing as well supporting in built USB port were Plasma, as technology. From the simple TV today one LCD, LED. can have a smart TV with varying features satisfying all sections of society. The TV Plasma was not so popular due to its high price. technology has grown in all aspects namely the But the picture quality provided was the best. TV studio technology, the TV transmitter & Out of LCD and LED, LCD became more broadcast technology and the TV receiving popular due to its reasonable price. The device technology. Not only have the TV functionality of LCD and LED were almost signals been converted from analog to digital, same. But the picture quality of led was better. today one has high definition smart TV boxes, But due to its high price as compared to LCD it the Evo Box, Lime Box, and Akai smart Box didn’t became popular. The next big revolution commercially available. It is very interesting in Consumer Technology was Television. and important to trace the evolution of TV Everything has gone digital except TV. It was a technology from its basic form as in 1930s to Centre of Living Room once, but variety of date and to visualize their technical features at new gadgets such as Smart Phones, Laptops, various stages of developments. This paper Desktops and Tablets compete with share of gives an overview of the developments in TV leisure time at home. So a new form of technology highlighting their important television was released called the SMART TV features. which was not limited to only for watching movies or watching music video. It was more Keywords : Evo TV, limeBox, and Akai smart than that. box. Copyright © 2012. Gaurav Jindal, Namrata Sharma & Niharika Pandey. This is an open access refereed article distributed under the Creative Common Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 173 Next Logical Step in Television Space ISSN : 2278 - 4497 Literature Survey The year 2011 marked the coming age of Moving onto its negative points, some of the internet-connected (Smart) HD TV’s. Though disadvantages of Smart HDTV are as your TV’s Ethernet cable probably won’t follows: replace your cable TV quiet yet, many more applications and video services found their way It can ironically be more confusing to use. into your TV. Television combine with With all of the added options, some people computer, Internet and the technologies is who are not used to highly functional becoming an excellent example of HDTV's might not be able to navigate technological converges. efficiently through a considerable number of buttons and links. Smart TV is a phrase used to describe : Has a significantly larger price tag. Since it is 1) The current trend of integration of the installed with other technical hardware to internet and web2.0 features into modern have computer-like functionality, it would television set. definitely be a lot more expensive. A lot of 2) Technological convergence between Smart HDTV's are usually near to twice the computers and the television set. Smart TV original price of an HDTV of the same size brings the internet into the living room. As the and screen technology. technology improving, many of these sets are becoming as capable as standard computers It holds a higher energy consumption rate. when it comes to web browsing and even This supports the second negative point, and Internet video. Some operating system run on is also quite easy to notice (due to added SMART TV or even designed specifically for hardware), though usage rates are not smart TV usage. Most often the operating comparatively as high as its price difference. system of Smart TV is originally based on Linux, Android, and other open-source- Its operation can be glitch. The first day we software platform. Television smartened. set it up, the TV would not connect through Feature added via Internet and some Apps and the router to the Internet. some Games. We also found toggling from Smart TV Advantages and Disadvantages Apps to the main menu to be slow. Navigation through the Apps in Smart Hub Direct internet access can be frustrating due to slow load times and limited memory as a second pretty strong You no longer need to connect an HTPC, a negative. laptop, or a desktop computer to the HDTV Television become complex before you can use it for web browsing. - Problem with User Interface. - Problem with Navigation and Remote. It has perfect compatibility with Internet TV services. Supporting the first point, having How to Make a TV Into Smart TV access to internet means having access to streaming media. For instance, you can watch A smart set-top box is a digital media receiver YouTube videos as if they were "channels" that can access videos, audio, photos and other from a satellite TV service. content from Internet-connected apps optimized for your TV. Some advanced smart It can be used as a simple computer. Smart set-top boxes have a web browser that allows HDTV's might have crude (and sometimes you to surf the Web and search for the content clunky) operating systems, but it should be you want. Many can also access content from sufficient to navigate through a home connected devices in a home network (like network or to access media files from from your computer). The smart set-top box external devices when needed. then sends the content to display on a Quest International Multidisciplinary Research Journal ● Vol - I , Issue - II ● December - 2012 174 Next Logical Step in Television Space ISSN : 2278 - 4497 connected HDTV, or play over a connected Until then, you will have to power off the unit audio system. directly from its wall socket. Benefits of Smart Boxes Turn your existing TV into a smart TV. Access a huge catalog of streaming movies, music and other entertainment, personal photos and other Web content through one device, without the need for a cable or satellite TV subscription Display content up to full HD 1080p resolution on your HDTV Display personal media, like photos and videos, on your HDTV via USB connection. Listen to music and movie sound over your home audio system Search for specific content available through the Web or connected application. EVO TV Fig 1: Evo BOX Evo TV is an online entertainment platform The Amkette EvoTV features a motion sensing making business and finance more entertaining remote control, similar to the LG Magic wand, through the production of branded content, which will not only control native functions of reality TV and bespoke online TV technology. the smart TV, but apps as well, enabling users In producing our content our approach employs to play games, draw etc, with the six-axis entertainment principles and production values gyroscope. It also boasts of Evo Discover, an usually found in more mass media content internet content discovery tool. development. The company aims for the EvoTV to help consumers transform their regular televisions We know content and have already produced some of the most innovative shows seen in into ‘Smart TVs’. Capable of playing back corporate Australia. What makes us different is 1080p HD video, the EvoTV box sports a 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor along with a not only our knowledge of business and finance but equally important our connections within Mali 400 GPU, to power it all up. each sector. Other specifications The Evo TV is an interesting concept for the 4GB of built-in storage Indian home. For a big chunk of the population 7.1 channel audio output, as well as Wi-Fi which might not see the need or potential of a (DLNA) big-brand smart TV yet, the Evo TV presents Ethernet port, 4 USB ports, 3G dongle via itself to be an affordable option, seemingly USB, SD/MMC worth a try. HDMI connectivity. The EvoTV does heat up a bit after some EVO TOUCH elapsed time, but this is normal and can be ignored. What can't be overlooked however is a The Evo Touch is much more advanced than a bizarre oversight — there is no way to switch simple remote control. It works as a off the unit; you can at best only reboot it. 1. Touch Sensitive Air Mouse Fortunately, Amkette's tech support is aware of 2. A Gaming Controller for Motion Gaming the issue and informed me that an update to 3. A Voice Input device for Skype and other resolve it will be released in a couple of weeks. VOIP calls 4. As a universal remote for various devices. Quest International Multidisciplinary Research Journal ● Vol - I , Issue - II ● December - 2012 175 Next Logical Step in Television Space ISSN : 2278 - 4497 WHY EVO TV Limebox runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Simple to set-up operating system that provides the user with a Built-in Wi-Fi modem and HDMI Cable number of functionalities and features.