Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer |  | Author: Keith Jack
Publisher: Llh Technology Pub
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2232153
Media: Paperback
Pages: 441
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 1878707094
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.388
EAN: 9781878707093
ASIN: 1878707094
Publication Date: June 1993
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Product Description
This international bestseller and essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide. This fourth edition is completely updated with all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video (Video over DSL, Ethernet, etc.), as well as discussions of the latest standards throughout. This is by far the most informative analog and digital video reference available, made even more comprehensive through the author's inclusion of the hottest new trends and cutting-edge developments in the field. Finding another amalgamated source of the huge amount of information in this book is impossible. The author attends DVD and HDTV standards meetings, so the absolute most up-to-date content is assured. The accompanying CD is updated to include a unique set of video test files in the newest formats. This book is a "one stop" reference guide for the various digital video technologies. Professionals in this rapidly changing field need the new edition of this book to keep up with the latest developments and standards in the industry.
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 undelivered? December 1, 2008
linuxsurd (USA)
This order was undelivered. A seemingly phantom USPS tracking number was provided and correctly available for tracking at amazon and usps. The refund was promptly processed upon request.
 A handbook for the digital engineer November 7, 2008
J. Dowling (NH USA)
I have the second edition in print and the third in PDF as well as the fifth in print. Some of the other reviews of this book bash the fact that it isn't for hobbiests or those less technical but take a look at the full title, it IS intended for digital design engineers. The 2nd book is about 700 pages with about 100 more of appendix, the 3rd is about the same but the appendix have been encorporated into chapters. Both include the same CD of test images. The 5th edition is actually thinner bye 1/4" and perhaps heavier with about 900 pages. It lacks the CD of images even though the same images are used throughout the book. If you really want the images you can probably find them somewhere. Additional subjects include MPEG4, digital TV standards and more coding formats. It saves you the time of finding and paying for the individual standards. It doesn't cover DVD or BlueRay standards and still includes NTSC / PAL / SECAM. It doesn't cover DisplayPort but that is still an unproven in the market standard. Does it cover absolutely everything, no, it can't it would be too big. It is my number one goto reference for video information though since everything I need is in there and then some (which is nice to have on hand anyway).
Quite general descriptions. July 8, 2008
J. Sarmiento (UK)
It is not bad for and introduction book, quite general descriptions about the topics, if you do not have some background about video, this book will not help you at all. Mainly use like a quick reference book.
A bit disappointing January 10, 2008
Leonardo Giordani (Milan, Italy)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fairly complete handbook about video signals: here you will find quite everything about analog and digital video, cables and connection standards.
From the first chapter, however, the written text disappoints the reader: it is a list of technical data, without any further explanation or with a poor one. This book is a sort of "data sheet compilation", and it is a very good one. But it is not a book about digital and analog video.
From this book you will not learn how and why PAL and NTSC have been designed and you will not be introduced into color theory in an effective way. You will learn how many pixels PAL and NTSC are made of at every possible resolution, and when you will read the same sentence for the 30th time, you will ask yourself why the book was not simply condensed in a list of tables and graphics. That way it could have been a must have.
In brief: an interesting and complete but pointlessy verbose reference.
4th edition better May 17, 2007
Daniel Cardenas (Chandler, AZ United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I quickly scanned the text. The difference between the fifth edition and the fourth edition is that the 5th is missing the CD with the electronic version of the book.
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