{"id":36774,"date":"2016-06-27T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=36774"},"modified":"2017-03-22T17:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T11:50:06","slug":"introduction-to-samsung-smart-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/introduction-to-samsung-smart-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Samsung Smart TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This will introduce you to Samsung Smart TV, new features, history of Samsung Smart TV, it&#8217;s SDK including requirements and about application structure, resolution, types and it&#8217;s life cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Samsung Smart TV:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samsung Smart TV is a platform that integrates both Internet and web features in TVs and set-top boxes, as well as provides a way for technological to combine TVs and other devices like computers, smart phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features of Samsung Smart TV:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Stay in the hub of your social circle with Smart TV: <\/strong>Smart Hub&#8217;s social page lets you to see your friend&#8217;s favourite video through Facebook and Twitter, and even allows you to make video calls through Skype.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Feature of Samsung Smart Tv\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Enjoy access to all of the apps you want: <\/strong>Enjoy all of the apps from a Samsung Smart TV by downloading through Samsung Apps. You will be able to load all of your favourite apps on Apps page.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoy access to all of the apps you want \" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Simply share and enjoy content from various devices: <\/strong>Samsung&#8217;s Allshare creates a wireless network through which you can enjoy content from other devices, like a PC or camera. You can easily share content like photos, videos and music, on your Samsung Smart TV.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Easily share and enjoy content from various devices\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart Control: <\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Voice control to change channel<\/li>\n<li>Voice control to control volume<\/li>\n<li>Flip to smart hub with Motion control<\/li>\n<li>Zoom-in, zoom-out and rotate photos using both hands<\/li>\n<li>Like a photo on Facebook with Thumbs up gesture<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy playing game apps<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>History of Samsung Smart TV:<\/strong><br \/>\n2008:<br \/>\nBirth of content-oriented TV that easily connects to the internet and USB devices<br \/>\n2009:<br \/>\nStarting off widget services<br \/>\n2010:<br \/>\nBirth of the world&#8217;s first multi-device application<br \/>\n2011:<br \/>\nKey to the rise of the Smart TV era: Content<br \/>\n2012:<br \/>\nSmart Interaction: watch, listen and interact<br \/>\n2013:<br \/>\nTV that evolves by upgrading to the latest features<br \/>\n2014:<br \/>\nMore convenient, more intuitive Smart TV<br \/>\n2015:<br \/>\nPowered by Tizen, Samsung&#8217;s Smart TV Redesigns<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samsung Smart TV apps can be controlled by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remote control<\/li>\n<li>Mouse<\/li>\n<li>Gestures<\/li>\n<li>Voice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Structure of the Samsung Smart TV SDK:<\/strong><br \/>\nSamsung Smart TV SDK can be downloaded from the official SDF (<a title=\"Samsung Developers Forum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samsungdforum.com\/Devtools\/SdkDownload\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Developers Forum<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It provides several tools for <a title=\"Samsung Smart TV app Development\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/mobile-smart-tv-application-development\">application development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following table for minimum requirements for using the SDK.<br \/>\n<strong>Hardware Requirements: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operating System :\n<ul>\n<li>Mac OS X: Intel-based hardware 10.6 and higher<\/li>\n<li>Linux: All Linux versions that support Virtual Box 2.4.2<\/li>\n<li>Windows: Windows 7, Windows XP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Memory : 2GB or more<\/li>\n<li>CPU : Dual-core, 1.5 GHz or single-core 3 GHz or higher<\/li>\n<li>HDD : 5GB or more<\/li>\n<li>Screen Resolution : 1280 x 1024 or higher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software Requirements:<\/strong><br \/>\nFor All Operating Systems<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Java 1.6 or higher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Windows<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>.NET Framework 2.0<\/li>\n<li>Latest version of Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package<\/li>\n<li>DirectX End-User Runtime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Structure of a Samsung Smart TV Application:<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nA Samsung Smart TV application runs on the WebKit browser engine. It means that a Smart TV application is similar to a common website based on HTML pages. Moreover, a Smart TV application has a difference from a common website; unlike a website with different resolution and keyboard and mouse input, a Smart TV application runs on fixed resolution with remote controller input. Smart TV users are already accustomed to navigating with a remote controller\u2019s directional, Enter, and Back keys. Following image demonstrates the structural difference of a website and a TV application<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/06\/download.jpg\" alt=\"Smart TV Structure\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samsung Smart TV Application Resolution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1920 x 1080<\/li>\n<li>1280 x 720<\/li>\n<li>960 x 540<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Samsung Smart TV Application Types:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full-Screen Application: Displayed using an entire TV screen.<\/li>\n<li>Single-Wide Application: Displayed using part of a TV screen. A viewer can run this while watching a TV program.<\/li>\n<li>Ticker : It also displaying using a part of a TV screen and can run while the viewer is watching a TV program, but it is smaller than a single wide appplication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Samsung Smart TV application development process:<\/strong><br \/>\nSamsung provides the tools required to govern your application\u2019s life cycle from product creation, through development and release, to application retirement. The following diagram demonstrates the process of <a title=\"smart tv apps development\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/mobile-smart-tv-application-development\">developing a Smart TV application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-ttn-blog\/uploads\/2016\/06\/art00008_app_dev_cycle_updated.png\" alt=\"Life Cycle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To develop a Samsung Smart TV application:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Plan and design your application and application UI.<\/li>\n<li>Implement code and build.<\/li>\n<li>Debug and test your application.<\/li>\n<li>Package and launch your application.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/samsung-smart-tv-2014-series-apps-testing\/\">your application has been tested<\/a> and published, you can continue to manage its content by choosing to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade your application or<\/li>\n<li>Remove your application from Samsung Apps through the Samsung Apps Seller Office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This article only gives you an introduction part of Samsung Smart TV. There is a lot more to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/guidelines-and-solution-of-top-most-problems-regarding-video-application-in-samsung-smart-tv\/\">explore in Samsung Smart TV<\/a>. I\u2019ll try to cover more related information in the subsequent blogs.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading. Happy learning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will introduce you to Samsung Smart TV, new features, history of Samsung Smart TV, it&#8217;s SDK including requirements and about application structure, resolution, types and it&#8217;s life cycle. 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