Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology, 4th Edition

Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology, 4th Edition

by K. F. Ibrahim
Released September 2007
Publisher(s): Newnes
ISBN: 9780080550664

Read it now on the O’Reilly learning platform with a 10-day free trial.

O’Reilly members get unlimited access to books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial

Book description

Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology provides a full and comprehensive coverage of video and television technology including the latest developments in display equipment, HDTV and DVD. Starting with TV fundamentals, the bulk of the book covers the many new technologies that are bringing growth to the TV and video market, such as plasma and LCD, DLP (digital light processing), DVD, Blu ray technology, Digital television, High Definition television (HDTV) and video projection systems.

For each technology, a full explanation is provided of its operation and practical application, supported by over 300 diagrams including schematic diagrams of commercially available consumer equipment. Where relevant, testing and fault finding procedures are outlined together with typical fault symptoms supported by photographs. The new edition has a number of useful appendices on microcomputer/microcontroller systems, test instruments, serial buses (I2C and RS 232), teletext and error correction techniques. The book is intended for students of electronics and practicing engineers. In particular, it will useful for students on vocational courses and service engineers as well as enthusiasts.

  • The definitive guide to the new technologies transforming the world of television: HDTV, Digital TV, DVD recorders, hard disk recorders, wide-screen CRT, flat screen technologies and others
  • A practical approach, including troubleshooting and servicing information
  • Covers UK, European and North American systems

