The Real Advantages of Having a Smart TV

Let’s look at what’s in store for all smart TV users.

12:36 27 April 2015

The rise of the smart TV, capable of enhancing your home environment and lifestyle in different ways, has opened up several possibilities. Listed below are some advantages of having a smart TV:

 

Ease and suitability

 

The average Joe is likely to have many remotes, magazines and papers lying close to his favourite couch, laptop or mobile gadget for surfing the internet and opening a variety of applications. That means various paraphernalia lying around the house. 

With a smart TV, you can combine most of all these components into one, saving a lot of space. Such an advanced TV usually comes with a lot of capabilities, a remote, a collection of reading materials. Choose movies on demand instead of having a DVD player separately. You can also do video calling on a big screen thanks to VoIP applications like Skype that make communicating with friends and family easier and fun too. What’s more, you can also switch between internet TV and cable TV.

 

Social interaction

 

Smart TVs also offer access to social media including Twitter and Facebook.  That trains viewers for future technologies such as video sharing accompanied by comments. It might also be possible to share TV content with relatives and friends in various locations.

On demand broadcasts

 

Smart TVs have applications that enable you to select how, where and when you want to watch TV content as well. But you can even keep your cable TV recording if you need it.  Smart TVs also allow gamers to access games online and compete against players around the globe. That reduces the demand for an Xbox and additional separate betting gadgets. 

 

USB connection

 

Smart TVs have multiple USB ports and family members can connect their gadgets encouraging family bonding. You can also connect other devices like a digital camera and upload and share pictures and videos on social media.

 

A single remote control

 

With a smart TV you have one remote instead of several for your Xbox, DVD player, sound system and other home entertainment devices. The remote controls can be designed to accommodate the controls of your house entertainment hub. The reason is that smart TVs have a keyboard, and an optical mouse for better interaction.