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Tables of Contents for An Introduction to Video Measurement
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Introduction
xi
Part One: The Foundation
1
90
Circuits and signals
3
11
Sending signals
3
3
Source and destination
6
1
Receiving a signal
7
1
Terminating the cable
8
1
Creating a standard
8
2
Cable and wireless circuits
10
3
Where next?
13
1
Time and the complex signal
14
14
Converting to an electric signal
18
2
The concept of time
20
1
Bandwidth
21
5
How about digitising?
26
2
What is video?
28
14
Sending pictures
28
1
The video system
29
7
The timebase
36
2
The video waveform
38
4
Measuring video
42
18
Black level
44
2
The waveform monitor
46
5
Timing and system sync
51
6
`Scopes versus WFMs
57
1
New display methods
58
1
Using the WFM
59
1
Adding the colour
60
17
Colour components
60
3
Colour bars
63
2
Transmitting pictures and composite video
65
2
The colour burst
67
1
Colour and vectors
67
5
NTSC and PAL
72
1
Phase errors
72
1
The vectorscope
73
2
The end of PAL and NTSC?
75
2
New technology
77
14
Two-circuit component
77
1
The component standard
77
1
What is digital?
78
2
4:2:2... and all that!
80
1
Why digital?
81
1
The synchroniser
81
1
Sending digits
82
3
Measurement of digital video
85
1
Compression
86
1
JPEG and MPEG
87
2
The quest for quality
89
2
Part Two: In Practice
91
86
First steps - the camera
93
27
Terminations
93
5
Camera colour bars
98
6
The picture
104
6
Colour balance
110
3
Sensitivity and exposure
113
1
Adjustments and simple checks
114
3
Menus and digital cameras
117
1
A footnote...
117
3
The studio
120
22
Signal levels
120
1
Timing
121
3
Composite colour timing
124
3
Mixer timing procedure
127
6
Installing a remote camera
133
1
The greyscale
133
2
Light level
135
1
Camera control
136
3
Engineering
139
1
And the digital studio?
139
2
Digital timing
141
1
Recording
142
9
Analogue and generation loss
143
1
Setting up to edit
144
6
Examples of digital tape standards
150
1
Distortions and test signals
151
16
Linearity and phase distortion
152
3
DC errors
155
1
Frequency distortion
156
2
Pulse and bar
158
2
Further points about test signals
160
2
Calibration
162
1
Comparing signal to signal
162
5
Digital specialities
167
5
Bowtie and lighting
167
1
Checking gamut with arrowhead
167
1
Eye display - the circuit tester
168
1
EDH and CRC
169
2
Portable instrumentation
171
1
Using the picture
172
5
Setting up the picture
172
2
Using the picture
174
1
Measuring with Vical
174
1
The in-picture waveform
174
3
And finally...
177
1
Appendix
178
15
Glossary
193
5
Bibliography
198
1
Index
199