High-Definition Television

By Michel Dupagne and Peter Benjamin Seel

For years high-definition television (HDTV) has been heralded as television's next revolution, promising to offer sharper and wider pictures, as well as crisper sound, to the viewing public. But for almost as many years, HDTV has been embroiled in standardization controversies. Now, as HDTV is finally making its way into American homes, this book looks back at the technology, the people, and the policies that have made HDTV a reality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813829259
• ISBN13: 9780813829258
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"