CHAPTER 5.18 Audio for Digital Television

TIM CARROLL

Linear Acoustic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

JEFFREY RIEDMILLER

Dolby Laboratories San Francisco, California

INTRODUCTION

Audio is an area in television broadcasting and production that causes apprehension with some engineers because of its complexity and the care needed to get it right in design, installation, and operations. With the transition to digital television (DTV), there is a new level of uncertainty because the requirements for audio are far more advanced and complex than before. Yet digital audio provides significantly more sophistication, artistic creativity, greater processing power, and higher quality than its predecessor. This chapter provides a general overview of the key features ...

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