Table of contents

  1. Cover (1/2)
  2. Cover (2/2)
  3. Contents (1/3)
  4. Contents (2/3)
  5. Contents (3/3)
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Television fundamentals
    1. Scanning
    2. Interlacing
    3. Synchronisation pulses
    4. Composite video waveform
    5. Common image format
    6. Active lines
    7. Aspect ratio
    8. Pixels and bandwidth
    9. Video bandwidth
    10. Television broadcasting
    11. Modulation
    12. Frequency spectrum, PAL channel
    13. Channel allocation
    14. Frequency spectrum, NTSC channel
  8. Chapter 2. Colour television
    1. Light and colour
    2. The sensation of colour
    3. Primary colours
    4. The colour triangle
    5. Saturation and hue
    6. Chromaticity diagram
    7. Colour temperature
    8. Principles of colour transmission
    9. Frequency interleaving
    10. Quadrature amplitude modulation
    11. NTSC colour components
    12. NTSC refresh rate
    13. Composite colour signal
    14. Colour burst
    15. The standard colour bar display
    16. Gamma-correction
    17. Weighting factors
    18. PAL colour system
  9. Chapter 3. Digital television
    1. Principles of digital video broadcasting
    2. Digitising the TV picture
    3. SDTV sampling rate
    4. Video sampling
    5. 4:2:2 sampling structure
    6. 4:1:1 sampling structure
    7. 4:2:0 sampling structure
    8. The bit rate
  10. Chapter 4. MPEG encoding
    1. Video MPEG-2 coding
    2. Video data preparation
    3. Temporal compression
    4. Group of pictures
    5. Block matching
    6. Predicted and difference frames
    7. Bidirectional prediction
    8. Spatial compression
    9. The discrete cosine transform
    10. Quantising the DCT block
    11. Zigzag scanning of the DCT matrix
    12. Coding of DCT coefficients
    13. Buffering
    14. The complete DCT coder
    15. Forward prediction coder-decoder, codec
    16. GOP construction
  11. Chapter 5. High definition television
    1. Why HDTV?
    2. HDTV common interface format
    3. The road to MPEG-4/H.264/AVC
    4. MPEG-4 profiles
    5. H.264/AVC features
    6. Intra-frame (spatial) prediction
    7. Intra-blocks and modes
    8. Size and mode selection
    9. Intra-prediction operation
    10. AVC motion compensation
    11. Motion compensation block sizes
    12. Motion vector prediction
    13. New transforms and quantisation
    14. Adaptive de-blocking filter
    15. New entropy coding technology
    16. Summarised features of AVC
  12. Chapter 6. Audio encoding
    1. Principles of MPEG-1 audio
    2. MPEG audio basic elements (1/2)
    3. MPEG audio basic elements (2/2)
    4. The full Layer II audio coder
    5. Layer III coding
    6. Pre-echo
    7. Full Layer III audio coder
    8. Advanced audio coding
    9. MPEG-2 AAC
    10. MPEG-4 audio
    11. MPEG-4 AAC
    12. Low-delay AAC
    13. Surround sound
    14. Multi-channel formats
    15. Perception of sounds in space
  13. Chapter 7. MPEG-2 transport stream
    1. Transport stream multiplexing
    2. MPEG-2 PES packet
    3. Time stamps
    4. Program clock reference
    5. Transport stream packet
    6. Null transport packets
    7. Transport packet header
    8. Programme-specific information
    9. Transport stream multiplexing
    10. Re-multiplexing
  14. Chapter 8. Channel encoding
    1. Scrambling
    2. Forward error correction
    3. Error correction
    4. FEC processing
    5. Modulation
    6. Phase shift keying
    7. Quadrature amplitude modulation
    8. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
    9. Single-frequency network
    10. Coded OFDM
    11. 8K/2K COFDM modes
    12. High definition terrestrial television
    13. Satellite channel encoder
    14. Terrestrial channel encoder
  15. Chapter 9. Video re-production
    1. Overview
    2. Display units
    3. The cathode ray tube
    4. Extra high tension
    5. Monochrome tube
    6. Screen size
    7. Raster geometry
    8. Scan velocity modulation
    9. Beam modulation
    10. Colour receiver tubes
    11. Purity
    12. Convergence
    13. The shadowmask tube
    14. The in-line colour tube
    15. The trinitron tube
    16. The PIL tube
  16. Chapter 10. Plasma panels
    1. Introduction to flat panel displays
    2. Resolution: flat panel versus CRT
    3. Plasma operation
    4. Address display separated
    5. Driving the panel
    6. Scanning: sequential and interlaced
    7. Sub-field coding
    8. Plasma panel brightness
    9. Dual scan
    10. Selective erase addressing
    11. Sustain-during-erase
    12. Greyscale and colours
    13. False contours
    14. Time compression
    15. Adaptive time compression
    16. Sub-field splitting
    17. Non-binary sub-field coding
    18. Dynamic brightness control
    19. Black level drive
    20. Sub-field generation
    21. Alternate lighting of surfaces
    22. Enhanced-ALiS
    23. 4-phase sub-field drive
    24. Pioneer’s Waffle rib and T-shaped structured panel
    25. Plasma panel faults
