About the Author
Jerry C. Whitaker is Technical Director of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, DC. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose (CA) area. Mr. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 25 years, with specialization in communications.
Current book titles include the following:
Editor-in-Chief, Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering, Third Edition (2000)
Editor-in-Chief, Standard Handbook of Audio and Radio Engineering, Second Edition (2001)
DTV Handbook, Third Edition (2001)
Video Displays (2000)
Editor, Interactive Television Demystified (2001)
Editor, Audio and Video Professional's Field Manual (2001)
Editor, Video and Television Engineers' Field Manual (2000)
Mr. Whitaker has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer.
Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
He has twice received a Jesse H. Neal Award Certificate of Merit from the Association of Business Publishers for editorial excellence. He has also been recognized as Educator of the Year by the Society of Broadcast Engineers.
Mr. Whitaker resides in Morgan Hill, California.
Table of Contents
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 About the Editor