DTV: The Revolution in Electronic Imaging, Page 4Is digital television TV on a computer ... or computing on a TV? This guide details the new standards encompassed by DTV, which is merging telecommunications, broadcasting, and computers into a video information vehicle that will revolutionize television. Broadcast and video engineers will find tools for participating in the DTV revolution, along with examples of typical uses of the technology. Emphasis on the "Grand Alliance" addresses the standardization process that's combining the strong points of each digital system into one common imaging system. Coverage includes transmission and reception hardware ... operating principles of the forthcoming U.S. video transmission/interchange format ... attributes of video images that allow signal prediction ... and video compression technology that makes wideband video transmission practical. |
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Preface by Jerry C Whitaker | 1 |
Applications for HDTV | 39 |
Fundamental Imaging System Principles | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Advanced Television algorithm analog applications aspect ratio ATSC audio B-frames bandwidth beam bit rate bit stream block diagram broadcast bytes camera carrier channel chrominance coding coefficients color colorimetry components compression conventional data segment decoder device digital television display DTV standard dynamic range electronic elementary bit streams elementary stream elements encoder error field sync film filter format frame frequency function HD-MAC HDTV HDTV system header high-definition television horizontal input interlaced layer light luminance macroblock Mbits/s modulation motion MPEG multiplexing noise NTSC operation optical output packet parameters phosphor picture pixels prediction production progressive scanning projection projector quantization receiver resolution sampling screen SECAM segment sync sequence shadow-mask shown in Figure SMPTE specific spectrum Table techniques telecine Television Systems terrestrial tion transmission transmitted transport stream trellis tube typically values vertical video signal visual waveform