The Compact Disc
Published on 1. August 1989
Book
Hardback
302 pages
978-0-19-816187-5 (ISBN)
Description
The compact disk has been growing in popularity since it was launched in the early 1980s. This book sets out to explain the technical aspects of CDs, the design and construction of CD players, advice on buying a CD player and on caring for the machine and the disks themselves. The author also considers the future expansion of the CD format into CD-video, CD-ROM, data storage, and recordable CDs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
bibliography, glossary of technical terms, index, figures
ISBN-13
978-0-19-816187-5 (9780198161875)
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Content
Introduction to the compact disc: analog vs. digital; LP vs. CD; origins of the compact disc. Part 2 Fundamental of digital audio: sampling; aliasing; quantization; dither; pulse code modulation; the digitization system. Part 3 The compact disc system: system overview; optical storage; error correction; cross interleave reed-soloman code; data encoding; data decoding. Part 4 CD player design: player overview; pickup design; digital-to-analog converter; analog filtering; digital filtering; a chip set; subcode; serial transmission format. Part 5 Practical concerns: design considerations; specifications; buyuing a player; player notes; disc notes. Part 6 Diverse disc formats: CD-ROM; CD-I; DVI; CD-V; CD-WO; erasable CDs; CD + G; CD3. Part 7 Disc manufacturing: pre-mastering; disc mastering; electroforming; injection molding; metallization and spin coding; quality control; alternative replication.