Digital Television Fundamentals / Edition 2

by Michael Robin, Michel Poulin

Overview

Plain-talking intro to television's newest technology. Digital Television Fundamentals, Second Edition, by Michael Robin and Michel Poulin, is the ideal guide for everyone who deals with digital video production or equipment design - or who just wants to know how this new phenomenon works. Fully detailed and heavily illustrated, this easy-reading reference covers it all—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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071355810
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	06/30/2000
Series:	McGraw-Hill Video/Audio Engineering Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	730
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

Michel Poulin has gained his knowledge in the CBC Engineering laboratories, working for 14 years as a Technology Evaluation Engineer, then as a Supervising Engineer in charge of the Technology Evaluation Group. He is now with Leitch Technology International, in charge of the R & D laboratories and the Standards Compliance Group. He is an active participant in the SMPTE and IEEE standardization committee activities. He is a Fellow of the SMPTE. He is also co-author of the first edition of Digital Television Fundamentals, and lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Michel Poulin has gained his knowledge in the CBC Engineering laboratories, working for 14 years as a Technology Evaluation Engineer, then as a Supervising Engineer in charge of the Technology Evaluation Group. He is now with Leitch Technology International, in charge of the R & D laboratories and the Standards Compliance Group. He is an active participant in the SMPTE and IEEE standardization committee activities. He is a Fellow of the SMPTE. He is also co-author of the first edition of Digital Television Fundamentals, and lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Basics of Television.

Chapter 2. Analog Video Fundamentals.

Chapter 3. Digital Video Fundamentals.

Chapter 4. Elements of Acoustics.

Chapter 5. Analog Audio Fundamentals.

Chapter 6. Digital Audio Fundamentals.

Chapter 7. Bit-Serial Signal Distribution and Ancillary Data Multiplexing.

Chapter 8. Digital Signal Compression and Distribution.

Chapter 9. Computers and Television.

Chapter 10. Multimedia and Television.

Chapter 11. Advanced Television (ATV) Concepts.

Chapter 12. Transition to DTV.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

Two engineers pass on the information that made their passage from analog to digital technology smooth while they were at CBC's Engineering Headquarters in Montreal. For practicing engineers and technicians in broadcasting and studio/video production, and for students of broadcasting technology, they introduce the basics of digital video and audio, reviewing, detailing, and explaining the international standards and their practical implementations. For neophytes, they also outline the fundamentals of analog systems. Readers can select particular topics to explore, or can proceed from basic to advanced topics. There is no bibliography. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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