Overview
Put the A/V standard and protocol data you need at your fingertips!Audio/Video Protocol Handbook gives you instant access to the major standards and protocols you use every day on the job. What's more, the fully searchable CD that accompanies the book eliminates tedious, time-consuming searches for information. Featuring the full text in searchable, printable PDF, it also gives you clickable Web links to major standards organizations. Stay on top of this fast-changing field as you tap into the latest information and revisions on the Web.
If you're an audio/video, TV, or new media engineer or technician, this is the tool you've been waiting for. Valuable reference data is just a mouse click or a page flip away, including frequency assignments and allocations, basic electromagnetic spectrum data, translations of video and broadcasting acronyms, and even a dictionary of video terms.
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, Master Handbook of Video Production (2002); 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.