Newnes Guide to TV and Video Technology - Softcover

Trundle, Eugene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0434919861 ISBN 13: 9780434919864

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1988

Synopsis

Newnes Guide to TV and Video Technology is a guide to TV and video technology and covers topics ranging from transmission and reception to color decoding, magnetic tape basics and video signals, and signal processing. Tips on care, operation, and maintenance of videotape recorders are given. Block diagrams are used throughout the book. Comprised of 21 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the basic principles of monochrome television, followed by a discussion on the light and color aspects of TV. The reader is then introduced to assembling a color TV outfit by triplicating the "basic" television system and assigning one primary color to each of the three; the principle of chroma encoding and the method of "dovetailing" the chroma and Y signals; transmission and reception; color decoding; and color display devices. VTR principles and circuits are explained in general terms, taking examples from all home formats to illustrate the techniques used. This monograph is aimed at interested laymen, students, and technicians and those in allied fields seeking an insight into the technicalities of TV and VTR practice.

About this title

Synopsis

This book is a combination of two "Beginner's guides": "Colour television" and "Videocassette Recorders", which have been revised and updated for this single volume. The book assumes a basic knowledgee of electrics and mechanics and is aimed at the layman, students and technicians and covers the technicalities of TV and VTR practice. Topics include the PAL colour system, transmission and reception, MAC encoding and satellite, cable televsion, the development of video tape recording, signal processing and the care, operation and maintenance of VTRs. Eugene Trundle is also the author of "Television and Video Engineer's Pocket Book".

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434919861
• ISBN 13: 9780434919864
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 436