Video Technology Page
- Features numerous links to television and video technology sites. Organized by subject.
- http://www.epanorama.net/links/video.html
Erecting a TV Antenna - Contains a comprehensive encyclopedia of TV antenna terms and topics. - http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/erecting_antenna.html
Pal Secam NTSC World Standards - Technical specifications of the world standards and list of countries and their adopted format. Additionally, a brief history of TV standards. - http://www.videointerchange.com/pal_secam_conversions.htm
Williamson-labs television - Graphics and formulas dominate this site which covers major aspects of video broadcast engineering. - http://www.williamson-labs.com/
Analog TV Broadcast Systems - Overview of color transmitting, voltage and frequency parameters of analog TV broadcast systems. - http://www.stjarnhimlen.se/tv/tv.html
Television Production Book - Explains television lighting and audio/video basics. - http://www.tv-handbook.com/
Grass Valley Dictionary - Dictionary of electronics terms from the Grass Valley Group. - http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/docs/Miscellaneous/Dictionary/
PAL NTSC Film Converter - Several reviews about the television standards of PAL and NTSC are represented. Especially the refresh rates are explained in detail. Run time conversions between different medium types are also discussed. - http://www.paradiso-design.net/videostandards_en.html
FCC Title 47 Regulations - Code of Federal Telecommunication Regulations in HTML and PDF formats. - http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=200447
Close-up by Joe Fedele - A magazine for broadcasting professionals. Contains articles about analog and digital television technology. - http://www.fedele.com/frame.html
Tech-Notes - Technology reports and other matters of interest specific to the broadcasting engineer. - http://www.tech-notes.tv/
Broadcast Net - Links to broadcast related sites, classified ads, and broadcast related software. - http://www.broadcast.net/
How Television Works - Easy to read article that describes how television works. - http://www.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm
Closed Captioning FAQ - Closed Captioning Frequently Asked Questions, by Gary Robson. - http://www.robson.org/capfaq/
mb21 - The Transmission Gallery - Features information, links and the history of television in the UK. - http://tx.mb21.co.uk/
How Projection Television Works - Fully-illustrated unbiased tutorial describes how projection TVs form a small image on a device inside the projector - either a CRT or LCD - and then shine that image onto a large screen located elsewhere. - http://www.howstuffworks.com/projection-tv.htm
World Television Standards - A listing of analog broadcast formats from around the world. - http://kropla.com/tv.htm
Television Production - TV production course covering the basics of lighting, audio, video and editing. - http://www.cybercollege.com/tvp_ind.htm
Video Measurement Tutorials from Tektronix - Helps to understand the nature of component video. Includes detailed descriptions of signal distortions and monitoring techniques. - http://www.tek.com/Measurement/App_Notes/Component_Puzzle/
BBC Research & Development - Site features excellent papers covering current technology throughout the video chain. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/papers/
NTSC-TV - Tutorials on television basics, including broadcast engineering. - http://www.ntsc-tv.com/
Broadcast Papers - Business and technical papers for the broadcast industry. - http://www.broadcastpapers.com/