Issues in Advanced Television Technology

Drawn from the pages of popular "Advanced Television" column in "TV Technology" magazine, this work features television writings. It includes the interests of broadcasting, cable, wireless cable, telcos, DBS, and packaged media. It also introduces subjects such as digital video compression, transmission of digital signals, and audio compression.

S. Merrill Weiss

Where to Begin?...Where Have We Been?...Where are We Going? * Into the Woods * Digital Video Compression * There's Audio in Advanced Television, Too * The Systems Layer * Transmission Planning * Distributed Transmission * Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing * Standard Definition Television * Widescreen 525 * Other Matters