Testing Digital Video Signals

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE J
Volume: 105, No. 2, pp. 77–82
Abstract: The Digital Era is here to stay, and we are becoming accustomed to the many digital “advantages.” Engineers, however, have seen the darker side of digital video. They have seen incompatibilities between equipment, unexplainable loss of synchronization, “sparkles” in the image, even complete loss of image. Although a lack of proper test equipment and testing knowledge have led some engineers to conclude that digital video has much in common with voodoo and black magic, this paper will show how the same good engineering practices that have produced excellent analog television can also be applied to digital television. Practical, easy to understand test methods and equipment are studied and explained. Real-world examples of problems that have been discovered in digital video installations are discussed, and the test methods that allowed their diagnosis and correction are illustrated.
Publication Date: 1996-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/J04668
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J04668
Author(s): Konrad FinckAdvanced Audio Visual Systems, Sioux Falls, SD 57107.
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Konrad Finck holds a B.S. degree in broadcast technology. He has worked as a broadcast engineer, audio engineer, and systems automation engineer in the U.S. and in France. In addition he has been a resource person for engineers trying to troubleshoot difficult digital video system problems. Recently he headed a team that brought the AAVS S310 Digital Video Analyser to the U.S. as part of a joint venture with AAVS France. He also led in the definition and design of the DSA 309 Digital Video Analyser. Finck is the author of a training manual, Digital Video Made Easy , published by Advanced Audio Visual Systems, to assist persons working with digital video to understand the technology. He is currently employed by Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, III., as a technical service supervisor in audiovisual engineering. He also works as an independent consultant in digital video technology.
Copyright: © 1996 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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