From BetaMax to Blockbuster
Subtitle: video stores and the invention of movies on video
By: Joshua M. Greenberg.
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780262072908
Subjects: Videocassette recorders.; Video recordings industry -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Videophiles and Betamania: Hacking the VCR; title: Chapter 2: "Hollywood in a Box": Reconstructing Videotapes as Transparent Media; title: Chapter 3: Retailers; title: Chapter 4: Movie Culture in the Video Store and at Home; title: Chapter 5: Retailers, Employees and Consumers; title: Chapter 6: Building Closure Around Video (Stores); title: Chapter 7: The Thin Line Between Movie and Technology; title: Epilogue; title: References