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From BetaMax to Blockbuster : video stores and the invention of movies on video / Joshua M. Greenberg.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Greenberg, Joshua M.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Videocassette recorders.
Video recordings industry--History.
Video recordings industry.
Physical Description:
ix, 214 p. : ill., map.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
How the VCR was transformed from a machine that records television into a medium for movies.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Videophiles and Betamania: Hacking the VCR
2 "Hollywood in a Box": Reconstructing Videotapes as Transparent Media
3 Retailers
4 Movie Culture in the Video Store and at Home
5 Retailers, Employees, and Consumers
6 Building Closure Around Video (Stores)
7 The Thin Line Between Movie and Technology
Epilogue
Appendix: Notes on the videostoreproject.com Website
Notes
Index.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-262-26076-X
1-282-09951-5
9786612099519
0-262-27428-0
1-4356-3524-8
OCLC:
939263593

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