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 | | Digital Video and HDTV Algorithms and Interfaces (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) by Charles Poynton ISBN-10: 9781558607927 ISBN-10: 1-55860-792-7 ISBN-13: 9781558607927 ISBN-13: 978-1-55860-792-7 Hardcover 2003-01 Morgan Kaufmann Find Lowest Price |
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The most complete guide This is a very useful book if you work in the HDTV industry. It is a handy tool for me, as it points out concepts that are rather new and not so easy to understand even for skilled engineers, like HDTV timing. | ||
Very useful, but ... This book is undoubtedly useful for any practicing video engineer and for anyone seeking to familiarize themselves with video standards and technology. It covers a broad range of topics under one cover. Depth is lacking in most parts, but then this book is not intended to be used for theoretical study. It is a handy guide to have at one's desk. My biggest and only complaint is about the way the material is presented, which, in my opinion, is highly unstructured and makes the book much more difficult to read than it needs to be. In almost every chapter, the author asks the reader to refer to the material in both future as well past chapters for details. As an example, the section on nonlinear image coding, on p.12, refers to the material in different chapters on pages, 197, 198, 203 and 257! Nonetheless, despite this writing flaw, the book is recommended. | ||
Comprehensive and dense Not an easy read for beginners. If you are serious about video (i.e. work related), get this, it is recommended reading in the field. | ||
Magnificent Book I buy and read a lot of technical books--there are hundreds in my library--and this is one of the best in any field. An adequate technical book has to be accurate, reasonably organized, provide a good selection of material, and be understandable. A good book will engage your interest and impart general knowledge. But a truly great technical book will leave you with deep insights that make you smarter. This is one of those books. The text is lucid and the illustrations are uniformly excellent. I particularly like the layout, which leaves a column to the left of the main body text for references, notes and comments. The author deeply understands the material and conveys that knowledge beautifully. This is one of about 5 technical books I've ever come across that's hard to put down. A minor production nitpick is that the paper shear was was a bit dull when they cut my copy, leading to slightly rough edges on the left-side (even-numbered) pages, but it wasn't bad enough to exchange the book. Otherwise the binding and paper color and quality are top notch. | ||
Excellent book for computer video engineers I was new to video and was looking for a good book and a colleague suggested this as comprehensive and easy to read book. Each chapter explains a single concept and is around 10 pages. Complexity of the subject matter gradually increases. I read one or two chapters in each sitting and took a month to complete. About back and forth references criticism: Author explains further concepts in few sentences whenever they occur. He also suggests the page numbers where more details are available. e.g. He mentions very early what resolution meant, and but refers to complete chapter on resolution. I did not need to back and forth, as the initial explanations were sufficient enough for reading the current chapter. I attempted to read few other books before this. I felt those books assumed few fundamentals and they were good reference manuals than introductory books. I had to google for few words even in the first chapters. On the other hand, this book is both introductory and also a mini reference. I recommend this book in the following order of importance. * If you are new computer video engineer, it is a must have book. Without reading it, it takes few months to understand the subject and you may have gaps in learning. * If you are a digital TV and video electronics engineer, it is good to have. It extends your knowledge and is a good reference to standards and compressions. * If you are moving from computer imaging background to video engineering, it is good to have. It explains concepts related to both graphics and video with similarities and contrasts and helps in easy migration. * If you are personal video maker and at the same time tech savvy person, it is good to read at least once. It gives good background picture and also explains every buzzword you hear in frys and online. * If you are general computer or electronics engineer, it is nice to have in your library. Missing details for computer video engineers are video file formats and container techniques. | ||