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| 1. Video Tape Recorders (2nd Edition) |
Harry Kybett |
Howard W. Sams |
The fundamentals of video tape recording are described, and the
basic problems and their solutions are outlined. (C)1978 |
| 2. Television Tape Fundamentals (Vol. 1) |
Harold E. Ennes |
Howard W. Sams |
Covers all aspects of video tape from A to Z. Describes the 2" quadruplex
VTR in absolute detail. (C)1962 |
| 3. Tube - The Invention of Television |
David E. Fisher and Marshal Jon Fisher |
Harcourt Brace |
The colorful, definitive story of the inventors of television, the
race for patents, and the vicious courtroom battles for markets. (C)1996 |
| 4. Distant Vision - Romance and Discovery On An Invisible Frontier |
Elma G. Farnsworth |
PemberlyKent Publishers, Inc. |
Philo T. Farnsworth's all electronic television ranks with Edison's
Phonograph and Bell's telephone. His contributions to our culture have
forever transformed the way we live. This book tells of a dreamer blessed
with the ability to make his dreams come true. (C)1990 |
| 5. David Sarnoff - A Biography |
Eugene Lyons |
Harper & Row |
A biography written about the man who made RCA one of the most successful
electronics companies in history. (C)1966 |
| 6. Principals of Television Engineering |
Donald G. Fink |
McGraw-Hill |
Covers television technology from A to Z. Revised for 525 line TV
in 1947. (C)1940 |
| 7. Principals and Practices of Telecasting Operations |
Harold E. Ennes |
Howard W. Sams |
Goes into amazing technical details of vintage teleproduction equipment
with dozens of actual schematics of orthicon cameras, control units, sync
generators, control boards, etc.! For the engineer. (C)1953 |
| 8. Television Production Handbook - Second Edition |
Herbert Zettl |
Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Everything one would need to know in order to work in TV production
studio. Covers camera theory and operation, set construction, direction,
scripts. An excellent primer for the novice. (C)1968 |
| 9. Please STAND BY - A Prehistory of Television |
Michael Ritchie |
The Overlook Press |
Film director Michael Ritchie presents an eccentric and entertaining
account of the very earliest days of television - complete with scorchingly
hot lights, green makeup, and seat of your pants programming. (C)1994 |
| 10. The Business of Research - RCA and the Videodisc |
Margaret B. W. Graham |
Cambridge University Press |
An absorbing account of how RCA shaped a sophisticated consumer
electronics technology in a research and development effort that spanned
15 years. (C)1986 |
| 11. Fast Forward - Hollywood, the Japanese, and the VCR Wars |
James Lardner |
W. W. Norton & Company |
This is a marvelous example of the impact of technology on the history
of our times. An absorbing story, beautifully handled by a first rate writer.
(C)1987 |
| 12. Defining Vision - The Battle for the future of Television |
Joel Brinkley |
Harcourt Brace |
How cunning, conceit, and creative genius collided in the race to
invent digital, high definition television. (C)1997 |
| 13. TELEVISION |
V. K. Zworykin & G. A. Morton |
John Wiley & Sons |
Highly technical discussion of the state of the art for its time
by the very men who designed our television system at RCA just before World
War II. (C)1940 |
| 14. PHOTOCELLS and their applications |
V. K. Zworykin E.E., Ph.D. & E. D. Wilson, Ph.D. |
John Wiley & Sons |
Another highly technical discussion of electrical sensing
of light in general and what you can do with it. (C)1930 |
| 15. THE BOX - An Oral History of Television, 1920 - 1961 |
Jeff Kisseloff |
Viking
Press |
This enormous treasury of memories is the ultimate history of the
medium that revolutionized the world. (C)1995 |
| 16. Time Bases |
O. S. Puckle |
John Wiley & Sons |
The design and development of scan generator circuits with
notes on the Cathode Ray Tube. (C)1946 |
| 17. The Story of Television - The Life of Philo T. Farnsworth |
George Everson |
Vail-Ballou Press |
The story of Philo T. Farnsworth's contribution to television as
told by his life long friend and business partner. (C)1949 |
| 18. ZWORYKIN - Pioneer of Television |
Albert Abramson |
University of Illinois
Press |
The process of inventing television, which began over a century
ago, became a long running serial drama full of twists and turns that often
seemed to reach its climax only to confront us with the message "to be
continued"... (C)1995 |
| 19. Introducing The Single-Camera VTR system |
Grayson Mattingly & Welby Smith |
Charles Scribner's
Sons |
Introduction to "personal" low end video equipment and techniques.
