Difference between Computer and Television Set 

Television:

             Television (TV) is a widely used telecommunication medium for

transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic ("black and
white") or color, LCD plasma usually accompanied by sound. "Television " may
also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television
transmission.
 

Computer:

Computer is an electronic device which takes the input (raw material ) from
the user process it and gives the desire output in the form of information.
             

          TV                                     Computer

  

Difference Between Computer & a TV:

Interlaced VS Progressive:

             How a TV works by firing a stream of electrons onto a phosphor coated

screen.  That according to the American TV standard, called NTSC, the image is
made of 525 scan lines (625 in European PAL standard). Every frame has an
interlaced refresh rate of 30Hz (25Hz for PAL).

              The interlacing is an ingenious method, invented in 1927,  of breaking

every image into 2 fields: first - contains only odd lines, the second field - only
even lines of the image. The interlacing allows the picture refresh rate to be
doubled to reduce annoying flicker, without increasing the bandwidth required for
broadcasting.

              The computer has video memory to assemble an entire picture and send it
to the screen progressively with higher frequency. It doesn't need to be compatible
with TV. This avoids the need for interlacing and results in a more stable screen
image.

Resolution:

              Rather than dividing the screen into scan lines, a computer image is
divided into dots or pixels. Monitor is 1024x768 pixels. How to compare it with a
TV resolution? From 525 lines only 480 are visible, the rest are used for
synchronization. So the vertical size of a TV image is 500 pixels.

              Knowing that the standard length/width ratio of TV screen is 4/3, the

vertical size will be 640 pixels. This resolution is probably OK for 14" monitor, but
on 27" monitor each pixel will have 4 time larger area! 
              A TV was not meant to be seen as close as a computer monitor. Our eyes
are also part of the equation. It means that the difference in image quality between
an HDTV (high-definition-television) and a regular analog TV can only be
appreciated on big screens. For smaller screens the difference between a high-
definition and an analog TV is hardly seen.

              An HDTV monitor can display at least 720 image-carrying horizontal-

scan lines in progressive mode or more in some conditions, and at least 1100 lines
in interlaced mode.

TV interface:

              Composite Video - also called CVBS (color video baseband signal),

contains luminance, chrominance and sync information in one signal. Look for
"Video out" RCA plug on the back of your VCR.

              S-Video – Acronym Separated video: luminance and chrominance signals

are transferred separately, resulting in the greater image quality. The special S-
video connector also carries left-and-right audio signals for stereo.

              Component Video - Video signal is divided into 3 parts: Y - luminance

signal (for compatibility with old monochrome TVs), Cb=0.564(B-Y),
Cr=0.713(R-Y). Instead of transferring 3 chrominance signals (R,G,B ) it is easier
to use just their difference (save bandwidth). Since Y is a combination of 3 major
color signals, taken in the right proportion ( Y=0.567G+0.288R+0.124B), the third
color component can be extracted from RGB and Cr information.

This method also provides high quality and eliminates cross-luminance and cross-
color effects. The component video requires 3 RCA connectors.

              RGB - are the 3 analog inputs for a regular CRT computer monitor. Hsync
and Vsync are transferred separately.

              DVI - digital video Interface to transmit formatted graphics data to flat-
panel displays. R,G,B signals are transferred in the digital format (16bit per signal)
and accompanied by clock and control signals. Hsync and Vsync are sent over
Blue channel during the inactive data portion or blanking periods.
 
Computer-

Application area of computer is vast all the things which we used now a days are
operated by computer or computer is behind them.

TV- application is watching movie and playing videogames.