Information Reception and Display

This text covers developments in communications resulting from the change from analog to digital techniques in the use of the television receiver for displaying text and graphics. The book describes analog-to-digital conversion processes (and vice versa); gives an introduction to data transmission and display; describes the operation of the teletext system explaining how information is received, decoded and displayed; covers remote control including both ultrasonic and infra-red methods; explains the viewdata system and the basic techniques used; presents the information in a concise step-by-step manner in short digestible sections; reinforces subject matter with diagrams to illustrate the principles. This book should be useful to telecommunications students and technician engineers wishing to extend their knowledge of information and display techniques.