Basic TV Technology

* Uses extensive updates and several new topics * Uses the unique building-block approach for which Media Manuals are known.



Basic TV Technology, Second Edition, teaches students and beginning professionals the technical fundamentals underlying all television and video systems and demonstrates how various pieces of equipment work, what their functions are, and how they are integrated to form a complex video system. new topics include the PAL system, nonlinear editing, open architecture vs. dedicated equipment, and an update on HDTV and the FCC's plans for its future. Robert L Hartwig is Broadcast Program Director at Cuesta Community Collegein San Luis Obispo, California where he also resides. He has more than 20 years of broadcasting experience in radio and television.