Digital Video and HDTV

Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface

Part 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Raster Images
Chapter 2 - Quantization
Chapter 3 - Brightness Contrast Controls
Chapter 4 - Raster Images in Computing
Chapter 5 - Raster Scanning
Chapter 6 - Image Structure
Chapter 7 - Resolution
Chapter 8 - Constant Luminance
Chapter 9 - Rendering Intent
Chapter 10 - Introduction to Luma Chroma
Chapter 11 - Introduction to Component SDTV
Chapter 12 - Introduction to Composite NTSC PAL
Chapter 13 - Introduction to HDTV
Chapter 14 - Introduction to Compression
Chapter 15 - Digital Video Interfaces

Part 2 - Principles
Chapter 16 - Filtering and Sampling
Chapter 17 - Resampling, Interpolation, and decimation
Chapter 18 - Image Digitization and Reconstruction
Chapter 19 - Perception and Visual Acuity
Chapter 20 - Luminance and Lightness
Chapter 21 - The CIE System of Colorimetry
Chapter 22 - Color Science for Video
Chapter 23 - Gamma
Chapter 24 - Luma and Color Differences
Chapter 25 - Component Video Color Coding for SDTV
Chapter 26 - Component Video Color Coding for HDTV
Chapter 27 - NTSC PAL Chroma Modulation
Chapter 28 - NTSC PAL Frequency Interleaving
Chapter 29 - NTSC Y'IQ System
Chapter 30 - Frame, Field, Line, and Sample Rates
Chapter 31 - Timecode
Chapter 32 - Video Signal Structure
Chapter 33 - Digital Sync., TRS, Ancillary Data, and Interface
Chapter 34 - Analog SDTV Sync, Genlock, and Interface
Chapter 35 - Videotape Recording
Chapter 36 - 2-3 Pulldown
Chapter 37 - Deinterlacing

Part 3 - Video Compression
Chapter 38 - JPEG and Motion-JPEG Compression
Chapter 39 - MPEG-2 Video Compression

Part 4 - Studio Standards
Chapter 40 - 525/59.94 Component Video
Chapter 41 - 525/59.94 NTSC Composite Video
Chapter 42 - 625/50 Component Video
Chapter 43 - 625/50 PAL Composite Video
Chapter 44 - SDTV Test Signals
Chapter 45 - 1280x720 HDTV
Chapter 46 - 1920x1080 HDTV
Chapter 47 - Electrical and Mechanical

Charles Poynton is an independent contractor specializing in digital color imaging systems, including digital video, HDTV, and digital cinema. A Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), Poynton was awarded the Society's prestigious David Sarnoff Gold Medal for his work to integrate video technology with computing and communications. Poynton is the author of the widely respected book, A Technical Introduction to Digital Video, published in 1996. Engineers (SMPTE), and in 1994 was awarded the Society's David Sarnoff Gold Medal for his work to integrate video technology with computing and communications. He is also the author of A Technical Introduction to Digital Video .