Basic TV Technology, Second Edition (Media Manuals) [Paperback]

Robert L Hartwig (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0240802284 | ISBN-13: 978-0240802282 | Publication Date: July 5, 1995 | Edition: 2

* 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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'For the beginner to television this book would be a useful introduction to
its principles.'
Despatches, Spring '96

About the Author

Robert Lee Hartwig was born and raised in a small northern California farming town. At the age of 13, his parents bought an 8mm movie camera. He spent the next couple of years fooling around with animation and teaching himself simple film editing. He spent his teenage summers on the family farm. He attended Chico State University where, quite by accident, he got involved in the college radio station. While involved in college radio, he served as Business Manager of the station and was appointed to be the student manager of the station. At the same time, the school was developing a Mass Communications Degree program, which he transferred to as soon as the program opened. While in school, he worked at both AM and FM radio stations as an on-air announcer. He still worked summers on the farm because the 80 - 100 hour weeks made a lot more money for him. He was a member of the first graduating class in Mass Communications from Chico State where the faculty awarded him the "Leadership Merit Award" upon graduation. He went to San Diego State University for his Master's Degree in Radio and Television. Coming from a rural background, living in a city the size of San Diego drove him nuts. The culture shock was the greatest challenge to completing the MA. While working on the MA, he also worked for the San Diego Area Instructional Television Authority, was a Television Specialist for the Adult Division of the San Diego Community College District, worked as a photographer on a special project for the San Diego Community College Association, and taught a night class in TV Production for the Adult Division of the San Diego Community College District. This teaching experience gave him the teaching bug. He was granted his MA in December of 1973. He moved back to northern California and got a part-time teaching job in the Mass Communications Department at Butte Community College in Oroville, CA. While at Butte he also produced and directed video programs for t

Product Details

• Paperback: 163 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 2 edition (July 5, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240802284
• ISBN-13: 978-0240802282
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,986,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money., February 17, 2007

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C. P. Dreyer "montanamaddog" (Montana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic TV Technology, Second Edition (Media Manuals) (Paperback)

I bought this book because I needed to brush up on video due to a job change. Having been educated in electronics 15 years ago and since been working in the industry, I was appalled at the lack of professionalism and degree of inaccuracy in this "manual". It's nice that the author "dumbed-down" the explanations of basic electronics theory, but deliberately misstating the facts is no way to educate.

As an example, the author states in reference to alternating current (AC): "The current flows from negative to positive, then from positive to negative". Never have I heard it described this way. Assuming "electron flow" as opposed to "hole flow", the current will always flow from negative to positive...when the source polarity switches (as does in AC), the current flow switches direction accordingly. There is huge distinction between the author's explanation and mine, and I suppose my critique boils down to the fact that the author could do a much better job in explaining fundamental electronic concepts.

I know there are more recent editions (I bought the 3rd edition). Make sure you get the latest one.

It gets two stars for telling me the few things I didn't already know about basic video.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, February 8, 2000

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saiful (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic TV Technology, Second Edition (Media Manuals) (Paperback)

Its a real useful book , I ever read. I thing it is an essential guide for those who wants to learn about Television.