Covers the essential fundamentals of digital video: from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interfaces and output Written for television professionals needing to apply digital video systems, equipment and techniques to multimedia and /or digital TV applications, as well as for computer system designers, engineers, озугщ programmers, or technicians needing to learn how to apply digital video to computer systems and applications The text is based on the acclaimed industry `bible' TheArt of Digital Video, but covers only the essential parts of this larger reference work It starts right from the basics from what a digital signal is to the how digital video can be applied John Watkinson is an international consultant in Audio, Video and Data Recording He is a fellow of the AES, a member of the British Computer Society and Chartered Information Systems Practitioner He presents lectures, seminars, conference papers and training courses worldwide He is author of many other Focal press books including MPEG2, Art of Digital Video, Art of Digital Audio, Art of Sound Reporduction, Introduction to Digital Audio, Television Fundamentals and Audio for Television He is also co-author of the Digital Interface Handbook and acontributor to The Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook new edition has more on the computing aspects of videoincludes extra material on digital video broadcasting and video principlescovers more basic colorimetry and picture principles as well as progressive versus interface scanning.  TroubleISBN 0240516370.