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| The idea behind television in today's society to make money. Those who profit most from television are the networks that have the manpower and finances (and not to be forgotton is the amount of people they reach). These are all characteristics network executives rely on, but only if people continue to purchase television sets. This issue seems to not be a problem as the growing cost of new technology is not slowing the public's demand for the best and most esquisite of television sets. Below are some of the purchase options consumers have when it comes to tapping into the programming set up by these networks. ( all the tv sets below come cable ready, assuming the consumer has a cable service provider) |
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| Insignia 13" Television Price: $71.99 Features: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology, 13 inch color display, front Audio/video inputs for video gaming systems/vcr/dvd players, 181 channel capability, closed caption capability, included remote control |
| Magnavox 14" Flat-Screen Television Price: $89.99 Features: Flat-Tube Technology (this allows for the image to take up more of the screen than the traditional CRT option and also glare is reduced due to the screen's flat feature), 14 inch color display, front Audio/video inputs for video gaming systems/vcr/dvd players, , included remote control |
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| Insignia 15" Flat Panel Television Price: $299.99 Features: LCD Technology (powered with low electicity through two ultra-thin layers of glass centered wtih liquid crystal for superior color and resolution), 15 inch slim color display, side Audio/video inputs for video gaming systems/vcr/dvd players, pc hookup to connect to computer, 1024 x 768 pixel resolution, wall-mountable |
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| Hewlitt Packard 42" Plasma HDTV Price: $1,499.99 Features: Plasma technology (high color output powered through two think layers of glass centered with phosphors and noble gasses neon and xenon), 42" slim display, 1024 x 768 resolution, pc hookup to connect to computer, 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen, wall mountable High Definition (HD) Ready - the highest known transfer of data capable for modern television transmission capable of 1920 x 1080 resolutions in the most advanced models |
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| Sony 60" Rear-Projection DLP HDTV Price: $2,999.99 Features: 60" slim display, 1920 x 1080 resolution, pc hookup to connect to computer, 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen, wall mountable High Definition (HD) Ready - the highest known transfer of data capable for modern television transmission capable of 1920 x 1080 resolutions in the most advanced models Digital Light Processing (DLP) Technology - with the use of millions of mirrors located on a tiny computer chip, an all digital feed is capapble of displaying the highest quality of colors and picture available up to 2 million pixels and is significantly cheaper (in same size comparison) to plasma and LCD |
| There are, of course, many options in between those listed above. However as far as the current technology is concerned, those prices represent the standards as consumers "jump" from one level of technology to the next. As for the networks providing the public with access to all the television stations available, there are four. Their annual estimated revenues are based on advertising spots sold, as well as the production value of all their conglomorates. |
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| Columbia Broadcasting System Corporation (CBS) Launch Year: 1939 Corporate Owner: Mr. Summer Redstone (major shareholder of Viacom , CBS Broadcasting, Midway Games, National Amusements) 2004 Estimated Revenue: $27 billion dollars TV Stations Owned: 40+ Affilates: 200+ |
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| Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) Launch Year: 1986 Corporate Owner: Mr. Rupert Murdoch (CEO of News Corporation) 2004 Estimated Revenue: $22 billion dollars TV Stations Owned: 35+ Affilates: 200+ |
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| American Broadcasting Corporation Inc. (ABC) Launch Year: 1943 Corporate Owner: Robert Iger (President & CEO of The Walt Disney Company) 2005 Revenue: $31.9 billion dollars TV Stations Owned: 10+ Affilates: 225+ |
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| National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Launch Year: 1941 Corporate Owner: Jeff Immelt (President & CEO of General Electric(GE)) 2005 Revenue: $16.5 billion dollars TV Stations Owned: 29+ Affilates: 230+ |
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