Starting a journal about things having to do with television

Television has been with us now longer than most people have been alive.

People praise its ability to do good and curse its ability to do bad.

The fact is it probably does a little bit of both. But like it or not, it exists.

Not only that, it is evolving, and causing other things to evolve too.

The way news is reported and credible facts are conveyed is much faster than before. Likewise, completely untrue things can be created, stated, and spread faster than ever before.

Of course, I am talking about fiction, which is by definition untrue - though not dishonest, so long as people know it is a fiction.

The technology of television has changed a lot.

Forty years ago, pretty much all televisions were black and white. Since then, the change to color has happened, and the change from NTSC to ATSC (HDTV and digital TV) is occurring now.

It is kind of interesting to watch that change occur.

Also, it is interesting to watch the rapid adoption of TV into computers in the 1990s, and now computers into TVs.

Also, television has thoroughly invaded the web. You can go to any major public web portal and find a TV section with a TV schedule, possibly a way to mark your favorites, and some reviews or summaries of at least some popular TV shows.

The web has also invaded TV. WebTV, now owned by Microsoft, lets someone browse the web from their TV set using a wireless keyboard and a special device hooked up to their TV set.

While that product was sort of a mixed success the last half dozen years or so, it might really take off soon. After all, HDTV resolution tends to be about the same as computer screen resolutions.

So now, the modern HDTV screens might be a suitable display for the WebTV devices.

Anyway, a lot of things are changing in the world of television and that makes these interesting times for TV viewers.

And the people who hatelove them.