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Whitaker, Jerry. Mastering Digital Television. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006.

Mastering Digital Television

Authors: Jerry Whitaker

Published:  March 2006

eISBN: 9780071487122 0071487123 | ISBN: 9780071470162
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Section 1: The Road to Digital Television
  • A Brief History of Television
  • Digital Television in the U.S.
  • Section 2: Fundamental Video Principles
  • Principles of Color Vision
  • The CIE Color System
  • Application of Visual Properties
  • Essential Video System Characteristics
  • The Principles of Video Compression
  • Section 3: Fundamental Audio Principles
  • The Physical Nature of Sound
  • Sound Propagation
  • The Physical Nature of Hearing
  • Audio Compression Systems
  • Section 4: Fundamental Transmission Principles
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Propagation
  • Longley-Rice Propagation Model
  • Modulation Systems and Characteristics
  • Section 5: Digital Television Standards
  • The ATSC DTV System
  • Video Compression and Decompression
  • DTV Audio Encoding and Decoding
  • DTV Transport System
  • Understanding ATSC/MPEG Syntax Tables
  • DTV Program and System Information Protocol
  • Multiple Transmitter Networks
  • DTV Satellite Transmission
  • DTV Data Broadcasting
  • Section 6: DTV Implementation Considerations
  • Video Production Issues
  • Audio Production Issues
  • Digital System Architectures
  • Subject Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Index of Figures and Tables
  • About the Author