One of the most-used video reference books in the industry since 1985
* New material includes hot technologies: HDV, Blue-Ray, etc.
* New color-insert
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Table of Contents
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Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Electronic photography 5
Ch. 3 Scanning 15
Ch. 4 Synchronizing the analog signal 25
Ch. 5 The transmitted signal 39
Ch. 6 Color video 53
Ch. 7 Monitoring the color image 69
Ch. 8 analog waveform monitors 75
Ch. 9 analog vectorscopes 87
Ch. 10 The encoded signal 95
Ch. 11 Digital theory 103
Ch. 12 Digital television standards 113
Ch. 13 High definition video 125
Ch. 14 Digital scopes 139
Ch. 15 Compression 147
Ch. 16 Magnetic media 161
Ch. 17 Optical media 175
Ch. 18 Timecode 183
Ch. 19 Audio for video 193
Ch. 20 Overview of operations 207
Ch. 21 Test signals, displays, and media problems 223
Glossary 235
Index 253