How Good Can it Get?
We used to be thankful for the good old video recorder – can you still remember them? You know, the tapes which lasted an hour or two, which often used to cut off the end of the film you really wanted to tape if it was not long enough, the ones which used to chew up the ribbon wrecking your happy moments forever.
Then we found the joys of DVD and the benefits were numerous. A much longer capacity so that you could fit so much onto one small disc, and they were much tougher than their predecessors. Quality was also vastly improved over the old tapes.
Then came blu-ray which though it looks like a regular DVD, is superior in quality with a high definition image.
I did begrudge it a little at first, I must admit, as it meant forking out for a new machine and I have to start to build up my disc collection from scratch.
But there are so many other benefits too, apart from the actual quality of the picture. You can stream photos and films from the main house computer, so you can easily look at your photo albums on the wide screen and you can also access the internet to watch BBC and ITV player so that you need never miss a programme.
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Advance in Technology
Cameras have certainly come a long way since the pin hole camera was invented so many years ago. The seventies saw the highly popular instant camera where the photo came out straightaway and then developed in front of your eyes and then the type of cameras which many of us used as young adults, the good old roll of film which had to be taken down to the local chemist to be developed.
Now of course we have the digitalkamera which has totally changed the way we take our photographs.
Firstly they do not have to be developed, you can just download them onto the computer which means that you can take as many photos as you like without wasting the old style film. You can edit and change your photos using special software and even use special effects such as blurring or Andy Warhol style effects.
Sharing has also become possible with the digital cameras, as we can now send photos online using email or social media such as Facebook to friends across the world. Long gone are the days when you came back from holiday and then showed your family your snaps a week later when you had had them developed.
Now you can literally take photos on the fly and send them instantly to your family and friends even as you are experiencing them.
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