Plain-talking intro to television's newest technology. Digital Television Fundamentals, Second Edition is the ideal guide for everyone who deals with digital video production or equipment design.

Fully detailed and heavily illustrated, this easy-reading reference covers everything from video and audio fundamentals...to bit-serial distribution and ancillary data multiplexing...to digital signal compression and distribution methods of coding and decoding.

In this edition you'll find: multimedia television treatment covering technologies, hardware, systems, workstations, A/V signal processing, disk storage, servers, cameras, VCRs, CD-ROM, DVI--plus interconnections, multimedia software, systems, and applications and standardization activities; late-breaking information on the DTV standard and how it affects broadcasting equipment and operations; a focus on the importance of relevant SMPTE and CCIR-ITU standards; details on digital/analog equipment compatibility issues; much more!

Contents

1. Basics of Television
2. Analog Video Fundamentals
3. Digital Video Fundamentals
4. Elements of Acoustics
5. Analog Audio Fundamentals
6. Digital Audio Fundamentals
7. Bit-Serial Signal Distribution and Ancillary Data Multiplexing
8. Digital Signal Compression and Distribution
9. Computers and Television
10. Multimedia and Television
11. Advanced Television (ATV) Concepts
12. Transition to DTV

click here to see books of related interest