Basics of Television Course code: 160307 | 6 ECTS credits
Basic information
Level of Studies:
Year of Study:
1
Semester:
2
Requirements:
Goal:
Acquiring basic knowledge of audio and video signals, television standards and functioning principles of television technology.
Outcome:
Training students for the use of television and telecommunication devices for video and audio processing and transmission.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
- Historical development of television. Principles of the generation, transmission and reproduction of television image.
- Light and visual system.
- Basic principles of colorimetry.
- Analysis of TV image. Methods of image analysis. Semiconductor image sensors.
- Video signal characteristics. Component and composite video signals. Forming video signals.
- Digitization of video signals. Standards for digitization of video and audio signals.
- Audio and video signal compression: JPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, MPEG-7 and MPEG-21. Standards for audio and video signal compression.
- Physical interfaces and cables in television systems.
- Function and role of individual devices in TV systems. Synchronizing television devices. Timing.
- Automatic TV broadcast systems. Standards for broadcasting TV signals (SD, HD, UHD).
- Modulation of analog and digital signals in television.
- Broadcasting of television signal on different platforms (terrestrial, satellite, cable, internet).
- Reception of television signals from different platforms (terrestrial, satellite, cable, internet).
- Measurement and analysis of reception signals from different platforms.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
- Laboratory exercises follow theoretical instruction and are performed in groups of 10 students. There is a manual for performing laboratory exercises. The exercises carry out specific tasks from the manual.
Textbooks and References
- M. Petrović, I. Milošević, Priručnik za laboratorijske vežbe iz Osnova televizije, 9. izdanje, VIŠER, Beograd, 2016.
- M. Topalović, B. Nastić, Televizija, prva knjiga, Radio televizija Srbije, Beograd, 1992.
- R. L. Hartwig, “Basic TV Technology: Digital and Analog”, Fourth Edition, Focal Press, 2005.
- Jan Ozer, Publishing Digital Video, Second Edition, Academic press limited, London, 1997.
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures:
3
Practical classes:
2
Other types of classes:
0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
5
activities on practial excersises
25
seminary work
0
colloquium
40
Final exam
Points
Written exam
30
Oral exam
0