About the Book

Introduction
Scope
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Glossary
About the Author
Index
Acronyms

The Book

Broadband Entertainment is a comprehensive overview of home entertainment in the 21st century. As all types of entertainment are converging to digital formats, a new device known as an entertainment server will process the content and distribute it throughout your home.

Computer technology is having a big effect on the way we enjoy entertainment. Personal Video Recorders have changed the way millions of people are viewing television and is just starting to shake up the television industry. By skipping commercials, the television networks are going to have to change the way they finance their programming. Broadband Entertainment explores the technologies and its effects on the entertainment industry.

Broadband Entertainment is the latest book from Scott Kipp. Scott has written two books on storage networking for the Fibre Channel Industry Association.

If you would like to read the first chapter of the book for free, e-mail info@broadent.com.

Overviews of the chapters can be found in the left navigation bar. Here is a shortened version of the Table of Contents:

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Introduction ...................................................................................................vi
Scope..............................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1: Three Generations of Entertainment ........................................2
Discusses the evolution of entertainment into a paradise where consumers can enjoy whatever entertainment they want, when they want.
Chapter 2: Home Entertainment Systems ..................................................18
Covers the evolution of an entertainment center full of equipment to a single device known as the entertainment server.
Chapter 3: Entertainment Server Evolution................................................30
Reveals the four devices taht are evolving into the entertainment server.
Chapter 4: Home Entertainment Technology..............................................44
Explores the technologies that are evolving to deliver broadband entertainment.
Chapter 5: Televisions and Digital Televisions...........................................56
Makes plain the different types of televisions and how we will be converting to digital television signals.
Chapter 6: Content Variety and Storage .....................................................70
Discusses the variety of audio, video and gaming content and how they are digitized and stored.
Chapter 7: Content Delivery Mechanisms ..................................................80
Divulges multiple means that are used to deliver content to the home and concluding with the Internet.
Chapter 8: Online Content Roadmap ...........................................................92
Investigates the challenges for delivering content over the Internet and the commitment that it will take for the entertainment industry and the consumer.
Chapter 9: Broadband Entertainment Paradise ..........................................102
Concludes that we have the technology to deliver the dream of broadband entertainment and how we need businesses and consumers to set up the system.
References.....................................................................................................117
Appendix A: Audio Standards........................................................................120
Appendix B: Video Standards.......................................................................123
Appendix C: Broadband Links......................................................................129
Glossary .........................................................................................................132
About the Author............................................................................................141
Index ..............................................................................................................143
Book Order Form ..........................................................................................147
Acronyms .......................................................................................................152

Introduction
Scope
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Glossary
About the Author
Index
Acronyms

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