This book is definitely NOT for anyone above a beginner interested in the techniques of MPEG video compression. It is at least organized well, starting off with information theory, then JPEG and finally MPEG-1 & 2 compression. However, the book gets more vague as you work through it. I was mostly satisified with the sections on information theory, but I found it starting to lack with JPEG and finally very lacking and vague with MPEG compression. Phrases like "beyond the scope of this book" cropped up more and more. I am very familiar with communication theory so I could fill in many of the details, but beginners will have to take many of the concepts for granted.