Television Receivers: Digital Video for DTV, Cable, and Satellite

All-the-answers guide to television receivers For the best handle on the brave new world of 21st century TV receiver design, specification, installation, and maintenance, look to Television Receivers, from leading expert Jerry Whitaker. This insider's guide explains what's new in receivers, making a complex subject manageable, accessible, and understandable. With its focus on changes and advances in TV receiver technology, this primer is a professional essential, with enough coverage of technological fundamentals to give you solid footing in new areas so you can: * Find needed details on DTV (digital) and analog receiver systems * Confidently plan and operate any new receiver type *Develop innovations for display, storage, and tuner components * Implement and service cable and satellite receiver equipment * Apply examples of Internet broadcast receiver and PC-based DTV systems * Build expertise in interactive videoconferencing and other business-related applications * Answer questions on technologies such as decoder chips * Understand CRT, projection, and flat panel display devices * Get examples of necessary mathematics, fully explained with practical examples, diagrams, and schematics,