Covers the essential basics of digital video: from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interface and output. Written for television professionals need to implement digital video systems, tools and techniques for multimedia and / or digital TV applications, as well as for computer systems designers, engineers, programmers, or technicians need to learn how to implement digital video to computer systems and applications. He is the author of many other Focal Press books, including MPEG2, Art of Digital Video, Digital Audio Arts, the Art of Sound Reporduction, Introduction to Digital Audio, Television and Audio Fundamentals for Television. He also co-author of Digital Interface Handbook, and contributor to The Loudspeaker and Headphone Handbook. new edition has more on the computational aspects videoincludes additional material on digital video broadcasting and video principlescovers more basic colorimetry and picture principles and progressive versus interface scanning