Table of Contents:
  • Colour television : a review of current standards
  • Digitization of video signals
  • Source coding : compression of video and audio signals
  • Source multiplexing
  • Scrambling and conditional access
  • Channel coding (forward error correction)
  • Modulation by digital signals
  • Reception of digital TV signals
  • Future prospects
  • Appendix A. Error detection and correction in digital transmissions
  • Appendix B. Spectral efficiency of cable and satellite transmissions with DVB parameters
  • Appendix C. Reception of the new digital TV channels of ASTRA and EUTELSAT
  • Appendix D. Main differences between the DVB-S and DSS systems
  • Appendix E. IEEE1394 high speed serial AV interconnection bus
  • Appendix F. 1996/1997 DVB chipset for Satellite or Cable set-top boxes.