Mastering Digital Television: The Complete Guide to the DTV Conversion
Published on 16. August 2006
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-07-147016-2 (ISBN)
Description
Design, maintain, and troubleshoot DTV equipment and signalsThis practice-focused resource provides broadcast engineers and technicians with a complete technical manual for DTV broadcast and equipment.
Details and annotates key DTV broadcast standardsCovers the technical parameters that drive DTV system performanceOffers clear explanations of the functions and capabilities of all major DTV system components
Details and annotates key DTV broadcast standardsCovers the technical parameters that drive DTV system performanceOffers clear explanations of the functions and capabilities of all major DTV system components
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
100 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1067 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-147016-2 (9780071470162)
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Person
Jerry Whitaker is Vice President of Standards Development at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, D.C. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose area. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 30 years, with specialization in communications. He has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer. Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Content
Section 1: The Road to Digital TelevisionA Brief History of TelevisionDigital Television in the U.S.Section 2: Fundamental Video PrinciplesPrinciples of Color VisionThe CIE Color SystemApplication of Visual PropertiesEssential Video System CharacteristicsThe Principles of Video Compression Section 3: Fundamental Audio PrinciplesThe Physical Nature of SoundSound PropagationThe Physical Nature of HearingAudio Compression SystemsSection 4: Fundamental Transmission PrinciplesThe Electromagnetic SpectrumPropagationLongley-Rice Propagation ModelModulation Systems and CharacteristicsSection 5: Digital Television StandardsThe ATSC DTV SystemVideo Compression and DecompressionDTV Audio Encoding and DecodingDTV Transport SystemUnderstanding ATSC/MPEG Syntax TablesDTV Program and System Information ProtocolMultiple Transmitter NetworksDTV Satellite TransmissionDTV Data BroadcastingSection 6: DTV Implementation ConsiderationsVideo Production IssuesAudio Production IssuesDigital System ArchitectureSUBJECT INDEXINDEX OF FIGURES AND TABLESABOUT THE AUTHOR