Television technology demystified :
Todoroviâc, Aleksandar Louis.
Television technology demystified : a non-technical guide / Aleksandar Louis Todoroviâc. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal/Elsevier, c2006. - x, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Development of television technology-a sweep through history -- Light and the human eye -- Generating a television picture -- Color television -- Digital television -- Digital compression as the key to success -- Digital audio compression methods -- Exchanging program material as bitstreams -- Television cameras -- Video recording -- Video editing -- The networked production -- Television graphics -- HDTV.
"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"--Publisher's description.
9780240806846 0240806840
2006295625
Television--Equipment and supplies.
Television broadcasting.
Television--Production and direction.
TK6650 / .T63 2006
Television technology demystified : a non-technical guide / Aleksandar Louis Todoroviâc. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal/Elsevier, c2006. - x, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Development of television technology-a sweep through history -- Light and the human eye -- Generating a television picture -- Color television -- Digital television -- Digital compression as the key to success -- Digital audio compression methods -- Exchanging program material as bitstreams -- Television cameras -- Video recording -- Video editing -- The networked production -- Television graphics -- HDTV.
"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"--Publisher's description.
9780240806846 0240806840
2006295625
Television--Equipment and supplies.
Television broadcasting.
Television--Production and direction.
TK6650 / .T63 2006