Mastering Digital Television: The Complete Guide to the DTV Conversion - Hardcover

Whitaker, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071470166 ISBN 13: 9780071470162

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006

Synopsis

Design, maintain, and troubleshoot DTV equipment and signals

This practice-focused resource provides broadcast engineers and technicians with a complete technical manual for DTV broadcast and equipment.

• Details and annotates key DTV broadcast standards
• Covers the technical parameters that drive DTV system performance
• Offers clear explanations of the functions and capabilities of all major DTV system components

About this title

From the Back Cover:

HANDS-ON DTV FROM A LEADING AUTHOR IN DTV ENGINEERING

Written by top technical author Jerry Whitaker, Mastering Digital Television provides the tools needed to design, maintain, and troubleshoot DTV equipment and signals -- effectively and cost efficiently. This guide helps answer the challenge posed by a mandated major technical changeover—analog to digital—in a concise, expertly written manner.

Ideal for engineers and technicians charged with DTV conversions, this practice-focused manual points to the most economical, cost-effective solutions for setting up, running, maintaining, and troubleshooting DTV.

MASTERING DIGITAL TELEVISON:

• Details and annotates key DTV broadcast standards with insights only an industry veteran could provide
• Provides solutions for tweaking technical parameters that drive DTV system performance
• Clearly explains the functions and capabilities of all major DTV system components
• Helps engineers conquer the requirements for the design and building of DTV equipment
• Explains the ATSC and SMPTE standards and FCC regulations driving DTV implementation
• Provides needed technical information, data, and reference material on transmission systems, antennas, and receivers
• Defines optimal testing procedures and equipment

Covering all relevant standards, equipment, and ins and outs, Jerry Whitaker's Mastering Digital Television is the clear choice for on-the-job DTV engineering and technical reference today.

About the Author:

Jerry C. Whitaker is a well-known author in the field of video, television, HDTV, and radio. The author and editor of dozens of books on technical topics, he edited the leading technical manual in television, The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering. He is also the author of The DTV Handbook, The Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering, and The Electronics Handbook, as well as other standard references. Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). He has also served as Vice President and Board member of the SBE. Mr. Whitaker is Vice President for Standards Development at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the international organization charged with developing voluntary standards for digital television. He resides in Morgan Hill, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071470166
• ISBN 13: 9780071470162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384