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Digital Video Essentials (NTSC DVD Edition)
 

March, 2004

Tod DeBie


 

NTSC DVE DVD Title & Chapter Index

Title Chapter Description

1

Opening Banners
1 Extron
2 Swelltone
3 Joe Kane Productions
4 DVE
5 NASA Montage

2

Digital Video Essentials
1 Introduction
2 Room Environment
3 A/V Equipment
4 Digital Video

3

Program Menu
1 Using The Program Menu

4

DVD Navigation
1 Digital Video Essentials
2 Player Options

5

Viewing Room Environment
1 Acoustic
2 Visual

6

Audio
1 DVD Format
2 Loudspeaker Placement
3 Stereo
4 Multi-channel Audio
5 System Connections
6 Setting Audio Levels

7

Video
1 Basic Instructions - Calibration Overview
2 Basic Instructions - Brightness
3 Basic Instructions - Contrast
4 Basic Instructions - Color
5 Basic Instructions - Tint
6 Basic Instructions - Sharpness
7 Troubleshooting - Brightness
8 Troubleshooting - Contrast
9 Troubleshooting - Color
10 Advanced Instructions - Gray Scale
11 Advanced Instructions - Primary Colors
12 Advanced Instructions - Geometry
13 Advanced Instructions - Finding Qualified Help
14 Video System Details - Component, S & Composite
15 Video System Details - Interlaced & Progressive Video
16 Video System Details - Video Processors
17 Video System Details - MPEG Encoding
18 Video System Details - Large Screen Home Theaters

8

Audio Test Signals, Dolby and DTS 5.1
1 Band Limited Pink Noise - Left
2 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Left
3 Band Limited Pink Noise - Center
4 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Right
5 Band Limited Pink Noise - Right
6 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Right Surround
7 Band Limited Pink Noise - Right Surround
8 Band Limited Pink Noise - Center Back
9 Band Limited Pink Noise - Left Surround
10 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Left Surround
11 Band Limited Pink Noise - LFE
12 Full Bandwidth Pink Noise - Pan Around The Room

9

Audio Test Signals, Dolby and DTS 6.1
1 Band Limited Pink Noise - Left
2 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Left
3 Band Limited Pink Noise - Center
4 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Right
5 Band Limited Pink Noise - Right
6 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Right Surround
7 Band Limited Pink Noise - Right Surround
8 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half RS & CB
9 Band Limited Pink Noise - Center Back
10 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half LS & CB
11 Band Limited Pink Noise - Left Surround
12 Band Limited Pink Noise - Half Left Surround
13 Band Limited Pink Noise - LFE
14 Full Band Pink Noise - Left
15 Full Band Pink Noise - Half Left
16 Full Band Pink Noise - Center
17 Full Band Pink Noise - Half Right
18 Full Band Pink Noise - Right
19 Full Band Pink Noise - Half Right Surround
20 Full Band Pink Noise - Right Surround
21 Full Band Pink Noise - Half RS & CB
22 Full Band Pink Noise - Center Back
23 Full Band Pink Noise - Half LS & CB
24 Full Band Pink Noise - Left Surround
25 Full Band Pink Noise - Half Left Surround
26 40 to 80 Hz Noise - LFE
27 40 to 80 Hz Noise - Left & Right
28 Full Band Pink Noise - Pan Around The Room

10

Audio Test Signals, System Response
1 Buzz & Rattle Test, 15 Hz to 300 Hz - Left
2 Buzz & Rattle Test, 15 Hz to 300 Hz - Center
3 Buzz & Rattle Test, 15 Hz to 300 Hz - Right
4 Buzz & Rattle Test, 15 Hz to 300 Hz - 6 Main Channels
5 Frequency Sweep, 15 Hz to 20 KHz - Left
6 Frequency Sweep, 15 Hz to 20 KHz - Center
7 Frequency Sweep, 15 Hz to 20 KHz - Right
8 Frequency Sweep, 15 Hz to 20 KHz - 6 Main Channels
9 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - 6 Main Channels
10 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - Left
11 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - Center
12 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - Right
13 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - Right Surround
14 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - Back Surround
15 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - Left Surround
16 Bass Management Test, 15 Hz to 150 Hz - LFE

11

Audio & Video Test Signals, Sound and Vision Timing
1 Pink Noise Clock
2 Luminance & Chrominance Clock

12

Video Test Signals, Display Setup Patterns
1 Title Frame
2 DVD PLUGE w/Gray Scale
3 DVD PLUGE w/White
4 Needle Pulse
5 DVD PLUGE w/Gray & Bars
6 Color Bars w/Gray Reference
7 Split Bars w/Gray & DVD PLUGE
8 Combination
9 20% Window w/DVD PLUGE
10 100% Window w/DVD PLUGE
11 40% Window w/DVD PLUGE
12 80% Window w/DVD PLUGE
13 20% Window w/DVD PLUGE
14 Reverse Gray Ramps
15 Reverse Shallow Ramps
16 Ambient Light Reference
17 1.33 Overscan Pattern
18 1.33 Aspect Ratio & Geometry Pattern
19 1.78 Aspect Ratio & Geometry Pattern
20 1.78 Convergence & Geometry
21 Video Black

13

Video Test Signals, Picture Resolution
1 Title Frame
2 SMPTE RP 133
3 Multiburst, Vertical
4 Multiburst, Horizontal, 0.5 to 5.75 MHz
5 Multiburst, Horizontal, 5.75 to 6.75 MHz
6 Luminance Sweep, 0.5 to 5.75 MHz
7 Pb & Pr Sweep 0.25 MHz to 2.875 MHz
8 Video Black

14

Video Test Signals, System Evaluation
1 Title Frame
2 20% Flat Field
3 40% Flat Field
4 60% Flat Field
5 80% Flat Field
6 100% Flat Field
7 100% Window
8 Red, 100% Amplitude
9 Green, 100% Amplitude
10 Blue, 100% Amplitude
11 Red, 75% Amplitude
12 Green, 75% Amplitude
13 Blue, 75% Amplitude
14 Cyan, 75% Amplitude
15 Magenta, 75% Amplitude
16 Yellow, 75% Amplitude
17 Horizontal Color Bars 100% Saturation
18 Vertical Color Bars 100% Saturation
19 Video Black

15

Video Test Signals, 1.33 Patterns
1 Title Frame
2 Convergence, 1.33:1 linear
3 Convergence, 1.33:1, 1.78 letterbox markers
4 Snell & Wilcox Zone Plate Test Pattern, 2/3 rate
5 Snell & Wilcox Zone Plate Test Pattern, frame rate
6 Snell & Wilcox Zone Plate Test Pattern, field rate
7 MPEG Decoder Test
8 Black Stretch
9 Bounce
10 Video Black

16

Video Test Signals, 1.78 Patterns
1 Title Frame
2 Snell & Wilcox Zone Plate Test Pattern, 2/3 rate
3 Snell & Wilcox Zone Plate Test Pattern, frame rate
4 Snell & Wilcox Zone Plate Test Pattern, field rate
5 A/V Timing Clock

17

Audio and Video Demonstrations
1 Title Frame
2 Montage of Images
3 Restaurant Sequence at 1.78:1
4 Restaurant Sequence at 1.33 in a 1.78 frame
5 Room Audio Sequence
6 Model w/ Chip Chart

18

Acknowledgements
1 Credits
2 FBI Warning
3 End JKP Logo

 

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