OT: discussion on TV frequency history, was RE: [MPlayer-users] R e: which deinterlace filter

[Joseph N. Hall]

> Waaaay too expensive.  Perhaps it's time for me to visit the library.

Um. Let's think about this. This is the definitive book on 
the topic, a good solid year or two worth of reading, has no 
competition at all (is the Bible for broadcast engineers) and 
you would pay three times as much for a nice AGP card???

Just a little perspective.  Sure, if your library has a copy,
check it out.  I bought my copy at a MicroCenter about 10 years
back.  It is one edition out of date but has all the goodies 
about sampling, colorspaces, frame rates (where'd that "drop
frame" thing come from for example), and so on, and is 
authoritative about what it covers.

Don't be put off by the price.  It's a really cool book.
Find a used copy if you can, even an earlier edition.  Even
if it only covers D1 digital, that's fine, because everything
later is documented pretty well for free on the net if you
look hard enough.

  -joseph