(C)1971 |
| 20. The Video Primer - Equipment, Production and Concepts - first
edition |
Richard Robinson |
Links Books |
The author shows us how to create our own media events using inexpensive
cameras and VTRs. (C)1974 |
| 21. The Video Primer - Equipment, Production and Concepts - second
edition |
Richard Robinson |
Links Books |
Same as the above, with additional material covering advances in
the state of the art of the mid 1970s. (C)1978 |
| 22. The Television Workshop |
Howard Tooley |
Northwestern Press |
This book explains the process of producing tv programs as it was
practiced in the 1950s. Very thorough, covering all aspects of the tv sound
stage environment. (C)1953 |
| 23. Encyclopedia of Radio and Television Broadcasting (The man behind
the microphone) |
Robert St. John |
Cathedral Square Publishing |
A totally exhaustive study of the business of radio and television
as it was in the 1960s. (C)1967 |
| 24. Small Format Television Production |
Ronald J. Compesi & Ronald E. Sheriffs |
Allyn and Bacon (London) |
A book set in the "adolescence" of the video age, the 1980s. Covers
equipment and techniques of that time period. (C)1985 |
| 25. Closed Circuit Television Systems Color and Monochrome |
Government Service Department |
Radio Corporation of America |
This book discusses the subject of closed circuit television, the
characteristics of equipment and the uses to which they can be put (C)1959 |
| 26. All About Television |
John Darby |
Popular Mechanics Company |
Covers all aspects of television from the point of view of the layman.
Predates NTSC and discusses in detail the CBS color television system.
(C)1952 |
| 27. Electronic Cinematography ~ Achieving Photographic Control over
the Video Image |
Harry Mathias & Richard Patterson |
Wadsworth Publishing
Co. |
An exceptional book covering the techniques and methods for achieving
the "film look" using modern electronic production equipment. (C)1985 |
| 28. Video Cameras: Theory and Servicing |
Gerald P. McGinty |
Howard W. Sams |
Covers all aspects of video camera theory, both B/W and color, as
well as troubleshooting and maintenance practices. (C)1984 |
| 29. The Video Handbook (3rd Edition) |
Multiple Contributors |
United Business
Publications, Inc. |
Multiple articles and advertisements covering management aspects
of video production departments. (C)1977 |
| 30. Electography Producers Manual |
Marketing Service Dept. |
3M Corporation |
Television techniques for television tape production. (C)1968 |
| 31. Color TV Training Manual (3rd Edition) |
Editorial Staff |
Howard W. Sams |
Technical training manual covering every aspect of the NTSC system.
Excellent. (C)1970 |
| 32. Handbook Recommended Procedures for Motion Picture and Video
Laboratory Services |
Editorial Staff |
Association of Cinema and Video Laboratories |
Reference information about the physical formats of film and video
equipment and services. (C)1982 |
| 33. Television Production |
Alan Wurtzel |
McGraw-Hill |
This book covers all levels of television production in detail,
from closed circuit operations, to small and medium stations, to sophisticated
network productions. (C)1983 |
| 34. The Art of Digital Video |
John Watkinson |
Focal Press |
A masterly analysis to everything relating to digitally encoding
pictures, from conversion of analog signals into digital code, through
to recording, editing and processing. (C)2000 |
| 35. Television Electronics: Theory and Servicing (8th Edition) |
Milton S. Kiver & Milton Kaufman |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
The purpose of this book is to prepare electronics technicians and
engineers for a career in some phase of the television industry
and every effort has been made to ensure the book's usefulness. (C)1983 |
| 36. Tutorial and selected papers in Digital Image Processing |
Harry C. Andrews |
IEEE Computer Society |
Dozens of articles about image processing covering all aspects of
the art including image transforms, coding, enhancement, restoration, extraction
and understanding, hybrid optical / digital processing. (C)1978 |
| 37. Digital Image Processing - A Practical Primer |
Gregory A. Baxes |
Cascade
Press |
This book's logical four part structure will help you comprehend
the methods, history, concepts and principles of forming and refining pictorial
images. (C)1984 |
| 38. JPEG Still Image Data Compression Standard |
William B. Pennebaker & Joan L. Mitchell |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
In depth description of the JPEG International Standard for digital
compression of continuous tone still images. (C)1993 |
| 39. Maintaining & Repairing Video Cassette Recorders |
Robert L. Goodman |
Tab Books |
A to Z maintenance and repair data for home video cassette recorder
owners and professional service technicians. (C)1983 |
| 40. Television Broadcasting Tape and Disc Recording Systems |
Harold E. Ennes |
Howard W. Sams |
Complete technical coverage of the topic. Slanted towards the broadcast
engineer. (C)1973 |
| 41. Magnetic Recording |
Charles E. Lowman |
McGraw-Hill |
Here is an authoritative guide to the technology of magnetic recorders
used in such fields as audio recording, broadcast and closed circuit TV,
instrumentation recording and computer data systems. (C)1972 |
| 42. Video Tape Production & Communication Techniques |
Joel Lawrence Efrein |
Tab Books |
Describes equipment methods and practices of the small video studio
as the art existed in the early 1970s. Lots of photos of vintage equipment.
