Video markets, including television, telecom, and computers are experiencing an exciting transition from analog to digital technology. TV-style motion video, now digital, is appearing in new venues such as the digitally interactive Internet. This comprehensive, clearly written book provides practicing and future system engineers with a firm grounding in digital technology - focusing on digital audio and video in particular - and shows how it applies to all fields. Principles of Digital Audio and Video Video helps you strengthen your grasp of the underlying principles and practical applications of digital A/V, and lets you see where the technology will take us into the next century. With this book in hand, you quickly learn how to screen and select A/V system components, and how to choose the best design approaches for a particular system. Broadcast and computer system-design engineers can turn to this well organized reference for a clear understanding of analog-digital conversion, video cameras, digital transmission and processing, compression, recording and storage, postproduction, and much more.
Digital Concepts. Video Fundamentals. Audio Fundamentals. Audio-Video Systems. Analog-to-Digital Conversion. Video Cameras. Digital Transmission. Digital Signal Processing. Data Compression. Video Displays. Digital Recording. Postproduction Systems. Digital Multimedia. A Digital World. Glossary.
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Arch C. Luther
Arch C. Luther is president of Arch Luther Associates in Merchantville, New Jersey. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His distinguished career spans more than 40 years and includes broadcast equipment design at RCA, and consulting in multimedia computing for Intel, IBM, and others. Mr. Luther holds 32 U.S. patents and is the author of nine books, including Principles of Digital Audio and Video, published by Artech House in 1997. He has won both the SMPTE David Sarnoff Gold Medal and RCA David Sarnoff Gold Medal for Outstanding Technical Achievement.