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Summary
Summary
As HDTV is developed, refined and becomes more available to the masses, technicians will be required to service them. Up until now, precious little information has been available on the subject. This book provides a detailed background on what HDTV is, the technical standards involved, how HDTV signals are generated and transmitted, and a generalized description of the circuitry an HDTV set consists of.
Author Notes
Conrad Persson is the editor of Electronic Servicing and Technology, a magazine for consumer electronics service technicians, and service center managers and owners. He is a 1964 graduate of the Lowell (Massachusetts) Technological Institute, now part of Lowell State University, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in electronics. He resides in Overland Park, Kansas.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. VII |
| 1 Video Compression | p. 1 |
| Compressing the video signal | p. 1 |
| Handling the color information | p. 5 |
| Making motion from sequences of still pictures | p. 11 |
| Video frames and the types of video frames | p. 12 |
| Motion estimation | p. 15 |
| Image refresh | p. 19 |
| The decoder | p. 21 |
| 2 Audio in the ATV System | p. 23 |
| An overview of the ATV audio system | p. 24 |
| Ancillary data services | p. 36 |
| The program guide | p. 37 |
| 3 Service Multiplex and Transport Systems | p. 39 |
| Dynamic capacity allocation | p. 39 |
| The transport subsystem | p. 42 |
| Interoperability | p. 44 |
| Packetization and functionality | p. 45 |
| Synchronization and timing | p. 49 |
| The transport format and protocol | p. 56 |
| The PCR and OPCR fields | p. 58 |
| The PSI paradigms and constraints | p. 61 |
| The PES packet format | p. 63 |
| PTS and DTS | p. 66 |
| Conditional access | p. 67 |
| 4 RF/Transmission System | p. 69 |
| Getting the program data out of the signal | p. 76 |
| The rest of the story | p. 87 |
| 5 History of Consumer Electronics Leading up to HDTV | p. 89 |
| Industry origins and history | p. 112 |
| The history and technology of television | p. 129 |
| The history and technology of the VCR | p. 134 |
| Laserdisc players | p. 136 |
| Enjoy great picture and sound on home theater | p. 137 |
| 1997 and beyond | p. 137 |
| 6 Technical Questions and Answers for Digital Television | p. 143 |
| Frequently asked questions about digital television and cable must-carry obligations | p. 146 |
| New choices for linking cable and TV sets | p. 147 |
| Frequently asked questions about digital TV | p. 149 |
| Frequently asked questions about digital television and over-the-air reception | p. 151 |
| Antenna subdivision | p. 152 |
| 7 Home Theater by Design | p. 153 |
| Appendix 1 Fewer Chips, Lower Cost, Higher Reliability | p. 161 |
| Increased integration and performance | p. 162 |
| About the two-chip solution | p. 163 |
| TDA8980/TDA8961 VSB + NTSC Block diagram | p. 163 |
| IF/NTSC/Digitizer TDA8980 | p. 163 |
| Appendix 2 HDTV Example: Hitachi SDX Series | p. 165 |
| SDX: HDTV-ready | p. 165 |
| Features and specifications for Hitachi DTV | p. 166 |
| Appendix 3 DTV Broadcasters' Start-Up Schedule | p. 177 |
| Appendix 4 Definition of Terms and Symbols, Abbreviations, and Mathematical Operators | p. 179 |
| Definition of terms | p. 179 |
| Symbols, abbreviations, and mathematical operators | p. 191 |
| Mnemonics | p. 194 |
| Constants | p. 194 |
| Appendix 5 Antennas for HDTV | p. 199 |
| The need for an industry solution | p. 199 |
| What is the CEMA Antenna Mapping Program? | p. 200 |
| Selector guide and color category review | p. 201 |
| Outdoor antenna selector guide | p. 202 |
| Indoor antenna selector guide | p. 205 |
| List of DMAs by state | p. 206 |
| Index | p. 213 |
