First there was black and white television from a cathode ray tube (CRT), then the picture went to colour and that seemed to be about the limit for many years with just minor tweaks. Then came plasma TV which enabled much larger picture size without the bulk of the CRT. This turned the prospect of High Definition TV into reality. There quickly followed LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and then LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology that gave better picture quality and lower prices. Now, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas industry experts predict that 3.4 million 3D TV sets will be sold in the US this year! Remarkable! Watch this space to see how quickly this new technology progresses. (By the way, I still have a CRT telly...but it is colour!)
Your Saturday questions are: -
- Actress Joely Richardson (right) was born today in 1965 and plays Julia McNamara in which US TV series?
- Which ocean liner was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbour today in 1972?
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