DIGITAL VIDEO AND HDTV - ALGORITHMS AND INTERFACES

'Digital Video and HDTV - Algorithms and Interfaces' covers the theory and engineering of digital video systems in a manner that is equally accessible to video engineers and computer graphics practitioners. It provides succinct and accurate treatment of standard-definition television (SDTV), high-definition television (HDTV), and compression systems. With the help of technical illustrations and an extensive glossary, this book details the following topics: Basic concepts of digitization, sampling, quantization, gamma, and filtering; Principles of color science as applied to image capture and display; Scanning and coding of SDTV and HDTV; Video color coding: luma, chroma (4:2:2 component video, 4fSC composite video); Analog NTSC and PAL; Studio systems and interfaces, including SDI, IEEE 1394, and DV-over-1394; Digital videotape recording; Compression technology, including M-JPEG, DV, and MPEG-2; Broadcast standards (including digital television, DTV) and consumer video equipment.