3.8 Quantizing -- 3.9 Quantizing error -- 3.10 Introduction to dither -- 3.11 Requantizing and digital dither -- 3.12 Coding standards -- 3.13 Basic digital-to-analog conversion -- 3.14 Basic analog-to-digital conversion -- 3.15 Temporal oversampling -- 3.16 Filters -- 3.17 Transforms -- 3.18 FIR and IIR filters compared -- 3.19 FIR filters -- Chapter 4 Video interfacing -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Routers -- 4.3 Multilayer routers -- 4.4 Video cable characteristics -- 4.5 Introduction to analog testing -- 4.6 Insertion loss testing -- 4.7 Pulse and bar testing -- 4.8 Noise testing -- 4.9 Colour bars -- 4.10 Testing colour difference signals -- 4.11 Errors in composite video -- 4.12 Digital video interfaces -- 4.13 The parallel electrical interface -- 4.14 The component parallel interface -- 4.15 Component ancillary data -- 4.16 The composite digital parallel interface -- 4.17 PAL interface -- 4.18 NTSC interface -- 4.19 Serial interfacing -- 4.20 Serial digital interface (SDI) -- 4.21 Digital video interfacing chipsets -- 4.22 Embedded audio in SDI -- 4.23 Digital video routing -- 4.24 Timing in digital installations -- 4.25 Configuring SDI links -- 4.26 Testing digital video interfaces -- 4.27 Signature analysis -- 4.28 EDH -- 4.29 Margining -- 4.30 Protocol testing -- 4.31 Factors affecting converter quality -- 4.32 Setting up converters -- Chapter 5 Video recording -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Magnetic recording -- 5.3 Noise and track width -- 5.4 Rotary heads -- 5.5 Helical geometry -- 5.6 Track and head geometry -- 5.7 Timebase correction -- 5.8 Time compression -- 5.9 The basic rotary-head transport -- 5.10 Controlling motor speed -- 5.11 Phase locked servos -- 5.12 Tension servos -- 5.13 Tape remaining sensing -- 5.14 Video cassettes -- 5.15 Threading the tape -- 5.16 The signal path -- 5.17 Analog video recording -- 5.18 The FM channel