DTV Handbook


Book Description

CD-ROM contains: ATSC DTV Standards -- FCC Regulations.




DTV: The Revolution in Digital Video


Book Description

Exhaustive compendium of DTV details Now there’s an up-to-the-minute edition of the #1 guide to digital television. And none too soon, because in the two years since the last edition was published, DTV has undergone dizzying technical and regulatory changes. You’ll find them all covered in Jerry Whitaker’s DTV: The Revolution in Digital Video, Third Edition.This engineering-level guide to the ATSC DTV standard and its impact on the television broadcast industry is loaded with examples, detailed diagrams and schematics. It’s a tutorial for all ATSC and SMPTE standards and FCC regulations guiding DTV licensing and applications. This timely edition explores the implications of datacasting and interactive television…harmonizing DTV with the European DVB system…and the bristling controversy over the ATSC standard’s suitability for urban broadcast. A dedicated Website, updated monthly, ensures that you’ll stay on top of all fast-breaking news and developments in the field.




The Filmmaker's Handbook


Book Description

A fully revised, comprehensive guide offers an in-depth exploration of today's recent technological advances, such as digital age filmmaking, while reviewing a collection of new methods and techniques in relation to various film formats and offering suggestions on the business aspects of financing and producing films. Original.




Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering


Book Description

New digital transmission systems are rapidly changing the broadcast industry and creating a demand for engineers who possess the proper technical skills. This comprehensive handbook explains DTV (digital TV) and DAR (digital audio radio) within the context of pre-existing radio and TV technologies, provides key equations and reference data used in the design, specification, and installation of broadcast transmission systems.




DTV


Book Description

The electronics industry is on the verge of the most dramatic advance in imaging technology since the color television. Under the banner of High Definition Television, telecommunications, broadcasting, & computer are being merged into a single digital imaging system with a wide range of exciting new applications. This timely book brings the digital "Grand Alliance," & its role as the HDTV standard, into sharp focus. One of the best respected names in the field provides an engrossing account of the technology-including key aspects of video compression-& details late breaking developments in the effort to bring this emerging technology to market.




DTV Survival Guide


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Successfully navigate the world of DTV If you want to cut through the rampant hyperbole of digital television, and capitalize on the field's real technical opportunities, "DTV Survival Guide" 's informed, point-by-point analysis of facts vs. falsehoods is a real lifesaver. Written by Jim Boston, a digital TV expert and frequent contributor to "Broadcast Engineering" magazine, this no-nonsense book is just what you need to overcome the misconceptions. It's packed with the make-or-break information you need to smoothly handle the federally mandated transition from analog to digital broadcasting, in the best interest of your company--and your career. Offering you page after page of assistance with every key--and costly--decision you must make, the Guide gives you: * All the crystal-clear DSP details and cost analyses you need to handle DTV * Tested methods for keeping your stream away from the "error cliff" * Fail-safe insights into semantic differences among digital languages * Clarifications of key, and often obfuscated, concepts *Pointers on the right technologies for different jobs * Help in making choices that will still work tomorrow




Consumer Action Handbook


Book Description

Contents: Part I: Be a Savvy Consumer: General Buying Tips; Banking; Cars; Credit; Education; Employment; Food and Nutrition; Healthcare; Housing Insurance; Internet; Investing; Phones; Protect Your Identity; Protect Your Privacy; Shopping from Home; Telemarketing and Unwanted Mail; Travel; TV; Utilities; Wills and Funerals; Part II: Filing a Complaint: Contact the Seller; Contact Third Parties; Report Fraud and Safety Hazard; Sample Complaint Letter; Part III: Key Consumer Resources; Part IV: Consumer Assistance Directory. Illustrations.




The Digital Satellite TV Handbook


Book Description

CD-ROM contains a version of the book with hyperlinks.




The Electronics Handbook


Book Description

During the ten years since the appearance of the groundbreaking, bestselling first edition of The Electronics Handbook, the field has grown and changed tremendously. With a focus on fundamental theory and practical applications, the first edition guided novice and veteran engineers along the cutting edge in the design, production, installation, operation, and maintenance of electronic devices and systems. Completely updated and expanded to reflect recent advances, this second edition continues the tradition. The Electronics Handbook, Second Edition provides a comprehensive reference to the key concepts, models, and equations necessary to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of complex electrical devices, circuits, instruments, and systems. With 23 sections that encompass the entire electronics field, from classical devices and circuits to emerging technologies and applications, The Electronics Handbook, Second Edition not only covers the engineering aspects, but also includes sections on reliability, safety, and engineering management. The book features an individual table of contents at the beginning of each chapter, which enables engineers from industry, government, and academia to navigate easily to the vital information they need. This is truly the most comprehensive, easy-to-use reference on electronics available.