Covers the essential fundamentals of digital video: from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interfaces and output. Written for television professionals needing to apply digital video systems, equipment and techniques to multimedia and /or digital TV applications, as well as for computer system designers, engineers, programmers, or technicians needing to learn how to apply digital video to computer systems and applications. The text is based on the acclaimed industry `bible' The Art of Digital Video, but covers only the essential parts of this larger reference work. It starts right from the basics from what a digital signal is to the how digital video can be applied. John Watkinson is an international consultant in Audio, Video and Data Recording. He is a fellow of the AES, a member of the British Computer Society and Chartered Information Systems Practitioner. He presents lectures, seminars, conference papers and training courses worldwide. He is author of many other Focal press books including MPEG2, Art of Digital Video, Art of Digital Audio, Art of Sound Reporduction, Introduction to Digital Audio, Television Fundamentals and Audio for Television. He is also co-author of the Digital Interface Handbook and a contributor to The Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook.

Product Description: Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media offers concise and accurate information for engineers and technicians tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications. Without adequate fundamental knowledge of the core technologies, products could be flawed or even fail...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media offers concise and accurate information for engineers and technicians tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications. Without adequate fundamental knowledge of the core technologies, products could be flawed or even fail...read more

Reviews of the 1st edition include:- 'Once in a while, someone writes a technical book which becomes the definitive work or industry bible. John Watkinson has done just that with The Art of Digital Audio' - New Scientist 'Mr Watkinson's work commandspride of place amongst the publications on digital audio techniques.' - EBU Review '... a must for all radio engineers interested in complete digital fluency.' - Radio World 'It must be difficult writing a sequel to the Bible. Let's face it, Godhasn't got round to it yet, although John Watkinson has, and it only took him five years. In his preface to the new edition, Watkinson suggests, somewhat tongue in cheek, that if the First was the Bible, maybe we should refer to the Second Edition as theNew Testament. It's not a bad idea, and one with which I have no arguments..' Studio Sound, March 1995 - Studio Sound, March 1995 'This is an introductory book, a theory book and a reference book all in one.' - Public Address/PLASA News, May 1995 'Thefirst edition of this book is now regarded as a classic in its field.' - Lighting and Sound International, January 1996 Digital audio equipment is more widespread than it was five yars ago, and potential readers now have a greater range of backgrounds. This new edition begins with a chapter which is almost an introductory book in its own right and makes the remainder of the work accessible to all. At the other end of the spectrum more refernces than ever are included to permit serious study. What has not changed is the approach. Every subject is explained from first principles, because if the mechanism is undertsood it can be applied to many probolems. This is an introductory book, a theory book, an applications book and a reference book all rolled into one. (view table of contents)

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This volume includes material on transform coding for data reduction and motion estimation, advanced PAL decoding, 16:9, signature analysis, noise shaping audio converters, workstations and an introduction to the new DTVR formats. Every subject is explained in plain English with the minimum of equations. John Watkinson is an independent consultant in digital video, audio and data technology. He is a Fellow of the AES and is listed in Who's Who in the World. He is the author of numerous other Focal Press books that are recognized as definitive works on the subject.

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Product Description: Designed to make life a little easier by providing all the theoretical background necessary to understand sound reproduction, backed up with practical examples. Specialist terms - both musical and physical - are defined as they occur and plain English is used throughout...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Data recording is becoming increasingly common, from credit-card strips, bar codes, personal computers and compact discs to high definition video recorders. Security, national defence, banking, entertainment, manufacturing and transport systems are now critically dependent on computation and data recording...read more

Product Description: The world of videotape recording is moving very fast with new recording formats having been added by all the major manufacturers over the past two years. This book pulls these formats together to enable users of the equipment to get a thorough grounding in the principles behind digital recording and a thorough overview of what formats are currently available...read more

Product Description: D-3 is the highest-density DVTR format and offers reduced running costs in an existing composite environment. Digital VTR's use technologies which are absent in the analog machines which preceded them. In this text all of these have been treated from first principles so that no great prior knowledge is needed...read more

Product Description: Deals with the use of recorders based on the R-DAT (Rotary Head Digital Audio Tape) standard. It includes a chapter on the use of R-DAT as a data recorder (computer device) and is a blend of basic theory and actual practice.

Product Description: Composite video was developed solely to provide a way of broadcasting colour television in a way which would be compatible with existing monochrome receivers. It requires no more bandwidth than a monochrome signal, and so full bandwidth monochrome video recorders could be simply adapted to record colour, and the composite video recorder was born...read more