Research Catalog

Title

Understanding digital TV : the route to HDTV / Brian Evans.

Author

Evans, Brian, 1943-

Publication

New York : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, ©1995.

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Details

Description

xii, 242 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

IEEE Press understanding science & technology series

Uniform Title

IEEE Press understanding science & technology series

Alternative Title

Understanding digital television.

Subject

• Digital television
• High definition television
• HDTV
• Digitale technieken
• Televisao E Tecnologia
• Télévision numérique
• Télévision haute définition

Note

• "IEEE order number: PP04366"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (p. 235-237).

Source (note)

• David Sarnoff Research Center Library/RCA Labs/Princeton, NJ;

Contents

Digits Galore -- A Byte of Cake -- The Super-Truth in the Snow -- Our Telephone Inheritance -- Compressed Digital Transmission -- Where Angels Once Feared to Tread -- Transmitting the Picture -- Perceptions -- Flicker -- The Hammer Blow -- Refresh Frequency -- Brighter Screens -- The Stepladder Template -- Locked In -- Simply Irresistible -- Advanced Television in the United States -- The American Class of 1991 -- Olympic Semaphore Man -- Magic Numbers -- Mutual Agreement -- A World Standard for Digital HDTV -- Converting the Line Standards -- A Worldwide High Definition Television Display Standard -- Competing Media -- Seven Scenarios for Digital Television -- Overwhelmed by Choice -- Standardization.

ISBN

• 0780310829
• 9780780310827

LCCN

94020667

OCLC

• ocm30594344
• 30594344
• SCSB-1518590

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library