ABSTRACT

Technical presentation of current television systems. The author offers suggestions for the future, describes the current colour television standards, discusses the impact of satellite transmission and its implications for HDTV and considers digital transmission systems.

chapter 2|8 pages

The search for a compatible colour system

chapter 4|21 pages

The development of PAL and SECAM

chapter 9|27 pages

Compatible approaches to HDTV

chapter 10|88 pages

American approaches to HDTV