Digital Video Broadcasting: Technology, Standards, and Regulations (Hardcover)

by Ronald de Bruin (Author), Jan Smits (Author) "In 1883, the French novelist Albert Robida wrote his book Le Vingtieme Siecle (The Twentieth Century) [1], which describes a very particular version..." (more)
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Product Description
Provides an overview of DTV technology, standards, & regulation with an emphasis on the development of the standards generated by the European Project for digital video broadcasting (DVB). DLC: Digital television.

About the Author
Ronald de Bruin is a manager at KPMG, the Netherlands. He earned an M.Sc. at Eindhoven University of Technology and a B.Sc. from Rotterdam Polytechnics. Jan Smits is an independent telecommunications consultant and a professor of law and technology at Eindhoven University of Technology. He holds a masters (LL.M.) from Tilburg University and a Ph.D. in Law from Utrecht University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 338 pages
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890067430
• ISBN-13: 978-0890067437
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,484,890 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Publishing in desperation !, March 13, 2000

By A Customer

I am surprised by the amount of errors and typos in this book! How such an erroneous book can get passed the publishing checkpoints and get published, is a question to ask. The organization of the book is very scattered. Especially the Digital transmission section has many errors and only selective parts of the technology is explained and outlined. The explanations and discussions on the broadcasting system block diagrams are incomplete and adds to the confusion of the reader. I believe the book needs to go under a major revision until it becomes useful for average readers. Nevertheless since the book tries to cover a wide spectrum of DVB subjects, it could be considered as a starting point to motivate readers to go and find out more about the subjects that were mentioned very briefly in the book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Digital Broadcasting, March 12, 2000

By A Customer

I am surprised by the amount of errors and typos in this book! How such erroneous books pass the publishing checkpoints and gets published, is certainly a question to ask. The organization of the book is very scattered. Especially the Digital transmission section has many errors and only selective parts of the technology is explained and outlined. The explanations and discussions on the broadcasting system block diagrams are incomplete and adds to the confusion of the reader. I believe the book needs to go under a major revision until it becomes useful for average readers. Nevertheless since the book tries to cover a wide spectrum of DVB subjects, it could be considered as a starting point to motivate readers to go and find out more about the subjects that were only mentioned very briefly in the book.