Digital Video and HDTV: Algorithms and Interfaces
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Rapidly evolving computer and communications technologies have achieved data transmission rates and data storage capacities high enough for digital video. But video involves much more than just pushing bits! Achieving the best possible image quality, accurate color, and smooth motion requires understanding many aspects of image acquisition, coding, processing, and display that are outside the usual realm of computer graphics. At the same time, video system desig… More >>
Digital Video and HDTV: Algorithms and Interfaces
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H. Toulan said :
February 23, 2010 at 6:36 am
I bought this book to understand basics and fundementals , it’s quite organized and has a lot of info. in it , but you must have a good background to keep on reading and even you must have a lot of refrences to go back to while reading this book, at the first chapters there are instants that you need to go to chapter 16 to read then come back, I say this book is wonderfull if you have a good solid background ( mathematically and numericaly in Video standers and transforms… ).
Rating: 2 / 5
Hemant_book said :
February 23, 2010 at 8:55 am
I wanted to learn about Digital Video and bought this book. I had some very basic understanding of related concepts. Even with that I found it difficult to follow this book.
I think Charles Poynton knows about his subject well but the way back and forth references are used without explaining a concept completely makes you feel you have not understood something completely. For example,
Page 50 of book will start introducing a concept on lets say interlacing. And then it will have a note saying that “I will explain more on page 400″. When you go to page 400, it will have a note saying based on the fact on page 300….
So if you want to buy this book and read it, better make sure that you have good basics on Digital Video and related concepts.
Thanks
Rating: 1 / 5
Audrim Souza said :
February 23, 2010 at 10:28 am
I think this is a good book for begginers. It’s very easy to understand and there not trouble read.
Rating: 4 / 5
Silvio Bacchetta said :
February 23, 2010 at 11:01 am
This is a very useful book if you work in the HDTV industry. It is a handy tool for me, as it points out concepts that are rather new and not so easy to understand even for skilled engineers, like HDTV timing.
Rating: 4 / 5
Alberto Vargas said :
February 23, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Not an easy read for beginners. If you are serious about video (i.e. work related), get this, it is recommended reading in the field.
Rating: 4 / 5