Product Review Essay
Mark Kim
English Department, City College of New York
ENGL 21007: Writing For Engineering
Professor Rodwell
December 25, 2023
The television is a staple product that is in almost every home across the world. It is the center of home entertainment and contributes greatly to the living room, the heart of the home. Due to the importance of the television and the vast demand, a quality television is important. Characteristics like a great high definition display, that is easy on the eyes and has amazing picture quality, access to streaming services, and an easy to use interface are crucial. The Samsung CU8000 Crystal UHD 4K Smart Television meets all of these criteria.
The television was invented in 1927 and has come a long way since then. The television has had to go through many innovations throughout the near century it has been around for, for example OLED. OLED, or organic light emitting diode, eases the eyes. We as a society in the 21st century spend majority of our time in fornt of a screen, whether it be a phone, computer, or television. It emits low levels of blue light, something that is very detrimental to our eyes. A television with 4K HD and an OLED display also assist in better picture quality. As a consumer product, a quality television means it has great display, and the standard for monitors and televisions are 4K HD displays. The OLED and 4K display innovations are some of the most important innovations for a television, it incentivises people to buy this product, and delivers on quality picture and we are allowed to enjoy watching our favorite movies, shows, and channels on our tv while also be assured that our eyes won’t go horrible.
Another feature that comes to mind is the Smart TV option. Smart TV allows for numerous of the most popular streaming services like, hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+, YouTube, and more are available on the television. These services previously were only availble on our computer and mobile devices, now that it is available on our televisions, it can turn our living rooms into a movie theater. We can enjoy a wide variety of shows and movies off of the television and we don’t have to wait for these specific ones to appear on random channels, we can just access them whenever we want. Smart TV also allows for us to swtich back to cable, which suits the older demographic, who grew up on cable, better. Smart TV makes the television widly available to the younger demographic and the abiltiy to switch back and forth makes it available for everyone, whether they like cable, or the wide variety of streaming services. This makes the television a user-friendly television.
Overall, this product is perfect for the home, it has cable for people like my grandfather, Smart TV for the younger people in my family like me and my sisters, and a great display, which no one is complaining about. The display allows for us to preserve our eyes while spending hours in front of the television and the great display allows for everyone to enjoy a great viewing experience. Finally, it is also a very user friendly television, free of the confusing controls and a seamless switch from cable to Smart TV and vice versa.