(C)1971 |
| 43. Modern Recording Techniques - Second Edition |
Robert E. Runstein & David Miles Huber |
Howard W. Sams |
Covers digital recording and processing, Equipment controls and
problems, new digital effects, video and audio multitrack recording and
concepts of sound and studio capabilities and their limitations. (C)1988 |
| 44. The Electric Journalist - An Introduction to Video |
Chuck Anderson |
Praeger Publishers |
This book is about television as an art form and as a means of communication.
It is about the effect that television has on your life and about making
your television (programming). (C)1973 |
| 45. TV Camera Operation |
Gerrald Millerson |
Focal Press
/ Hastings House |
A practical guide to the skills and jobs in television and film
making, sound production and photography. (C)1973 |
| 46. The Technique of the television Cameraman |
Peter Jones |
Focal Press |
Introduces studio equipment and the TV camera. It deals with composition
and movement, the essentials of good camera technique including lighting
and special problems of remote broadcasts. (C)1974 |
| 47. Color TV Studio Design & Operation: for CATV, School and
Industry |
Oliver Berliner |
Tab Books |
Explores in detail everything management and the chief engineer
must know in connection with the creation and technical operation of a
television show production facility. (C)1975 |
| 48. Closed Circuit Television Handbook |
Leon A. Wortman |
Howard W. Sams |
Covers construction and operation of closed circuit television systems.
For an early book, it covers VTR's extensively. (C)1969 |
| 49. Small-Studio Video Tape Production |
John Quick & Herbert Wolff |
Addison-Wesley |
You'll pick up valuable advice on purchasing equipment and using
what you already have to best advantage. You'll be lead through video standards,
And the video taping process from program planning to post production.
(C)1976 |
| 50. The Small TV Studio |
Birmingham, Talbot-Smith, Symons & Angold-Stephens |
Focal Press |
Four experts in the TV field tell you how to set and operate the
small TV studio. (C)1975 |
| 51. Basic TV Staging |
Gerald Millerson |
Focal Press |
A compact yet comprehensive summary of TV staging mechanics and
methods. (C)1974 |
| 52. Video User's Handbook (2nd Edition) |
Peter Utz |
Prentic-Hall, Inc. |
Whether you want to join the video revolution or are interested
in the complete technical operation of a TV studio, this completely updated
handbook can help lay persons or professionals get the most out of the
medium of television. (C)1982 |
| 53. The Complete Guide to Video |
Martin Clifford |
Howard W. Sams |
A comprehensive coverage of the video equipment, accessories, and
services available for use with your TV receiver. (C)1983 |
| 54. The Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Video ~ Second Edition
Revised |
Tom Schroeppel |
Tom Schroeppel |
Schroeppel's 14 years of experience in editing, directing, and camera
work are evident in lucid explanations of function and technique, accompanied
by simple but effective graphics that demonstrate classic visual literacy.