    26. Drive faults
    27. Image burn
  17. Chapter 11. Liquid crystal display (LCD)
    1. Polarisation
    2. Principles of operation of LC cell
    3. Reflective and transmissive
    4. The TN transmissive LCD
    5. Normally white and normally black
    6. Passive- and active-matrix LCDs
    7. TFT cell drive
    8. Response time
    9. Polarity inversion
    10. Greyscale and colour generation
    11. Panel drive
    12. The backlight assembly
    13. CCFT parameters
    14. Tube brightness control
    15. The d.c.–a.c. inverter
    16. Lamp error detection
    17. Adaptive transmissive scaling
    18. LCD panel faults
    19. Drive faults
  18. Chapter 12. DLP and SED
    1. Principles of DLP display
    2. Greyscale generation
    3. Bit splitting
    4. DMD structure
    5. DMD operation
    6. DMD addressing cycle
    7. Multiplexed addressing
    8. Generating colour
    9. The rainbow effect
    10. The three-chip DLP
    11. Principles of SED panel
  19. Chapter 13. Television receivers CRT-type
    1. The analogue TV receiver
    2. The front end
    3. RF oscillator
    4. Mixer-oscillator
    5. Complete tuner
    6. The phase-locked loop
    7. Synthesised tuning
    8. The IF stage
    9. The IF response curve
    10. The vision detector
    11. Synchronous demodulator
    12. Tuner IC package
    13. The sync separator
    14. Flywheel sync separator
    15. Sandcastle pulse
    16. Field timebase
    17. Field output stage
    18. Line timebase and drive
    19. S-correction
    20. Line output transformer
  20. Chapter 14. Television receivers: colour processing
    1. Colour burst processing
    2. Colour decoding
    3. The comb filter
    4. Comb filter delays
    5. U and V separation
    6. Colour difference demodulation
    7. Matrix network
    8. Beam limiting
    9. Signal-processing IC package
    10. RGB output stage
  21. Chapter 15. DC power generation
    1. CRT television power requirements
    2. Linear regulators
    3. Thyristor-controlled rectifier
    4. Switched-mode power supplies
    5. High-frequency chokes
    6. Start-up and soft start
    7. Standby supply
    8. Self-oscillating power supply
    9. Resonant converters
  22. Chapter 16. Flat panel television receivers
    1. Video formatting
    2. Scan-rate conversion
    3. Image scaling
    4. De-gamma correction and error and diffusion
    5. Digital video interface
    6. Low-voltage differential signalling
    7. PanelLink
    8. Transition minimised differential signalling
    9. DVI connector pin-out
    10. High-definition multimedia interface
    11. Architecture of HDMI
    12. HDMI operation
    13. HDMI encoding
    14. Operating modes
    15. Content protection, HDCP
    16. HDMI connectors
    17. Chip count
    18. Philips 2-chip solution
    19. Panasonic GC3 2-chip solution
    20. Samsung single-chip solution
    21. Plasma panel power generation
    22. Power factor correction
    23. Soft-switching resonant d.c.–d.c. converters
    24. Principle of operation of resonant converters
    25. Steady-state analysis of a basic ZCS resonant converter
    26. Zero voltage switching
    27. Energy recovery
    28. Fault finding on plasma television
    29. Pixel defects
    30. Picture faults
    31. DC power failure
    32. Fault finding in an LCD television receiver
    33. Faulty CCF tube
    34. The classic stuck in standby fault (plasma and LCD)
  23. Chapter 17. TV sound, mono and NICAM
    1. TV FM mono system
    2. Receiver circuit
    3. Frequency demodulation
    4. De-emphasis
    5. NICAM
    6. 14-to-10 digital companding
    7. Interleaving
    8. Framing
    9. NICAM reception
    10. DQPSK decoder
    11. NICAM decoder
    12. Multi-sound processor
    13. Multi-standard MSP
    14. Audio amplification
  24. Chapter 18. The digital TV reception
    1. The digital receiver/decoder of set-top-box
    2. System overview
    3. DVB satellite channel decoder
    4. DVB terrestrial channel decoder
    5. OFDM demodulation
    6. Transport demultiplexing and MPEG decoding
    7. The I2S serial sound bus
    8. SPDIF digital interface
    9. UHF modulator
    10. The integrated digital television
    11. Flat panel iDTV
    12. The HD decoder box
    13. The HD ready television receiver
    14. Testing the digital TV decoder box
    15. Aerials and dishes
    16. The boot-up sequence
    17. Testing channel decoder
    18. Testing the transport/MPEG decoder
    19. Memory faults and their symptoms
  25. Chapter 19. Projection systems
    1. CRT-based projection systems
    2. Microdisplay-based systems
    3. The illumination assembly
    4. DMD-based projectors
    5. HTPS-based systems
    6. Colour filter HTPS
    7. Colour filterless 3-panel HTPS projector
    8. Pros and cons of HTPS projectors
    9. Liquid crystal on silicon systems
    10. The three-PBS LCoS system
    11. ColorSelectTM LCoS-based systems
    12. Merits and demerits of LCoS projection systems
