The format wars: Drawing the battle lines for the next DVD

Convergence

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-211

  Brookey, Robert Alan ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blu ray; DVD; HD DVD; Home video; Telecommunications; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049162392     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856507075245     Document Type: Article

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