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Focal Press Book: Basic TV Technology:

User Manual for Focal Press Book: Basic TV Technology: Digital and Analog

• Product category: Video Equipment Set-up & Operation Focal Press
• Brand: Focal Press
• Description and content of package
• Technical information and basic settings
• Frequently asked questions – FAQ
• Troubleshooting (does not switch on, does not respond, error message, what do I do if...)
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Product description

• Contents

• Introduction

• Acknowledgements

• The Atom & Electricity
  The parts of the atom
  The flow of electrons through metals

• Basic Circuits
  Direct current (DC)
  Alternating current (AC)

• Units of Measurement (1)
  Voltage
  Current
  Power
  Resistance and impedance
  Mathematical symbols and formulas

• Units of Measurement (2)
  Frequency
  AC frequency
  Capacitance

• Fields (Induction) and Noise
  Induction
  Noise
  Signal-to-noise ratio

• Abbreviations
  Kilo
  Mega
  Giga
  milli
  micro
  nano
  Conversions

• Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)
  Interlace Scanning
  Progressive Scanning

• Need for interlace scanning

• Blanking
  Horizontal blanking
  Vertical blanking

• Waveform Display

• Charge Coupled Devices
  CCD layout and operation
  Broadcast-quality requirements

• An Introduction to Digital (1)
  What is digital?
  What Computers do

• An Introduction to Digital (2)
  Bits & Bytes (binary numbering system)

• Analog and Digital
  A to D conversion
  Sampling and quantizing
  D to A conversion

• Color system
  Color verses black and white
  Additive and subtractive colors
  Complementary colors

• How the Eye Sees Light (1)
  Color temperature

• How the Eye Sees Light (2)
  Filters
  Black Balance
  White balance

• Digital Encoding Ratios
  From black and white to color
  Digital responses to this situation

• CODECs

• Composite Encoding
  Home video cameras

• Color CRTs
  Convergence

• Plasma Display Screens
  How it works

• LCD Screens

• Analog Sync Generators

• Analog Sync Generator Signals (1)
  Drive pulses
  Blanking pulses
  Sync pulses
  Color burst

• Analog Sync Generator Signals (2)
  Combining sync with video

• Vectorscope
  Reading the vectorscope
  Color bar display

• PAL

• Analog Sync Flow Diagrams (1)
  Distribution amplifiers

• Camera Flow Diagram

• Combining Sync and Camera Flow Diagrams
  Out-of-phase cameras
  Timing the system

• Video Switchers
  Vertical interval switchers
  Component switchers
  Digital switchers
  Special effects

• Switcher Applications
  Production and editing switchers
  On-air switchers
  Routing switchers

• Production Switcher Flow Diagram
  Switcher buses
  Switcher outputs

• Switcher Transitions and Special Effects
  Wipes

• Special Effects Keys--Luminance Keys
  Linear or transparent keys

• Special Effects Keys--Chroma Keys

• Composite Versus Component Video
  Problems of composite video
  Component video
  Y/C

• Color Difference Component Video

• Digital Special Effects
  Compressions
  Pushes
  Flips
  Rotations
  Other special effects

• Digital Interpolation
  Manipulation
  Interpolation

• Analog Videotape Recording Technology
  Recorders
  Videotape
  Recording heads

• Analog Video Recording Standards & Formats
  Audio versus video recording
  Helical video recording

• Other Tracks and Lockup (1)
  Sound and control tracks
  VTR Lockup
  Capstan lock

• Other Tracks and Lockup (2)
  Vertical lock
  Frame lock
  Horizontal lock

• Time Base Error

• External Causes of Time Base Error
  Gyroscopic time base error

• Time Base Error Correction

• Time Base Correctors (1)
  What a time base corrector does
  How a TBC works
  Horizontal sync as a clock

• Time Base Correctors (2)
  D-to-A conversion
  Video proc amp
  Window of correction

• Larger Analog Sync Problems & Solutions
  Nonsynchronous sources
  Frame synchronizer

• Other Advantages of TBCs & Frame Synchronizers
  Dynamic tracking heads
  Freeze frames
  TBCs, VTRs, and production

• Digital Videotape Recorders
  DV video

• Digital Video Servers
  Problems of videotape
  Video servers

• Disc Based Recorders

• Editing Analog Videotape
  Physical cutting and splicing
  Electronic editing

• The Editing Process (1)

• The Editing Process (2)

• Types of Edits 117
  Assemble edits
  Insert edits

• Editing Methods-Manual editing

• Editing Methods-Control track counters

• SMPTE Time Code Editing

• SMPTE Time Code Editing

• Off-Line and On-Line Editing
  Off-line editing
  On-line editing

• Editing by Computers
  Drop frame/non-drop frame editing

• Problems of Traditional Editing

• Problems of Traditional Editing

• Non Linear Editing

• Video Compression

• Spatial Compression
  Entrophy reduction
  Entrophy encoding

• Temporal Compression

• MPEG Compression Standard

• Computer Graphics for Video
  Originating computer graphics
  Interface between people and machines

• Character Generators

• Creating Imagery & Effects
  Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
  Digital Video effects

• The Digital Studio

• Open Architecture vs. Dedicated Equipment

• Drawbacks of Open Architecture Equipment

• High-Definition TV
  Production HDTV standards versus broadcast HDTV standards

• ATSC High Definition Broadcast Standard

• Standard Definition Digital Television (SDTV)

• Audio for Video
  The early years
  Mono and stereo

• Surround Sound
  5.1 Stereo

• Professional and Consumer Audio
  Impedance
  Balanced and unbalanced audio

• Combining Audio Components
  Line and mic levels
  Analog and digital
  Professional and consumer equipment

• Microphones, Mixers, and Loudspeakers
  Microphones
  Mixers
  Loudspeakers

• Sound Recording for Video
  DAT
  Solid State Recorders

• Digital Audio Workstations

• Further Reading

• Glossary

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