High definition television : the creation, development and implementation of HDTV technology
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High definition television : the creation, development and implementation of HDTV technology
McFarland, c2012
- : softcover
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The 40-year history of high definition television technology is traced from initial studies in Japan, through its deployment in Europe, and then to the United States, where the first all-digital systems were developed. Details are provided about advances in HDTV technology in Australia and Japan, Europe's introduction of HDTV, Brazil's innovative use of MPEG-4 and China's terrestrial standard. The impact of HDTV on broadcast facility conversion and the influx of computer systems and information technology are described, as well as the contributions of the first entrepreneurial HD videographers and engineers. This volume highlights several of the landmark high-definition broadcasts from 1988 onward and also features more than 50 anecdotal interviews. The history concludes with the rollout of consumer HDTV services over terrestrial, cable and satellite systems throughout the world.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Bernard S. Finn
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
1. “Being There”
2. Road Blocked
3. Techno-Industrial War
4. America’s International Competition
5. All-Digital Makes the Scene
6. Domestic Tranquility
7. For the Greater Good
8. Launch Preparations
9. On the Appointed Day
10. HD’s Highlight Moment
11. A Resolution Renaissance
12. An Unknown Factor
13. Exceeds All Expectations
Afterword
Notes
Annotated Bibliography
References
Index
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