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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Newnes, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (673 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.381 |
Soggetto topico |
Digital electronics
Household electronics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-07757-7
9786611077570 0-08-053041-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
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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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Newnes, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (673 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.381 |
Soggetto topico |
Digital electronics
Household electronics |
ISBN |
1-281-07757-7
9786611077570 0-08-053041-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
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The digital consumer technology handbook : a comprehensive guide to devices, standards, future directions, and programmable logic solutions / / by Amit Dhir |
Autore | Dhir Amit |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Newnes, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (673 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.381 |
Soggetto topico |
Digital electronics
Household electronics |
ISBN |
1-281-07757-7
9786611077570 0-08-053041-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814844003321 |
Dhir Amit
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Amsterdam ; ; Boston, Mass., : Newnes, 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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