Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering

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. Blair Benson, deceased, was well known in the field for both this book and his Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering. Mr. Benson was a leader in audio and video system design and implementation for many decades, and an architect of the networked TV and radio systems we enjoy today.

Introduction: Applications of Video Technology Light, Vision, and Photometry Optical Components and Systems Monochrome and Color Visual Information Transmission Waveforms and Spectra of Composite Video Signals Image Pickup Devices and Systems Electron Optics, Deflection, and Color Registration Monochrome and Color Image Display Devices Broadcast Production Equipment, Systems, and Services Videotape Recording Video Disc Recording and Reproduction Film Transmission Systems and Equipment Serial Digital Video Compression Technologies for Video and Audio Digital Video Effects Electronic Editing Technical Details of the DTV System Propagation Transmitters Transmitting Antennas Receivers Cable and Satellite Home Distribution Systems Video Signal Measurement and Analysis Standards and Recommended Practices The CD-ROM Appendices