Digital Video and HDTV: Algorithms and Interfaces (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) |  | Author: Charles Poynton
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 736
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 1558607927
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.388
EAN: 9781558607927
ASIN: 1558607927
Publication Date: December 30, 2002
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Product Description
Rapidly evolving computer and communications technologies have achieved data transmission rates and data storage capacities high enough for digital video. But video involves much more than just pushing bits! Achieving the best possible image quality, accurate color, and smooth motion requires understanding many aspects of image acquisition, coding, processing, and display that are outside the usual realm of computer graphics. At the same time, video system designers are facing new demands to interface with film and computer system that require techniques outside conventional video engineering.
Charles Poynton's 1996 book A Technical Introduction to Digital Video became an industry favorite for its succinct, accurate, and accessible treatment of standard definition television (SDTV). In Digital Video and HDTV, Poynton augments that book with coverage of high definition television (HDTV) and compression systems.
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With the help of hundreds of high quality technical illustrations, this book presents the following topics:
* Basic concepts of digitization, sampling, quantization, gamma, and filtering
* Principles of color science as applied to image capture and display
* Scanning and coding of SDTV and HDTV
* Video color coding: luma, chroma (4:2:2 component video, 4fSC composite video)
* Analog NTSC and PAL
* Studio systems and interfaces
* Compression technology, including M-JPEG and MPEG-2
* Broadcast standards and consumer video equipment
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Over my head! June 6, 2009
Viken Derderian (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I work for a Great entertainment company, in order to understand the business little better I decided to read books about TV, Cinema, Video and entertainment in general.
This was a book I got with a bundle of other books. I read the book end to end. I must confess that I need to read it couple of more times before I can say I get it. If you are in the business of Television you may find this book either boring or educational, but if you want to read it to learn the jargon so you can mingle with the business folks and pretend you "understand", find another book.
The most complete guide July 29, 2008
Silvio Bacchetta (Milan, Italy)
This is a very useful book if you work in the HDTV industry. It is a handy tool for me, as it points out concepts that are rather new and not so easy to understand even for skilled engineers, like HDTV timing.
 Very useful, but ... May 31, 2008
Santa (Chandler, AZ USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is undoubtedly useful for any practicing video engineer and for anyone seeking to familiarize themselves with video standards and technology. It covers a broad range of topics under one cover. Depth is lacking in most parts, but then this book is not intended to be used for theoretical study. It is a handy guide to have at one's desk.
My biggest and only complaint is about the way the material is presented, which, in my opinion, is highly unstructured and makes the book much more difficult to read than it needs to be. In almost every chapter, the author asks the reader to refer to the material in both future as well past chapters for details. As an example, the section on nonlinear image coding, on p.12, refers to the material in different chapters on pages, 197, 198, 203 and 257!
Nonetheless, despite this writing flaw, the book is recommended.
Comprehensive and dense April 15, 2008
Alberto Vargas (San Francisco, CA USA)
Not an easy read for beginners. If you are serious about video (i.e. work related), get this, it is recommended reading in the field.
 Magnificent Book March 24, 2008
Richard C. Zulch (San Francisco Bay Area)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I buy and read a lot of technical books--there are hundreds in my library--and this is one of the best in any field. An adequate technical book has to be accurate, reasonably organized, provide a good selection of material, and be understandable. A good book will engage your interest and impart general knowledge. But a truly great technical book will leave you with deep insights that make you smarter. This is one of those books.
The text is lucid and the illustrations are uniformly excellent. I particularly like the layout, which leaves a column to the left of the main body text for references, notes and comments. The author deeply understands the material and conveys that knowledge beautifully. This is one of about 5 technical books I've ever come across that's hard to put down.
A minor production nitpick is that the paper shear was was a bit dull when they cut my copy, leading to slightly rough edges on the left-side (even-numbered) pages, but it wasn't bad enough to exchange the book. Otherwise the binding and paper color and quality are top notch.
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