(C)1982 |
| 55. How To Make Movies With Your Home Video Camera |
Stewart Dollin |
Templar Books |
The first complete instructional guide to using a video camera or
camcorder - now anyone can make quality home movies! (C)1986 |
| 56. Audio Craft - An Introduction to the Tools and Techniques of
Audio Production |
Staff editors |
National Federation of Community
Broadcasters |
A practical and results oriented guide to the tools and techniques
of audio production. It works from the basic concepts of sound to production
of full scale documentaries and concert recordings. (C)1982 |
| 57. Transistors in Radio and Television |
Milton S. Kiver |
McGraw-Hill |
Discusses the extent to which transistors have penetrated the market
in only six years of existence. Excellent coverage of how they work and
their application to the art of radio and television. (C)1956 |
| 58. Color TV Troubleshooting Pict-O-Guide |
John R. Meagher |
RCA Institutes, Inc. |
This brand new, completely updated RCA Color TV Troubleshooting
Pict-O-Guide is designed as a quick and easy aid for TV technicians interested
in repairing and adjusting color TV receivers. (C)1964 |
| 59. Amateur Tests and Measurements |
Louis M. Dezettel, W5REZ |
Editors and Engineers, LTD |
This book has been written to encourage the amateur to use his test
equipment to full advantage. Test setups, procedures, and results obtainable
are described and illustrated in detail. (C)1969 |
| 60. Television Camera Operation |
Rich Kenney & Kevin Groome |
Tellem Publications |
- provides a close-up view of the tv camera operator's profession
in a manner that is both comprehensive and concise. Topics covered include:
Tech background and set-up procedures, descriptions of common support equipment,
explanations of all common show formats, practical advice on control room
politics, professional relationships and career opportunities. (C)1987 |
| 61. Digital Video Volume I |
Editorial Committee of the SMPTE |
SMPTE |
Developments in the past two or three years in the field of digital
video have exceeded nearly everyone's forecasts. This success comes not
only because digital equipment can perform the ordinary analog TV functions
but because digital techniques have opened up a whole new world of video
processes. (C)1977 |
| 62. Digital Video Volume II |
Editorial Committee of the SMPTE |
SMPTE |
Developments in the field of digital video since our last publication
have continued to exceed Nearly everyone's forecasts. It's no longer a
question of when the broadcasters will use digital video, but rather what
will be the next new digital video device that they will use. (C)1979 |
| 63. Digital Video Volume III |
Editorial Committee of the SMPTE |
SMPTE |
These papers were given during the society's 14th Television Conference
in Toronto on Feb. 1 & 2, 1980. In keeping with the tendency to give
a collective name to a time span, the Conference was dedicated to the Digital
Decade. (C)1980 |
| 64. Lenk's Video Handbook |
John D. Link |
McGraw-Hill |
The all in one troubleshooter's guide to today's consumer video
equipment. Covers: function of devices, operating procedures, circuit theory,
test and adjustment and troubleshooting using simplified, easy to understand
diagrams. (C)1991 |
| 65. Handbook of Video Camera Servicing and Troubleshooting Techniques |
Frank Heverly |
Prentic-Hall, Inc. |
Packed with over 400 charts, diagrams, illustrations and photographs,
this book provides all of the operational data and step by step techniques
needed to troubleshoot and service today's wide range of single tube color
video cameras. (C)1986 |
| 66. Electronics in the West - The First Fifty years |
Jane Morgan |
National Press Books |
This book leads us through the personal stories of young and courageous
pioneers. Their fascinating lives and explorations are filled with adventure
and challenge as they helped develop radio, television, the klystron, radar
and computers. (C)1967 |
| 67. The Techniques of Television Production - Ninth Addition |
Gerald Millerson |
Focal Press |
Extremely detailed treatment of the subject of TV production. Every
aspect of the studio operation is examined and explained at a level suitable
for the intermediate to advanced TV production student. (C)1972 |
| 68. Questions and Answers in Television Engineering - First Edition |
Carter V. Rabinoff and Magdalena E. Wolbrecht |
McGraw-Hill |
This has been written as a "semi-textbook" to coordinate the technical
facts in this rapidly expanding field. The book is designed to provide
concise study and reference material in all phases of television for radio
engineers, television technicians, radio amateurs, radio-TV servicemen
and students. (C)1950 |
| 69. Electronic Displays |
E. G. Bylander, Opto-Electronics Dept. Texas Instruments, Inc. |
McGraw-Hill Book Company |
Digital electronics has become pervasive as a result of its extremely
low cost. Displays for digital systems allow direct indication and reading
of numbers, letters and symbols. They can present more data in less space
than the obsolescent analog meters. This book about the application of
digital displays is for the practicing engineer. (C)1979 |
| 70. Flat-Panel Displays and CRTs |
Edited by Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr. |
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
This book provides comprehensive, up to date coverage of flat-panel
display technologies and their emerging relationship with cathode ray tubes.
