| Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer, 5th Edition |  | Author: Keith Jack
Publisher: Newnes
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Edition: 5th
Pages: 944
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0750683953
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.59
EAN: 9780750683951
ASIN: 0750683953
Publication Date: May 14, 2007
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Product Description
What doesn't have a video component nowadays? IPod, cell phone, computer, they all have video. And, of course, television which is a major source of our entertainment and information. Any engineer involved in designing, manufacturing, or testing video electronics needs this book!
Each edition of Video Demystified has sold thousands of copies and answered many questions for electrical engineers across the globe. This fifth edition will keep the engineer up-to-date with next-generation digital video formats - Blu-ray and HD-DVD, development of new audio and video codecs - Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD, etc. - along with the all the latest information on HDTV, HDMI and IPTV(TV over the Internet). All broadcast, cable, and satellite standards will be updated to reflect these new codecs and specifications. The book will also aid in the design of devices and infrastructures from analog to digital television transmission - with analog transmission ceasing in early 2009 or before.
*The next generation of digital video - Blu-ray and HD-DVD thoroughly introduced
*All broadcast and satellite standards completely updated
*Essential information for the upcoming transition of television signals from analog to digital
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 Low level details on legacy tech, poor high-level context March 9, 2010
Bradley Goodman (Nashua, NH)
I was impressed with the quantity of information, and the depth of information, moreso regarding some of the "older" video technologies - like dealing with video interconnects and signaling (digital and audio).
I found the books organization to be very poor - in the way it would jump into discussions on things that it would never really describe what they are. For example, they made hundreds of references to the "YCbCr" color space (which appears to be the most popular and widley used)- but never (despite my searching) described what it *was*, as it did with other spaces. They started refering to "Macroblocks" long before any discussion of what they were, or video compression at all.
As a result, I felt I had to skim over a lot of the content of the book, as I didn't really understand the things they were refering to. No I went into it with some good understanding of video, so some of this isn't quite so bad - but from a standpoint of "Demystifying Video" - I don't know...
 Great book October 4, 2009
J. Serror
Great book for the starting Engineer or the experienced Engineer who needs to look something up. Easy to understand and contains the most important aspects of video today.
Very very detailed look at video technology May 25, 2009
namefunnel (Lexington, MA USA)
This book is great if you need the full details on specific video technologies. It covers the precise timing patterns for many different broadcast video standards, it has all the equations for quadrature modulation of the color channel for all the major standards, it has detailed bit layout in packets for many digital video standards, etc. etc. It is really helpful if you have to implement one of these systems and want something that helps to explain the purpose of the standard as well as the details.
 undelivered? December 1, 2008
linuxsurd (USA)
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
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)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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).
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