Mastering Digital Television provides the tools needed to design, maintain, and troubleshoot DTV equipment and signals effectively and cost-efficiently.
Features:
- Details and annotates key DTV broadcast standards with insights only an industry veteran can provide.
- Provides solutions for tweaking technical parameters that drive DTV system performance.
- Clearly explains the functions and capabilities of all major DTV system components.
- Helps engineers conquer the requirements for the design and building of DTV equipment.
- Explains the ATSC and SMPTE standards and FCC regulations driving DTV implementation.
- Provides needed technical information, data, and reference material on transmission systems, antennas, and receivers.
- Defines optimal testing procedures and equipment.
Contents
The Road to Digital Television
- A Brief History of Television
- Digital Television in the U.S.
Fundamental Video Principles
- Principles of Color Vision
- The CIE Color System
- Application of Visual Properties
- Essential Video System Characteristics
- The Principles of Video Compression
Fundamental Audio Principles
- The Physical Nature of Sound
- Sound Propagation
- The Physical Nature of Hearing
- Audio Compression Systems
Fundamental Transmission Principles
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Propagation
- Longley-Rice Propagation Model
- Modulation Systems and Characteristics
Digital Television Standards
- The ATSC DTV System
- Video Compression and Decompression
- DTV Audio Encoding and Decompression
- DTV Transport System
- Understanding ATSC/MPEG Syntax Tables
- DTV Program and System Information Protocol
- Multiple Transmitter Networks
- DTV Satellite Transmission
- DTV Data Broadcasting
DTV Implementation Considerations
- Video Production Issues
- Audio Production Issues
- Digital System Architectures
Index
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