This is the first book of its kind to systematically discuss the nature
of electronic displays. (C)1985 |
| 71. Video Basics |
Herbert Zettl |
Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Whether your goal is broadcast television, corporate programs, or
interactive video, get your start with Video Basics. It clearly explains
the concepts, tools, and techniques that are essential to every successful
production. (C)1995 |
| 72. Television Radio Electronics |
U. A. Sanabria |
American Television, Inc. |
Softbound textbook for a home study course. (C)1947 |
| 73. The Television Program - Its Direction and Production - Fifth
Addition |
Edward Stasheff, Rudy Bretz, John Gartley & Lynn Gartley |
Hill and Wang |
Full coverage of the TV production process with some references
to early video recorders. Lightly covers Ampex quads and IVC 1 inch VTRs.
(C)1976 |
| 74. Television - 2nd Edition |
V. K. Zworykin & G. A. Morton |
John Wiley & Sons |
Highly technical discussion of the state of the art for its time
by the very men who designed our television system at RCA just before World
War II. Updated version of this classic includes discussion on color
television and the evolution of the NTSC system. (C)1954 |
| 75. Modern Television Systems Theory and Servicing |
Mathew Mandl |
Prentic-Hall, Inc. |
This book is the most up to date and essential working tool for
any professional involved in TV servicing. It covers every aspect of modern
television receivers - both B/W and color - and provides the most profusely
illustrated explanations available anywhere in the existing literature.
(C)1974 |
| 76. AMTEC -Time Element Compensator |
Editorial Staff |
Ampex Corp. |
Instruction manual for the earliest of time base correcting devices.
Amtec made it possible to synchronize quapdruplex VTRs and allow them to
be intermixed with live and other taped program content. (C)August 1961 |
| 77. Collector's Guide to Vintage Televisions - Identification and
Values |
Bryan Durbal & Glenn Bubenheimer |
Collectors Books, a division of Schroeder Publishing, Company |
A guide for the serious collector who is looking to identify and
evaluate vintage television sets. (C)1999 |
| 78. The Age of Videography |
Edited by Brian McKernan |
Miller Freeman |
A definitive look at the evolving world of professional video and
teleproduction. (C)1996 |
| 79. Electronic Engineering Principals - Fifth Printing |
John D. Ryder, Ph.D. |
Prentic-Hall, Inc. |
An excellent text covering the state of the art in the late 1940s.
(C)1947 |
| 80. The Cathode Ray Tube At Work |
John F. Rider |
John F. Rider Publisher, Inc. |
Absolutely thorough discussion of the functions and uses of the
cathode ray tube. Deals exclusively with oscillography. Perfectly valid,
even when compared with modern technology. (1943) |
| 81. Vacuum Tubes |
Karl R. Spangenberg |
McGraw-Hill Book Company |
Covers vacuum tube theory in minute detail. Explains how tubes work
and how they applied in practical application. (C)1948 |
| 82. Sylvania Technical Manual 16th Printing |
Sylvania Marketing |
Sylvania |
This is a data book covering vacuum tube spec's including receiving
tubes, picture tubes and a small number of solid state components. (C)1979 |
| 83. Television Simplified |
Milton S. Kiver |
Reprinted for the United States Armed Forces Institute
By D. Van Norstrand Company, Inc. |
Covers just about every aspect of television and video state of
the art up to that time in history. (C)1950 |
| 84. Development and Performance of Television Camera Tubes ~ Publication
No. ST-490 |
R. B. Janes, R. E. Johnson and R. S. Moore |
Tube Department Radio Corporation of America |
Covers the development of three new camera tubes in particular.
