Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology
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Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology

The Guide for the Digital Age - from HDTV, DVD and flat-screen technologies to Multimedia Broadcasting, Mobile TV and Blu Ray

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  2. English
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Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology

The Guide for the Digital Age - from HDTV, DVD and flat-screen technologies to Multimedia Broadcasting, Mobile TV and Blu Ray

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Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology provides a full and comprehensive coverage of video and television technology including the latest developments in display equipment, HDTV and DVD. Starting with TV fundamentals, the bulk of the book covers the many new technologies that are bringing growth to the TV and video market, such as plasma and LCD, DLP (digital light processing), DVD, Blu ray technology, Digital television, High Definition television (HDTV) and video projection systems.

For each technology, a full explanation is provided of its operation and practical application, supported by over 300 diagrams including schematic diagrams of commercially available consumer equipment. Where relevant, testing and fault finding procedures are outlined together with typical fault symptoms supported by photographs. The new edition has a number of useful appendices on microcomputer/microcontroller systems, test instruments, serial buses (I2C and RS 232), teletext and error correction techniques. The book is intended for students of electronics and practicing engineers. In particular, it will useful for students on vocational courses and service engineers as well as enthusiasts.

  • The definitive guide to the new technologies transforming the world of television: HDTV, Digital TV, DVD recorders, hard disk recorders, wide-screen CRT, flat screen technologies and others
  • A practical approach, including troubleshooting and servicing information
  • Covers UK, European and North American systems

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Publisher
Newnes
Year
2007
ISBN
9780080550664
Edition
4
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1. Television fundamentals
  5. Chapter 2. Colour television
  6. Chapter 3. Digital television
  7. Chapter 4. MPEG encoding
  8. Chapter 5. High definition television
  9. Chapter 6. Audio encoding
  10. Chapter 7. MPEG-2 transport stream
  11. Chapter 8. Channel encoding
  12. Chapter 9. Video re-production
  13. Chapter 10. Plasma panels
  14. Chapter 11. Liquid crystal display (LCD)
  15. Chapter 12. DLP and SED
  16. Chapter 13. Television receivers CRT-type
  17. Chapter 14. Television receivers: colour processing
  18. Chapter 15. DC power generation
  19. Chapter 16. Flat panel television receivers
  20. Chapter 17. TV sound, mono and NICAM
  21. Chapter 18. The digital TV reception
  22. Chapter 19. Projection systems
  23. Chapter 20. DVD
  24. Chapter 21. Magnetic tape recording
  25. Chapter 22. Digital recording and camcorder
  26. Chapter 23. Cable and on-line television
  27. Chapter 24. Multimedia convergence
  28. Chapter 25. Interconnectivity and ports
  29. Appendix A1. Teletext
  30. Appendix A2. I2C serial control bus
  31. Appendix A3. Error control techniques
  32. Appendix A4. Processing devices
  33. Appendix A5. The OSI seven-layer reference model
  34. Appendix A6. HDMIā€“DVI compatibility
  35. Appendix A7. The decibel (dB)
  36. Appendix A8. Amplitude and frequency modulation
  37. Index