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format war

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the competition between proprietary formats that compete for the same market

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phonograph record

General Electric

compact cassette

Free Lossless Audio Codec

FM broadcasting

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Mass media rivalries Technological change

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high definition optical disc format war

phonograph record

Edison Disc Record

Integrated Services Digital Network

British Satellite Broadcasting

de facto standard

optical storage

videotape format war

phonograph cylinder

path dependence

high-resolution audio

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