<P> Internet television (Internet TV), (online television) or IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet as opposed to traditional systems like terrestrial, cable and satellite, although internet itself is received by terrestrial, cable or satellite methods . Internet television is a general term that covers the delivery of television shows and other video content over the Internet by video streaming technology, typically by major traditional television broadcasters . </P> <P> Internet television should not to be confused with Smart TV, IPTV or with Web TV . Smart television refers to the TV set that has an inbuilt operating system . Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is one of the emerging Internet television technology standards for use by television broadcasters . Web television is a term used for programs created by a wide variety of companies and individuals for broadcast on Internet TV . </P> <P> A television set, also called a television receiver, television, TV set, TV, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television . Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode ray tubes . The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets in the 1960s, and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes . The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s, such as VHS and later DVD . In the late 2000s flat panel television incorporating liquid - crystal displays largely replaced cathode ray tubes . Modern flat panel TVs are typically capable of high - definition display (720p, 1080p or 2160p) and can also play content from a USB device . </P> <P> Mechanical televisions were commercially sold from 1928 to 1934 in the United Kingdom, United States, and Soviet Union . The earliest commercially made televisions sold by Baird called Televisors in the UK in 1928 were radios with the addition of a television device consisting of a neon tube behind a mechanically spinning disk (patented by German engineer Paul Nipkow in 1884) with a spiral of apertures first mass - produced television set, selling about a thousand units . </P>

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