• Select, install, and work with digital equipment
• Understand MPEG video compression
• Design video production centers
• Master standard-definition and high-definition production
• Assess bandwidth, scanning, and resolution issues
• Optimize use of video computer graphics, time code, and archiving
• Master video switching, timing, and distribution
• Achieve the highest production values in video and high-definition video

Contributors
Preface

Chapter 1: Production Facility Design
Chapter 2: The Physical Nature of Sound
Chapter 3: Criteria for Acceptability of Acoustical Performance
Chapter 4: Sound Isolation
Chapter 5: Production Standards for High-Definition Video
Chapter 6: DTV-Related Raster-Scanning Standards
Chapter 7: Production Format Considerations
Chapter 8: Fiber Optic Devices and Systems
Chapter 9: Sync Generation and Distribution
Chapter 10: Video Signal Distribution
Chapter 11: Video Signal Processing
Chapter 12: Switching Systems for Signal Routing and Distribution
Chapter 13: Video Production Switching
Chapter 14: Studio Communications
Chapter 15: Staging and Lighting
Chapter 16: Video Tape Recording
Chapter 17: Magnetic Tape
Chapter 18: Motion Picture Film
Chapter 19: Film/Video Equipment
Chapter 20: Facility Infrastructure Issues
Chapter 21: Equipment Rack Enclosures and Devices
Chapter 22: Wiring Practices

Subject Index
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