Put the A/V standard and protocol data you need at your fingertips!Audio/Video Protocol Handbook gives you instant access to the major standards and protocols you use every day on the job. What's more, the fully searchable CD that accompanies the book eliminates tedious, time-consuming searches for information. Featuring the full text in searchable, printable PDF, it also gives you clickable Web links to major standards organizations. Stay on top of this fast-changing field as you tap into the latest information and revisions on the Web.
If you're an audio/video, TV, or new media engineer or technician, this is the tool you've been waiting for. Valuable reference data is just a mouse click or a page flip away, including frequency assignments and allocations, basic electromagnetic spectrum data, translations of video and broadcasting acronyms, and even a dictionary of video terms.
Put the A/V standard and protocol data you need at your fingertips!Audio/Video Protocol Handbook gives you instant access to the major standards and protocols you use every day on the job. What's more, the fully searchable CD that accompanies the book eliminates tedious, time-consuming searches for information. Featuring the full text in searchable, printable PDF, it also gives you clickable Web links to major standards organizations. Stay on top of this fast-changing field as you tap into the latest information and revisions on the Web.If you're an audio/video, TV, or new media engineer or technician, this is the tool you've been waiting for. Valuable reference data is just a mouse click or a page flip away, including frequency assignments and allocations, basic electromagnetic spectrum data, translations of video and broadcasting acronyms, and even a dictionary of video terms.
Contributors Preface
Chapter 1: Systems Engineering
Chapter 2: Engineering Documentation
Chapter 3: Safety Issues
Chapter 4: Video Standards Overview
Chapter 5: SMPTE Documents
Chapter 6: CEA Standards
Chapter 7: SCTE Standards
Chapter 8: AES Standards
Chapter 9: References in ATSC Standards and Recommended Practices
Chapter 10: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Chapter 11: Frequency Assignment and Allocations
Chapter 12: Dictionary of Electronics Terms
Chapter 13: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 14: Reference Data and Tables
Chapter 15: Informative Documents by Subject Appendix A: A Brief History of Radio Appendix B: A Brief History of Television Subject Index About the Editor
Jerry Whitaker is Vice President of Standards Development at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, D.C. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose area. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 30 years, with specialization in communications. He has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer. Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
