Differences In, and Competition Over, Technical Standards ______

question 56

Multiple Choice

Differences in, and competition over, technical standards ______.

• A) caused the FCC to temporarily ban any new TV licenses in the late 1940s and early 1950s
• B) meant that it took over a decade before all three of the major networks started broadcasting in color in the mid-1960s
• C) resulted in a "war" between the Beta and VHS formats of home videocassette recorders
• D) resulted in a "war" between Blu-ray and HD DVD formats for high-definition movie recordings
• E) All of the options are correct.

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