Home entertainment

Interactive TV
1. analogue changed to digital in 2012
2. Better picture/sound and it is interactive
3. games, voting, shopping, pay-to-view films, sports channels (stats,camera angles), multiple choice news stories, booking holidays, email
4. Advantages
  1. active and not passive
  2. better quality
  3. choice of languages
  4. interactive learning availble
5. Disadvantages
  1. arguaments over voting
6. no excersize involved
7. expensive new systems
Gaming
1. Advantages
  1. Educational games
  2. simulations of real life situations (flying simulator)
  3. Team building
  4. quick thinking, hand eye coordination
  5. can play solo
  6. Fun!
2. Disadvantages
  1. form of addiction
  2. solo gaming = anti social
  3. no excercise
Digital photography
1. memory chips can download data onto a computer
2. Select resolution
3. Editing
4. Camera (photo and video)
  1. Creation of movies on DVD to watch at home
Webcam services
1. Advantages
  1. Security
  2. baby monitor
  3. talk to people at long distance
  4. remote sires monitored without human presence
2. Disadvantages
  1. Unaware of the webcam taking pictures of you
  2. tempted to record something that you regret
  3. privacy comprimised
Social networking
1. Advantages
  1. free
    1. allow comms between people with similar interests
  2. easy to show photos
  3. make friends
  4. reconnect with long lost friends/family
2. Disadvantages
  1. catfishes
  2. reveal something that you regret
  3. cyber bullying
  4. employers check your accounts for offensive stuff you've said
Music and sound
1. Advantages
  1. Loads of songs in a small space
  2. Any song can be found on the internet
  3. can be recorded while u doing something else
  4. can compose mucic without writing notes
2. Disadvantages
  1. music can be illegally downloaded
  2. companies lose money because of piracy
  3. electronically created music doesnt sound the same when live
Mobile phones
1. Advantages
  1. stay in touch easily
  2. very compact (saves carrying round an actual camera)
  3. Access the internet
  4. avoid expensive phone calls in hotels
  5. sent texts and emails
2. Disadvantages
  1. intrusive nuisance
  2. expensive when abroad
  3. health problems
  4. may not work when out of range
  5. inconvenient call times
  6. texting while driving
  7. interfere with aeroplanes

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	Created by Matthew Stentiford about 7 years ago