LocateTV Blog

LocateTV is a beautiful marriage of TV and technology. From the most up-to-date data aggregation and region-specific search software, to clean, focused web design and content-sharing widgets embeddable with a simple piece of code, we think that it’s a prime example of how the ancient art of entertainment can be enhanced by the tools of a new media age.

Bombastic? Us? Well, it’s Friday, and we’re feeling positive.

Point is, the humble telly’s come a long way. And now that we’ve got hundreds of channels, and LocateTV to pinpoint exactly which bits of beautiful content we want to see on there, it seems ridiculous to stick with the creaking, fuzzy old box you bought back in Life 1.0.

The Register’s Hardware blog has a great article today about how TV sets have evolved and which screen technology will provide the clear, high-resolution displays that great programming deserves. Telly vision: future display technologies explains how many still believe that the old Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology produces the best picture, although Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Digital Light Projection (DLP) result in thinner, larger and higher resolution screens. Apparently, the way to marry the two lies in a number of new acronyms: OLED, SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display), LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) and the rather sci-fi-sounding Laser TV.

It’s evidently time to start saving for a new set, and there are undoubtedly some films and TV shows which just have to be seen on a high quality TV screen. Lord of The Rings, obviously, and similar CGI-crammed blockbusters such as The Matrix Reloaded and even Shrek. The National Geographic Channel’s output is seriously worth watching in crystal-clear widescreen for full breathtaking impact.

Most importantly of all, that stylish single blogger The Bachelor Guy has been posting about how he uses LocateTV to stay up to date with TV appearances of Charlize Theron. Few would deny that she warrants as large and high-res a screen as your house can handle.

Lottie