DTV

Jerry Whitaker (Morgan Hill, CA) is the President of Technical Press, Inc. He is the author or co-author of over 20 technical books, including the previous two editions of DTV, The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering, and Communications Receivers. He previously served as the Editor in Chief of Broadcast Engineering magazine.

Introduction; Foreword; Preface; The Road to DTV; Applications for HDTV; Fundamental Imaging System Principles; Digital Coding of Video Signals; Video and Audio Compression; High Definition Production Systems; DTV Audio Encoding and Decoding; The ATSC DTV System; DTV Transmission Issues; Receiver Systems and Display Devices; The DVB Standard; Video Measurement Techniques; DTV Implementation Issues; Interactive Television Issues; Reference Documents; Using the CD-ROM; Glossary