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Understanding Digital Television: An Introduction to DVB Systems with Satellite, Cable, Broadband and Terrestrial TV Distribution | 
 enlarge | Author: Lars-ingemar Lundstrom
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 821302
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 328
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0240809068
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.388
EAN: 9780240809069
ASIN: 0240809068
Publication Date: September 13, 2006
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With the milestones of Digital TV and HDTV, there arebrlots of questions to be asked about television of today...brbrUnderstanding Digital Television explains complex technical systems and solutions in an easybrto comprehend manner along with visual 3D graphics. It helps non-technical individuals such asbrmanagers, executives, general media professionals, as well as TV and home cinema enthusiastsbrgain a practical understanding of the equipment, technical aspects of digital television, and variousbrways of distributing. Most examples are from a European perspective, but also include comparisonsbrwith North American systems. This book answers the confusing questions about new devices andbrdigital formats, what to do when the analog TV transmitters are switched off, watching TV using yourbrbroadband connection, and much more. brbr*Describes the four major platforms of digital TV: satellite, cable, terrestrial transmittersbrand broadbandbr*Uses an extensive collection of illustrations to explain the technical solutionsbr*Includes detailed illustrations and full-color sectionbr*Contains an appendices dedicated to North American systems
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 A good non technical introduction November 24, 2008
Justanotherreader (India)
This book is ideal for a hobbist who wants to learn about digital TV technology. IT covers all the details that it sets down to cover and goes into a lot of depth on connecting up antennas and linking the equipment together. The authors ability to express technical material is amazing. Having said that, I am a manager in the Digital TV area and I was hoping for some more material on the equipment and the technolgies from the perspective of both "What they do" and "How they work".
 Review... April 7, 2008
Allan Arturo Corrales Acuna (Alajuela, Costa Rica)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is definitively a good book. It is easy to read for everyone trying to get some knowledge about Digital Television. Its 3D graphics are a very nice way to illustrate the concepts. It also includes a color plate with some of the illustrations found around the book. br / br /It is not a highly technical book so everybody could read it. Its brief and concise explanations will take you along the way to understand the most difficult sections even if you are not familiar with the topic. br / br /Most of the book is written from an European perspective but it is not hard to use the things you learn from the North American view. Sometimes, but not always, there are comparisons to the American standards and that helps a lot. The American appendix is quite short for my taste. It is only 20 pages long, of which 8 are full of drawings of areas of coverage of American satellites leaving us with just 12 pages to read. br / br /The people in Europe looking for an easy and nice way to understand digital television should definitively get it. br / br /For people in North America, you could buy it too, but my advice is not as strong as for the European. If you enjoy comparing things and learning from practices at other parts of the globe (which I find to be a more enriching experience), this is the book for you. But, if you are looking for something fast to learn only from your side, you should be thoughtful of your decision.
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