Home-Entertainment

Home-Entertainment

1. Pay-per-view

   • PPV television services are generally associated with cable and satellite television services.
   • You pay a subscription and then you pay a set amount for each film or live sports event that you want to watch.
   • It's an alternative to using the standard programmes offered by the TV companies.
   • Pay-per-view services will also let you see other services such as Freeview

2. Interactive TV

   • Interactive TV is an example of interactive systems.
   • With interactive TV a lot of services that were only available with the internet were made available on TV
   • e.g.if you see an advert on TV normally you would have to go out and buy it or order using your computer. But on an interactive TV you can use the remote control to buy the desired item without leaving the comfort of your home.
   • An interactive system is one in which the user is able to make requests to the system and the system and the system is unable to react to those requests
   • Betting is one of the services available using an interactive TV as you can bet while you are watching the show events.
   • Dating, which is looking for partners by seeing a profile picture or profiles on the TV and responding using a remote control
   • Gaming
   • Shopping
   • Voting, which is quite often connected to game shows and talent competitions, but one day may be used for voting for laws or politicians
   • +the user is being active rather than passive.
   • - it can be expensive

3. online services

   • all the services are available using a computer connected to the internet. Some services are extremely popular like eBay, trading and shopping with companies like amazon
   • E-commerce is a very good example of online services.
     • Buying a ton of things online can be a habit when it comes to E-commerce.

4. Gaming

   • a very popular service.
   • You can game with lots of people all over the world.
   • You can often adopt a persona which means you can enter games as an imaginary characterinstead of as yourself
   • Some games are free whereas others you have to pay a subscription for before you can play

5. Games consoles

   • These are specialist devices for playing games. They often allow you to link to the television screen. Gamepads have special controls to help you play games. Some allow you to move about and simulate playing games such as tennis.
   • +some games can be educational
   • -gamers may not get enough exercise
   • +many games are collabrative and involve team work
   • -research shows that computer games are a form of addiction
   • +_games that normally require one player can be playe alone like chess.
   • - playing games alone may limit the development of social skills.

6. Input and output

   • Input devices are needed for data to be inout to the system. Output devices allow data out of the system.
   • Interactive TV input = remote control unit and keypad or keyboard
   • Interactive TV output= TV screen and speakers.
   • Gaming Input = keyboard, gamepad,joystick.
   • Gaming output= monitor or screen and speakers.

7. Imagery

   • Pixels are tiny dots of light that make up images on a screen
   • The screen used on digital cameras is a liquid crystal display (LCD). Its display resolution is also measured in megapixels or pixels. The more pixels in a given area of screen the clearer the image