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
Author:   K. F. Ibrahim (College of North West London, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Edition:   4th edition
ISBN:  

9780750681650


Pages:   608
Publication Date:   09 August 2007
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   K. F. Ibrahim (College of North West London, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Newnes (an imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd )
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9780750681650


ISBN 10:   0750681659
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   09 August 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

1. Principles of Television 2. Colour television 3. Digital Television 4. MPEG Encoding 5. High Definition television 6. Audio encoding 7. MPEG-2 transport stream 8. Channel Encoding 9. Video re-production – an overview 10. Plasma Panels 11. Liquid Crystal Display, LCD 12. DLP and SED 13. Television receivers CRT-type 14. Television receivers – colour processing 15. DC power generation 16. Flat panel television receivers 17. TV Sound, mono and NICAM 18. The digital TV reception 19. Projection systems 20. DVD 21. Magnetic tape recording 22. Digital recording and camcorder 23. Cable and on-line television 24. Multimedia convergence 25. Interconnectivity and ports

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