The Digital Video Tape Recorder

The world of videotape recording is moving very fast with new recording formats having been added by all the major manufacturers over the past two years. This book pulls these formats together to enable users of the equipment to get a thorough grounding in the principles behind digital recording and a thorough overview of what formats are currently available. Starting with an introduction to digital VTRs, it covers what is currently happening in the important field of video data reduction, the problems of interfacing, the different types of video - component, composite and HDTV - and in-depth information on all the current digital formats - D1, D2, D3, D5, DCT, Digital Betacam and HD formats.