My Cart - The evolution of the television has been a slow process, often in tandem with other technologies that are either relevant to the television’s mechanical and technical components, or are common to other pieces of technology at the time.
Different technologies often become ‘fashionable’ or important at different times, often when the technology has either been first developed so it is new and interesting, or when it has been improved upon. LCD TVs are particularly popular at the moment, but is this a good thing, or is the technology used in LCD TVs holding back other, newer technologies?
One of the main factors that have made LCD TVs so popular and prolific is the introduction and standardisation of high definition television. The term is actually somewhat of a misnomer, as computer screens have been high definition for years, and it is only in recent times that electronics companies have thought of incorporating this technology into their television screens. When the term was first introduced in a commercial television sense, plasma screens were originally the leaders in the market.
Though, due to the expensive nature of plasma screens and the cheaper, newer technology in LCD TVs becoming more popular, they have since declined in public esteem. This lead to the current situation: the astounding popularity of LCD TVs over all other types of television screen. With technology that is almost constantly being improved upon so that the product remains popular and useful, LCD TVs are unlikely to be superseded for a long time to come, particularly when taking the low cost and reliability of LCD technology in account.
