What is a television set?
Q: What is a television set?
A: A television set (also known as a television receiver or televisor or simply a television, TV set, TV receiver or TV) is a machine with a screen or set of lenses that receives broadcasting signals and changes them into pictures and sound.
Q: Where does the word "television" come from?
A: The word "television" comes from the words tele (Greek for far away) and vision (sight).
Q: How did older TVs look like?
A: Older TVs had a large cathode ray tube in a large wooden frame and sat on the floor like furniture.
Q: What can modern TVs show?
A: Modern TVs can show pictures from many television networks, movies from VCD and DVD players or VCRs, Cable TV and Satellite television programs, video game consoles, computers used as monitors, etc.
Q: What color were early 20th century screens?
A: Early 20th century screens were usually black and white which made everything look grey.
Q: What shape do most modern screens have? A: Most modern screens are flat panel displays which are usually flat rectangles with straight edges. This long rectangle looks more like the shape of a movie theatre screen which is called widescreen.
Q: When did digital transmission become more common than analog transmission?
A: Digital transmission became more common than analog transmission in the early 21st century.
