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Book cover image of Television Technology Demystified: A Non-Technical Guide by Aleksandar Louis Todorovic

Authors: Aleksandar Louis Todorovic
ISBN-13: 9780240806846, ISBN-10: 0240806840
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Aleksandar Louis Todorovic

Book Synopsis

"Television Technology Demystified" is written for non-technical television production professionals. Journalists, program producers, camera persons, editors, and other television professionals need to know how equipment works, which performance levels are achievable, how to evaluate the technical quality of picture and sound, and other aspects of production; this book presents these and other essential concepts in a simple and non-mathematical way. Aleksandar-Louis Todorovic, a highly respected and well-known figure in the broadcasting community, has succeeded in making complex technology understandable.

*Learn about complex technical concepts such as interlace scanning and digital compression without complex mathematics, diagrams, and drawings
*Understand the potentials and limitations of the various and changing production tools available

Table of Contents

1Development of television technology - a sweep through history1
2Light and the human eye11
3Generating a television picture23
4Color television33
5Digital television55
6Digital compression as the key to success73
7Digital audio compression methods97
8Exchanging program material as bitstreams111
9Television cameras131
10Video recording155
11Video editing193
12The networked production209
13Television graphics225
14HDTV239

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