The digital consumer technology handbook [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive guide to devices, standards, future directions, and programmable logic solutions / / by Amit Dhir

• Autore: Dhir Amit
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Newnes, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (673 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.381
• Soggetto topico: Digital electronics; Household electronics
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Digital Consumer Technology Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Devices, Standards, Future Directions, and Programmable Logic Solutions; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Generation D; The Digital Decade; The Urge to Be Connected; Our Daily Lives; The Digitization of Consumer Products; Why Digitization?; Converging Media; Faster and Cheaper Components; Broadband Access; The Fat Internet Pipe; Home Networking; The Day of the Digital Consumer Device; Bringing it All Together; Chapter 2. Digital Consumer Devices; Introduction; The Era of Digital Consumer Devices ; Market Forecast Market Drivers; Phases of Market Acceptance; Success Factors and Challenges; Functional Requirements; What About the Personal Computer?; Digital Home; King of All; The Single All-Encompassing Consumer Device; Summary; Chapter 3. Digital Television and Video; Introduction; History of Television; Components of a Digital TV System; Digital TV Standards; SDTV and HDTV Technologies; Digital Set-top Boxes; Market Outlook; Integrated Digital Televisions; Digital Home Theater Systems; Digital Video Recorders; Summary; Chapter 4. Audio Players; Introduction ; The Need for Digital Audio; Strengths of the Digital Domain Principles of Digital Audio; Digital Physical Media Formats; Pulse Code Modulation (PCM); Internet Audio Formats; Components of MP3 Portable Players; Flash Memory; Internet Audio Players-Market Data and Trends; Other Portable Audio Products; Convergence of MP3 Functionality in Other Digital Consumer Devices; Internet Radio; Digital Audio Radio; Online Music Distribution; Summary; Chapter 5. Cellular/Mobile Phones; Introduction; Definition; Landscape; Migration to Digital and 3G; Standards and Consortia; Market Data; Market Trends ; Summary Chapter 6. Gaming Consoles; Definition; Market Data and Trends; Key Players; Game of War; Components of a Gaming Console; Broadband Access and Online Gaming; Gaming Consoles; More Than Just Gaming Machines; PC Gaming; Growing Convergence of DVD Players and Gaming Consoles; New Gaming Opportunities; Summary; Chapter 7. Digital Video/Versatile Disc (DVD); Introduction; The Birth of the DVD; DVD Format Types; Regional Codes; How Does the DVD Work?; DVD Applications; DVD Market Numbers, Drivers and Challenges; Convergence of Multiple Services; Summary ; Chapter 8. Desktop and Notebook Personal Computers (PCs)Introduction; Definition of the Personal Computer; Competing to be the Head of the Household; The PC Fights Back; Portable/Mobile Computing; Requirements Overdose; New PC Demand Drivers; Summary; Chapter 9. PC Peripherals; Introduction; Printers; Scanners; Smart Card Readers; Keyboards; Mice; Summary; Chapter 10. Digital Displays; Introduction; CRTs; Cathode Ray Tubes; LCD; Liquid Crystal Displays; PDP; Plasma Display Panels; PALCD; Plasma Addressed Liquid Crystal Display; FEDs; Field Emission Displays; DLP; Digital Light Processor ; Organic LEDs
• Sommario/riassunto: The consumer electronics market has never been as awash with new consumer products as it has over the last couple of years. The devices that have emerged on the scene have led to major changes in the way consumers listen to music, access the Internet, communicate, watch videos, play games, take photos, operate their automobiles-even live. Digital electronics has led to these leaps in product development, enabling easier exchange of media, cheaper and more reliable products, and convenient services. This handbook is a much-needed, comprehensive engineering guide to the dynamic
• Titolo autorizzato: The digital consumer technology handbook
• ISBN: 1-281-07757-7; 9786611077570; 0-08-053041-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784635203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II