Home entertainment

Home entertainment

1. Interactive Tv

   • Users are able to make requests
   • System is able to react to the requests
   • For example, if you see an advert of something you like on an 'ordinary TV' then you would have to go to the shops and buy it but with an interactive TV you can do it on the go.
   • An interactive system is one in which the user can make several requests
   • Betting on this system is where you can place bets and do some betting.
   • Advantages- Pictures are better quality, a variety and choice of language , and there is a wide chance and availability of educational learning
   • Disadvantages- The TV is extremely expensive so will not be available to everyone, People can become couch potato

2. Online services

   • Some services are extremely popular
     • all and most services are available
   • Advantages- there is a lot of security so it will keep your information confidential, the service has a lot of accessibility so you will be able to connect to the service via your phone or yor tablet etc.
   • Diadvantages- The service can be hacked by hackers to gain personal information

3. Pay per view services

   • Pay per view (ppv) television services are generally associated with cable and satellite television services.
   • You pay a subscription fee and then you pay an agreed amount for each film or live sporting event you watch
   • You can choose what you want to watch and rather than the standard television programmes the TV company offers to you.
   • This service also allows you to view other services such as freeview
   • Advantage- Always promoting their products to their viewers

4. Gaming

   • One very popular service is online gaming
   • You are able to join games with people all over the world.
   • Some games are vast with millions of players
   • you often adopt a persona which means you can enter the game as an imaginary character rather than being yur natural self. E.g. My real name would be carly027 but in the imaginary zone I can be zebrastripes0134
   • Some games are free and others can be joined after you have paid a subscription fee.
   • Advantage- you can play with millions of people all over the world and join in on a fun game
   • Disadvantage- you do not know who these people are so you may be very vulnerable to hacking

5. Gaming consoles

   • These are specialist devices for playing games
   • they often allow you to link to the television screen
   • Some allow you to move about ad to simulate playing games such as tennis.
   • advantages- some games can be educational to the players.
   • Disadvantage- Research indicates that computer games are a form of addiction
   • Games that normally need more than one player, such as chess, can be played alone.

6. Input and output

   • Input devices are needed for data to be input to the system.
   • Out put devices allow data out of the system
   • Interactive tv is an example of both of these the input side would be the remote control unit and the keypad or keyboard
   • Speakers are an example of output devices because you plug them in to output noise and music to you.
   • Advantage- You are able to receive data from the system and also input data into the system
   • Disadvantage- If you make a mistake it takes a long time to be able fix mistakes already made.

7. Digital photography

   • Digital photography is a way of capturing images
   • the pictures captured are placed into an electrical format
   • This happens so that they can be easily transmitted on to the internet
   • Digital cameras allow the images be placed into an electronic frame or album
   • digital images can be manipulated using a specialist software
   • videos and pictures can be transformed and downloaded into a short film

8. Digital camera

   • Images are placed into a digital file
   • Images are also placed on a flash memory
   • Many computers have flash memory
   • They have a memory card which can be inserted and then removed
   • Blue-ray recorders allow disks to be recorded that can contain high definition (HD)

9. Pixel

   • Digital images are made up of many millions of tiny dots
   • The resolution of an image is a measure of the number of dots or pixels that can be displayed in a given area
   • The word 'Pixel' is derived and shortened from the words picture element
   • A pixel is the smallest amount of information that can be displayed on the screen
   • We use the unit megapixels when defining the area because many pixels are used in creating images
   • Advantage- the higher the number of pixels the higher the resolution
   • Disadvantage- Not everyone can afford latest gadgets to have high resolutions also the lower the number of pixels the lower the resolution

10. digital video camera

    • stores video clips and digital files in the camera
    • The files can be later downloaded directly on to a computer
    • You need a high definition camera to take HD movies
    • SD card
    • Input device of this is the digital camera and the microphone( for recording movies)
    • Output device would be the screen of the camera, the speakers and the printer
    • Advantage- you are able to make videos and take pictures
    • Disadvantage- not everyone can afford the camera for such a task

11. Flash memory

    • A device that you are able to slot into a camera, phone or computer
    • Does not need any power to keep the data stored so the card can be taken from device to device
    • Advantage- No power needed to is easy to transfer data to other devices
    • Disadvantage- very small so very easy to loose

12. Display devices

    • Screen used on digital cameras
      • LCD liquid crystal display
        • Display resolution is measured in pixels and megapixels

13. Photo editing software

    • Once a picture is taken it will probably need to be edited.
    • Editing consists of cutting out parts of something you don't want
    • Some magazines have been accused for editing pictures of models to make them look thinner and taller than they naturally are
    • Advantage- you are to make a picture more appealing to the viewers than they already are
    • Disadvantage- you are creating a biased image of yourself so therefore are creating a fake image to the public

14. Webcam

    • digital video connected directly to your computer
    • webcams are often found in the lid of the laptop
    • advantages- a webcam can be used for safety and security of your house, it can be also used for to be able to view your baby t make sure that they are okay, send pictures of yourself to others and monitor remote places without a human prescence
    • Disadvantage- you may not be aware your webcam is taking pictures, your webcam can be hacked, you my end up sending a picture you may soon regret, your privacy could be compromised

15. social networking

    • Examples of social networking: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc
    • Advantage- Usually free, allows you to communicate with people who have similar intrests, easy to display your photos, achievements and so on. easy to make friends online, long- lost friends can be traced
    • Disadvantages- you can be hacked easily, people may not be who they say they are, it is very easy to reveal something such as an embarrassing photograph, there are cases where you may become vunerable to online bullying, sometimes employers check you profile to see what kind of person you are online this is called digital footpring

16. Music and sound

    • Music can be obtained from a number of ICT sources such as digital TV, digital audio broadcasting, the internet and CDS
    • You can use a computer to listen to radio and audio
    • Advantage- huge numbers of songs and videos can be stored in a very small space
    • Music can be illegally copied on to a system

17. Mobile phones

    • can be used for many things other than for talking to somebody
    • An advantage- you can communicate with people by ringing and texting
    • Disadvantage- they can be expensive to people who cannot afford it
    • Smart phones can be used to access websites, listen to music and take pictures