About the Book
Exhaustive compendium of DTV details
Now there’s an up-to-the-minute edition
of the #1 guide to digital television. And none too soon, because in the
two years since the last edition was published, DTV has undergone dizzying
technical and regulatory changes. You’ll find them all covered in Jerry
Whitaker’s DTV: The Revolution in Digital Video, Third Edition.This engineering-level
guide to the ATSC DTV standard and its impact on the television broadcast
industry is loaded with examples, detailed diagrams and schematics. It’s
a tutorial for all ATSC and SMPTE standards and FCC regulations guiding
DTV licensing and applications. This timely edition explores the implications
of datacasting and interactive television…harmonizing DTV with the European
DVB system…and the bristling controversy over the ATSC standard’s suitability
for urban broadcast. A dedicated Website, updated monthly, ensures that
you’ll stay on top of all fast-breaking news and developments in the field.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: The Road to DTV.
Chapter 3: Applications for HDTV.
Chapter 4: Fundamental Imaging System
Principles.
Chapter 5: Digital Coding of Video
Signals.
Chapter 6: Video and Audio Compression.
Chapter 7: High Definition Production
Systems.
Chapter 8: DTV Audio Encoding and
Decoding.
Chapter 9: The ATSC DTV System.
Chapter 10: DTV Transmission Issues.
Chapter 11: Receiver Systems and Display
Devices.
Chapter 12: The DVB Standard.
Chapter 13: Video Measurement Techniques.
Chapter 14: DTV Implementation Issues.
Chapter 15: Interactive Television
Issues.
Chapter 16: Reference Documents.
Chapter 17: Using the CD-ROM. |