The 2P23, 5655 and 5769 image orthicon tubes. Physics and design philosophy
covered in intimate detail. (C) June 1949 |
| 85. Closed-Circuit TV Installation, Maintenance & Repair. |
Robert E. Armstrong |
Tab Books |
Covers a broad range of topics essential for the installer and service
technician concerning CCTV systems. (C)1978 |
| 86. The Complete Handbook of Slow Scan TV |
Dave Ingram K4TWJ |
Tab Books |
Covering all aspects of Amateur Radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV).
Theory, operation and construction of home brew equipment, it's all covered
in this one book. (C)1977 |
| 87. Toward Wisdom |
Copthorne MacDonald |
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. |
Finding our way to inner love, peace and happiness. I include this
book here, because its author invented SSTV in the early 1960s and with
the help of several of his ham radio friends, petitioned the FCC to make
SSTV a valid communications form. (C)1996 |
| 88. Questions & Answers about Tape Recording |
Herman Burstein |
Tab Books |
This book is devoted to covering all aspects of audio tape recording.
Covering theory and practice in great detail plus tons of anecdotal suggestions
and practices. (C)1974 |
| 89. The Complete Guide to Home Video |
Leonard Malton and Allen Greenfield |
Harmony Books/New York |
Half tech and half entertainment. The first half covers the history
and markets of home video and gives a brief tech overview of the equipment
and accessories. (C)1981 |
| 90. Magnetic Recording The First 100 Years |
Eric D. Daniel, C. Denis Mee and Mark H. Clark |
IEEE Press |
An awesome book that covers the history of all forms of magnetic
recording in incredible detail with numerous illustrations and diagrams
as well as historic photos of the inventors and equipment. (C)1999 |
| 91. Electronic Motion Pictures |
Albert Abramson |
Ayer Company Publishers, Inc.
North Stratford, NH 03590 |
A veteran CBS television engineer, Albert Abramson has written an
invaluable, comprehensive and readable
technical history of electronic television including information
on the equipment and techniques employed in the field. Electronic Motion
Pictures is an especially significant work because of the author's unrivalled
emphasis upon the development of the TV camera. Additional topics include:
an analysis of the relationship between early television and film technologies;
television advances in the 40s; and the postwar introduction of commercial
television including both black and white and color systems. Also heavily
emphasized are the televising of motion pictures and the changes in the
TV camera itself. Well documented and clearly written, Electronic Motion
Pictures constitutes an indispensable reference to the subject. (C)1955
Currently in print as of 2000 |
| 92. The Magic of Electronics Completely Illustrated |
Edward J. Buckstein |
Frederick Ungar Publishing Company |
A fascinating bird's eye view of this ever growing field, clearly
written, completely illustrated, intended for both the interested layman
and for those technologists not equally at home with electronics. (C) 1954 |
| 93. How to use Video Tape Recorders |
Harry Kybett |
Howard W. Sams |
An excellent reference on small format VTRs from the early 70s.
(C)1974 |
| 94. The Low Budget Video Bible ~ Revised second edition |
Cliff Roth |
Desk Top Video Systems |
The essential do it your self guide to creating high quality video
on a shoe string budget! (C)1995 |
| 95. Closed-Circuit Television Handbook ~ Third Editon |
Leon Wortman |
Howard W. Sams |
An updated volume of the book that covers construction and operation
of closed circuit television systems. (C)1974 |
| 96. The Complete Handbook of Videocassette Recorders |
Harry Kybett |
Tab Books |
An introduction to the video cassette at atime when reel to reel
was still king. (C)1977 |
| 97. Television Broadcasting Camera Chains |
Harold E. Ennes |
Howard W. Sams |
Glorious technical coverage of the topic. This is a must have for
the historian of broadcast cameras. (C)1971 |
| 98. Videocassette Recorder Operation and Servicing |
John D. Lenk |
Prentic-Hall, Inc. |
Provides simple and practical information pertaining to the application
of VCRs. (C)1983 |
| 99. 52. Video User's Handbook (1st Edition) |
Peter Utz |
Prentic-Hall, Inc. |
Whether you want to join the video revolution or are interested
in the complete technical operation of a TV studio, this completely updated
handbook can help lay persons or professionals get the most out of the
medium of television. (C)1980 |