    13. Other projector technologies
    14. The 3-panel HTPS projector block diagram
    15. Three-dimensional video display
    16. 3D LCD panels
    17. Power supply requirements
  26. Chapter 20. DVD
    1. DVD construction
    2. DVD capacity
    3. Storage capacity
    4. Recording sectors
    5. Rotation speed
    6. Data transfer
    7. Triple-layer DVD
    8. DVD encoding process
    9. Video encoding
    10. Audio encoding
    11. Dolby digital (AC-3) encoding
    12. Linear PCM
    13. PES packet construction
    14. Forward error correction„DVD/HD DVD
    15. Non-return-to-zero encoding
    16. Eight-to-sixteen modulation (EFM+)
    17. DVD playback system
    18. The optical pickup head
    19. Focus depth and numerical aperture
    20. The photodiode detector assembly
    21. Focus error
    22. Tracking error
    23. The tracking and focus two-axis device
    24. Compatible pickup
    25. Signal processing and control
    26. The RF processor
    27. Servo control
    28. The error signals
    29. Playback start-up routine
    30. CD/DVD detection
    31. Focus search
    32. Single/dual-layer detection
    33. Tracking control
    34. Typical servo control chip
    35. The user interface
    36. Power supply requirements
    37. Content protection
    38. Film grain technology
    39. Interactivity
  27. Chapter 21. Magnetic tape recording
    1. History and development
    2. Magnetic tape basics
    3. Transfer characteristic and bias
    4. Head-tape flux transfer
    5. Replay considerations
    6. Modulation system
    7. Pre-emphasis
    8. Principle of helical scan
    9. Track configuration
    10. Scanning systems
    11. The azimuth technique
    12. The video track
    13. Miniature VHS head drum
    14. Tracking
    15. Automatic track finding
    16. Video-8 tape-signal spectrum
    17. Luminance recording and replay
    18. Dropout
    19. Crispening
    20. Colour signals in the VCR
    21. Down-conversion
    22. Chroma recording
    23. Video-8 format chrominance
    24. Signal processing chip
    25. Audio signal processing
    26. Depth-multiplex audio
    27. Frequency-multiplex audio
    28. PCM audio
    29. The complete VCR
    30. UHF tuner and IF amplifier
    31. Sound
    32. Bias oscillator
    33. RF modulator
    34. Clock back-up
    35. Video tape formats
  28. Chapter 22. Digital recording and camcorder
    1. Signal processing: record
    2. DV audio processing
    3. Signal processing: replay
    4. DV track configuration
    5. DV tracking system
    6. System parameters
    7. DV tape and cassette
    8. Digital-8 format
    9. D-8 recording system
    10. Other DV formats: DVCAM
    11. DVCPRO (professional)
    12. Hard disk recording
    13. Digital video recorder
    14. Recording files
    15. Audio and video capture
    16. Editing
    17. Rendering
    18. DV Editing
    19. Recordable DVD
    20. Layout of recordable DVD
    21. Burst cutting area
    22. Write strategies
    23. DVD recorder
    24. HDD recorder
    25. Camcorders
    26. Optical section
    27. CCD image sensor
    28. Image stabilisation
    29. Digital picture zoom
    30. Electronic viewfinder
    31. Audio section
    32. D-8 signal processing
    33. D-8 playback
  29. Chapter 23. Cable and on-line television
    1. Cable types
    2. Transmission modes
    3. The network
    4. Propagation modes in glass-fibre cables
    5. Multimedia ‘cable TV’
  30. Chapter 24. Multimedia convergence
    1. Digital multimedia broadcasting
    2. DVB-H
    3. Handheld screen resolution
    4. DVB-H system properties
    5. Time-slicing
    6. IP interfacing
    7. Enhanced FEC
    8. Enhanced signalling
    9. The 4K transmission mode
    10. In-depth interleaving
    11. Compatibility
    12. Introduction to DAB
    13. Transmission modes
    14. DAB frames
    15. DAB-2
    16. DAB TV
    17. On-line convergence
    18. ADSL
    19. IPTV
    20. Bit rates
    21. Closed IPTV network
    22. Video-on-demand
  31. Chapter 25. Interconnectivity and ports
    1. RF connections
    2. Baseband distribution
    3. SCART connections
    4. Video coupling
    5. Audio coupling
    6. Speaker wiring
    7. Digital ports
    8. Video graphic array
    9. Universal serial bus
    10. RS-232 connector
    11. Firewire
  32. Appendix A1. Teletext (1/2)
  33. Appendix A1. Teletext (2/2)
  34. Appendix A2. I2C serial control bus
  35. Appendix A3. Error control techniques
  36. Appendix A4. Processing devices (1/2)
  37. Appendix A4. Processing devices (2/2)
  38. Appendix A5. The OSI seven-layer reference model
  39. Appendix A6. HDMI–DVI compatibility
  40. Appendix A7. The decibel (dB)
  41. Appendix A8. Amplitude and frequency modulation
  42. Index (1/4)
  43. Index (2/4)
  44. Index (3/4)
  45. Index (4/4)

Product information

  • Title: Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology, 4th Edition
  • Author(s): K. F. Ibrahim
  • Release date: September 2007
  • Publisher(s): Newnes
  • ISBN: 9780080550664