
The HD TVs that are so commonplace now emerged in the late 1990s. Compared to the HD TVs of today, those old TVs looked almost alien. To change the channel, you had to walk all the way across the room to the TV itself. Most televisions had a bulky wooden case with a curved porthole screen – not to mention a tall antenna.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the latest television technology looked absurd from today’s point of view. And you don’t even need to get up to change the channel like in the old days. You can control what you watch, when you watch and how you watch it. There is nothing quite like curling up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket and a large bowl of popcorn and watching your favorite shows or movies on the television.
