Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 621.388 EAN: 9780789734457 ISBN: 0789734451 Label: Que Manufacturer: Que Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: November 13, 2005 Publisher: Que Sales Rank: 610013 Studio: Que
Home theater and HDTV are hot, but most consumers know little or nothing about these technologies. You no longer have to rely on sales people to direct you to underpowered and overpriced equipment that doesn't meet your needs and is quickly outdated. Take matters into your own hands with How HDTV and Home Theater Works. Armed with this book, you will not only understand what you want, but why you want it and how to hook it all up. This book covers topics and most likely interest and confuse you, including:
Broadcast vs. cable vs. satellite television
Standard defintion vs. high definition TV
Surround sound
DVD and TiVo recorders
With all of this great information, presented to you in a highly-visual, four-color format, How HDTV and Home Theater Work is the only home theater book that you'll need to not only show you how to hook up your system, but how to maximize its performance.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - excellent for DIFFERENCES between cables and specs and technologies
I needed a book to tell me the DIFFERENCE between cables. - Optical? Digital? Coaxial? S-Video? Composite? Fiber optic? Analog? Shielded? Unshielded? Banana plug? Bare wire?
For that, this book is PERFECT. It worked out nicely for me, when I had to decide how I was to wire up a new stereo receiver with a DirecTV box and a DVD-VCR combo box. A couple of years later, it helped me decipher the difference between (a.) a universal remote; (b.) a learning remote.
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Rating: - OK if you are going to buy a HDTV
This book is OK if you are going to buy a HDTV but useless if you are a technician and need an understanding on repairing a HDTV.
- excellent for DIFFERENCES between cables and specs and technologies
- OK if you are going to buy a HDTV
